He overextended himself building KYTE at the new site to try to make it a Salem/Eugene/Portland rimshot in order to fund his retirement. The story is the State of Oregon said they were going to run power up there, then decided not to after he already built a tower. Then, he tried to use generators and solar to power it, and had mortgaged the entire operation trying to get this one station on-the-air. He tried to blame Covid, but truthfully, the court filings show he was behind on taxes and loan payments back in 2018, so... Right now, if you take out the property that's being sold to satisfy the judgement, and discount the AM's because the tower land for KNPT and KBCH are included in the Sheriff's sale, his licenses and equipment for KNCU and KCRF are all he really has that anyone would want. Good luck funding a retirement on that.
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Maybe KYTE will never come back... even on another frequency.
Technically they are lying. All their stations will probably be 100% off the air due to what they did to KYTE. I think they did this on purpose. KYTE will likely never come back as well as any Hot AC or AC station in the area, even on a different station specifically by this company. If any station does go to Hot AC or AC in Newport in the future it most likely won't have the KYTE branding but it could have the slogan if it goes AC but if one goes Hot AC they may or may not play the 80s and would likely have a different slogan.
It would really be foolish to bring back the KYTE brand. In all honesty, as soon as someone else buys what's left of MIller's stations, the should get new calls and get as far away from KYTE and the current branding, and give themselves a new identity. I really feel that his stations have to be damaged in the eyes of the general public. New calls, new formats, and a new effort to distance them from this mess.
They probably won't do AC or Hot AC on 102.7 if that is what KYTE did. They may try CHR or Classic Rock instead but they might not do Classic Rock if there is already a Classic Rock station in the Newport area. If they do CHR it could be the same as Y107.3 in Aberdeen as they could try Local Media Networks.
102.7 will be on the allocation list down the road for an auction, but it will be for Independence OR and whoever buys it will definitely be looking to make it a Salem station. It's days as a Newport station are done.
You mean Salem OR. They likely will target Portland too. They could go Alternative, Classic Hits, Classic Rock etc but Portland has those formats so it is unlikely that they will do that. Btw they could flip it to Contemporary Christian since 96.3 is now Contemporary Worship but that depends on who is going to buy it.
The allocation will be for the 102.7 licensed to Independence OR. I meant exactly what I said. I know this situation inside and out. KYTE was licensed to Independence OR when it was deleted, so that's where the allocation will be if and when it goes up for auction. Look at the FCC data here:
I think the only Hot AC in Newport now is The Wave on 93.7 which I believe is 90s-today. I don’t think there will ever be another one in Newport or another Mainstream AC in Newport.
It will likely never go back to its former format or slogan. It even most likely won’t go CHR even. I think it will work in Newport but won’t be a locally owned station anymore. We know IHeartMedia won’t buy it though. KDUK isn’t a Newport station but it does work there as it targets Eugene and is an Eugene station instead.
No, because Newport is a small market, and the 5 FMs that are local to the coast are fighting for a small amount of advertising. KRLZ 93.7 is Hot AC, KNCU 92.7 is Country, KCRF 96.7 is Classic Rock, KPPT 100.7 is Classic Hits and KSHL 97.5 is Country. KRLZ and KSHL are owned by the Linn family, KPPT is owned by a guy out of Seattle, and KCRF and KNCU are owned by MIller. Whoever buys Miller's stations down the road really needs to consolidate the market, and let the AMs KWDP, KNPT and KBCH go dark. That would make the most sense.
KSHL is in Lincoln Beach though so it is technically a Newport station. Btw whoever buys 102.7 might also acquire all the other stations as well except all the others will be marketed toward Newport and 102.7 will be marketed toward Salem, Eugene, Albany and Portland primarily but will work in the area of Newport. Then every station will remain its previous formats except for 102.7 which might go totally different than it was with a different format that isn't specifically targeted toward either city.
It could be owned by a separate company from all the others with the company owning one station for Salem OR. Bicoastal Media is another possible buyer for 102.7 as they could just add it to their cluster (aka the Newport stations would then be owned by a different company as it wouldn't be able to own that many stations for simply "Eugene, Albany, Salem, etc") and they would probably try a format that is totally different for the area.
My source tells me that the KYTE brand is alive and well on 92.7. I think that's the one. It was the other Country station, switched to AC.
People seem to be ignoring the fact that the station is now allotted to Independence and can't be returned to Newport because it's a first local service!
This is exactly right, and whereas a beautiful part of the country, has too many radio stations. When a small market like that gets saturated there are no winners, only everyone just trying to make ends meet. That's especially true with the headwinds facing traditional media these days.
As an aside; it's so nice to have turned on the "ignore" button with Jackindabox's posts. It cuts down on the noise and jibberish.
Do you even understand Radio? It's licensed to Lincoln Beach, but its transmitter is on the tower farm at Otter Rock just north of Newport, so it city grades all of Lincoln County. Newport is the biggest town so that's what everyone calls the market. Not every Portland station is actually licensed to Portland, or is that what you think? That if its city of license is 20 miles away, it's "technically" a Portland station?
102.7 won't even be put up for auction for at least 5 to 10 years. We're talking about what happens in the next 12 months. That's when Miller is going to have to find a buyer. That's what I've been trying to explain to this JackindaBox character, but he won't listen.
And knowing Miller, he probably even ID's it as KYTE without applying for the calls, because this is the same seasoned broadcaster who didn't know that the T in STA stood for Temporary, and operated illegally for 2 1/2 years and lost his license.
Once again, JackindaBox: I know this situation better than you ever will for reasons I won't get into on this board. I know all of the players involved, and I have over 40 years in this business. I don't get on here and run my mouth about things I don't know anything about. If I feel like I have something to contribute to a discussion, then I'll post. I know this particular situation, and when I post about it, it's firsthand experience. Miller lost his station due to his willful ignorance of FCC law. Therefore, I have no sympathy for him, and now, I don't care if he loses the rest of his stations, nor do I care who gets them. I posted about the Sheriff's sale so other interested observers could see how a once proud station has suffered an ignominious fate.
I believe I can answer that. No.
Trust me, this will be an attempt to educate and inform in futility. Do yourself a favor, by pointing your cursor to Jackindabox's name to the left, "ignore" will appear. Click on it and "poof"! No more being tortured by gibberish and nonsense, at least from them.
Of course not all of them are licensed to Portland same with any market. KKCW is licensed to Beaverton for example as well as KLTH being licensed to Lake Oswego and KXJM is being licensed to Banks. They are technically Portland stations since that is their target area. Plus all the towers are in Portland too. Also I think the signals of these stations also work in Tigard, Beaverton, Banks, Brush Praire, Salem, Dallas, and even as far as Kelso/Castle Rock. So technically they are definitely targeted toward the “Portland Metropolitan Area”. So 102.7 KYTE probably won’t be up for auction until at least 2028-2023 then. That is a long time. Why did they want to license illegally and broadcast illegally? Is KYTE on 92.7 now without the calls playing Hot AC and Todays Hits and Yesterdays Favorites? This is probably illegal to do since the FCC likely doesn’t want another KYTE ever and they likely didn’t flip legally. Now they are probably going to get in more trouble for putting it on another frequency and playing the same music they played if that is the case. Only difference is they will also play new music that KYTE did not play since the songs didn’t exist yet.
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Then don't make distinctions like KSHL is in Lincoln Beach to try to make a point. They're all Newport stations whether they're licensed to Newport or not. I was trying to tell you what is going on in that local market ownership-wise because I know it intimately. As far as the 102.7 frequency goes, the FCC won't put it up for auction for quite a while. For one thing, David Miller did say he would contest the deletion in court, so whether he has actually followed through or not is unknown. Although, since he can't pay his bank notes or taxes, I don't know any lawyer willing to take on this case without getting paid up front. So stop worrying about 102.7. It's a moot point.
The website ironically still states U 92 so they didn’t change the website at all. If they flipped it to KYTE as an AC or Hot AC then they will probably be forced to change it back to Country by the FCC.
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