KURY-FM

KURY-FM
City of license Brookings, Oregon
Broadcast area Crescent City, California
Branding KURY 95.3
Slogan "The Sound of America's Wild Rivers Coast"
Frequency 95.3 MHz
Translator(s) 101.3 K267AD (Cave Junction)
First air date 1977
Format Classic Hits
ERP 8,700 watts
HAAT 355 meters (1165 feet)
Class C2
Facility ID 35798
Transmitter coordinates 42°07′23″N 124°17′56″W / 42.12306°N 124.29889°W / 42.12306; -124.29889
Callsign meaning KURY = Curry County
Owner Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Sister stations KURY (AM)
Website kury953.com

KURY-FM (95.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Brookings, Oregon, USA. The station is owned by Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Programming

KURY-FM broadcasts a classic hits music format to Curry County, Oregon, and the greater Crescent City, California, area.[1]

History

This station initially signed on in the late 1970s as KURY-FM as a simulcast partner to KURY, both owner by Norman Oberst's KURY Radio, Inc.[2] After nearly 30 years of owning the company, Norman Oberst applied to the FCC to transfer control of KURY Radio, Inc., to Dorothy J. Garvin in January 1993. The transfer was approved by the FCC on February 24, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.[3]

KURY Radio, Inc., reached an agreement in February 2005 to sell this station and KURY to Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Hugo Papstein, president) for a reported combined price of $775,000.[4] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 19, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 5, 2005.[5] At the time of the sale, KURY-FM broadcast a middle of the road-leaning adult contemporary music format.[4]

Translators

KURY-FM programming is also carried on a broadcast translator station to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license ERP
W
Class FCC info
K267AD 101.3 Cave Junction, Oregon 10 D FCC

References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-180.
  3. "Application Search Details (BTC-19930106EC)". FCC Media Bureau. February 24, 1993.
  4. 1 2 "Deals - 2005-03-21". Broadcasting & Cable. March 21, 2005.
  5. "Application Search Details (BAL-20050224ABC)". FCC Media Bureau. May 5, 2005.

External links

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