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Hi Dennis, I know a bit about KOHI. It was put on the air back in the 50s by Joe Allen, CE. Later he was the CE for KLIQ & KOIN. I really nice guy. He died back around 1990. I have a QSL letter from KOHI about 1969. Later the station was sold to Volcano Broadcasting (Ken Karge & Forrest Smith). Ken owned KSWB for years and Forrie Smith worked for Ken. It was Forrie's dream to own a station, so the two of them went in and bought it together. Forrie ran the station and Ken was a silent partner. Forrie worked his tail off for 20 years at KOHI and got burnt out. I ran into Ken just before they sold it as he still lives in Seaside. Ken said they were happy to sell the station. Ken & Forrie moved the station and tower to a new location some years ago. The station used to be right on Hy 30. I have a pix of it somewhere. The tower was right behind the station. The station always had trouble making it, being in the shadow of Portland. As a DJ told me back in the 70s "Everybody listens to Portland". the same was true about Longview WA stations being less than 50 miles from Portland. But KOHI has never been a money maker. KOHI is one of those stations. When you buy it, you buy yourself a job, as Ken said more than once. But if they are running only 500 watts, it is an amazing signal. At least it was the other day. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
