Thanks Dennis for passing this along. Too bad. I remember meeting the orig owner back in the 80s when he stopped by KSWB. He said he was going to put KBBM onthe air in Waldport. Bob & I wondered if there was enough advertising to support a station there as I think Waldport had like 1400 people then and it hasn't grown all that much since. He built the 250w (then on 850) from scratch. I think he said, he got the station on the air for less than $50K. The gentleman (I don't remember his name at the moment), was quite elderly then. He sold it several years later and the new owner applied for 820 and boosted to 1 KW, later night operation with 15w. But since the orig owner had the station, it never made money. He was retired and money was not an issue with him. He just wanted something to do and he had been in broadcasting his whole life. The station covered mainly Waldport, and I doubt had many listeners. Not a lot of ads when I listened through the years. He never got into Florence or Newport well, so I am sure it was hard to sell time there. There have been other stations in OR go silent and have never returned through the years, KIVR 1400 Cave Junction and 1300 Myrtle Creek to name two. Unknown if 1040 Portland will ever return or 660 Junction City. Don't know if 1450 Eugene returned or not. The lst I heard they ere still off. KAPT 1220 Salem signed off back in the 70s and it took years before a new Salem station applied for 1220. Then KWAY 1570 Forest Grove OR that went off in 1966 and never returned. Probably KORC will be another to never return as the owner said and I doubt anyone will ever apply for an AM station in little Waldport. . Glad I got them QSL'd under both freq,s KBBM on 850 and KORC on 820. I think I have a pic of the outside of their studios somewhere too.
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