Broadcast area | Spokane, Washington |
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Frequency | 1550 kHz |
Ownership | |
Owner | Harold Orr dba Harold Leasing |
History | |
First air date | September 1, 1962 |
Last air date | July 18, 1996 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Spokane Valley |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 26178 |
Class | B |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 47°36′39.6″N 117°14′27.6″W / 47.611000°N 117.241000°W |
KSVY was a radio station operating at 1550 AM in Opportunity, Washington, serving Spokane. It operated from 1962 to 1996.
KDNC went on air September 1, 1962. [1] The station broadcast during the day at 1440 kHz and was owned by the Independent Broadcasting Corporation, with transmitter at Havana and 44th in Spokane; it aired a "golden music" format. [2] After two years in operation, KDNC moved its studios to the Davenport Hotel. [3] KDNC also spawned KDNC-FM 93.7, which signed on September 30, 1965. [4] Alexander P. Hunter of Spokane acquired KDNC-AM-FM in 1967 [5] and sold it two years later to Radford Sorensen, Wayne Wakefield and Edward Kelley for US$158,813 (equivalent to $1,319,503 in 2023). [6]
KDNC became KXXR on April 15, 1974. [7] The AM station was playing country music in 1979, [8] beautiful music in 1980 [9] and the Music of Your Life format in 1981. [10] The station also broadcast some sporting events; after initially agreeing to carry University of Idaho football for the 1983 season, it abruptly dropped the Vandals after one game to carry University of Notre Dame football instead. [11]
KXXR changed frequency from 1440 to 1550 kHz in January 1984 as part of a major facility change that saw the city of license change from Spokane to Opportunity, as well as a daytime power increase to 10,000 watts and the beginning of nighttime service with 2,500 watts from a new tower site. The new tower site had been approved in 1981, even though local residents feared that the construction of a radio facility close to a school would cause issues with construction crews, as had happened with KGA at another school site. [12]
Harold Orr, who had been the station's president in 1975, [4] acquired the station in 1983 after being a former creditor. [13] Orr, whose primary business ventures were 115 H&R Block tax offices in Oregon and Washington and a leasing company, [13] took the money-losing station off the air in October 1985 [14]—after a six-month stint with pop music—but he retained the license. [15] When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) told him he had to keep the station on the air 72 hours a week to keep the license active, he responded by bringing in former general manager Dick Wright to put together a team of young announcers to run the station 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, beginning in September 1987. [15] The new KSVY did not play commercials, clinging instead to a mix of big band music and oldies, all while remaining up for sale. [15] In 1990, [16] the format shifted to classical music, interrupted by sports broadcasts (including the return of Idaho football) which subsidized the remainder of the operation. [13]
At noon on July 18, 1996, vandals broke in and caused $32,000 (equivalent to about $62,000 in 2023) in damage to the station's equipment, an act that turned out to be the end of KSVY. [17] The station never resumed operations, though Orr paid for years to keep the tower beacons lit until the facility was finally dismantled in 2005. [13] The license was officially canceled by the FCC on April 14, 1999. [18]
Broadcast area | Spokane, Washington |
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Frequency | 1550 kHz |
Ownership | |
Owner | Harold Orr dba Harold Leasing |
History | |
First air date | September 1, 1962 |
Last air date | July 18, 1996 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Spokane Valley |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 26178 |
Class | B |
Power |
|
Transmitter coordinates | 47°36′39.6″N 117°14′27.6″W / 47.611000°N 117.241000°W |
KSVY was a radio station operating at 1550 AM in Opportunity, Washington, serving Spokane. It operated from 1962 to 1996.
KDNC went on air September 1, 1962. [1] The station broadcast during the day at 1440 kHz and was owned by the Independent Broadcasting Corporation, with transmitter at Havana and 44th in Spokane; it aired a "golden music" format. [2] After two years in operation, KDNC moved its studios to the Davenport Hotel. [3] KDNC also spawned KDNC-FM 93.7, which signed on September 30, 1965. [4] Alexander P. Hunter of Spokane acquired KDNC-AM-FM in 1967 [5] and sold it two years later to Radford Sorensen, Wayne Wakefield and Edward Kelley for US$158,813 (equivalent to $1,319,503 in 2023). [6]
KDNC became KXXR on April 15, 1974. [7] The AM station was playing country music in 1979, [8] beautiful music in 1980 [9] and the Music of Your Life format in 1981. [10] The station also broadcast some sporting events; after initially agreeing to carry University of Idaho football for the 1983 season, it abruptly dropped the Vandals after one game to carry University of Notre Dame football instead. [11]
KXXR changed frequency from 1440 to 1550 kHz in January 1984 as part of a major facility change that saw the city of license change from Spokane to Opportunity, as well as a daytime power increase to 10,000 watts and the beginning of nighttime service with 2,500 watts from a new tower site. The new tower site had been approved in 1981, even though local residents feared that the construction of a radio facility close to a school would cause issues with construction crews, as had happened with KGA at another school site. [12]
Harold Orr, who had been the station's president in 1975, [4] acquired the station in 1983 after being a former creditor. [13] Orr, whose primary business ventures were 115 H&R Block tax offices in Oregon and Washington and a leasing company, [13] took the money-losing station off the air in October 1985 [14]—after a six-month stint with pop music—but he retained the license. [15] When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) told him he had to keep the station on the air 72 hours a week to keep the license active, he responded by bringing in former general manager Dick Wright to put together a team of young announcers to run the station 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, beginning in September 1987. [15] The new KSVY did not play commercials, clinging instead to a mix of big band music and oldies, all while remaining up for sale. [15] In 1990, [16] the format shifted to classical music, interrupted by sports broadcasts (including the return of Idaho football) which subsidized the remainder of the operation. [13]
At noon on July 18, 1996, vandals broke in and caused $32,000 (equivalent to about $62,000 in 2023) in damage to the station's equipment, an act that turned out to be the end of KSVY. [17] The station never resumed operations, though Orr paid for years to keep the tower beacons lit until the facility was finally dismantled in 2005. [13] The license was officially canceled by the FCC on April 14, 1999. [18]