KDUN
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KDUN is a radio station
licensed
to serve Reedsport, Oregon
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in June 1961, is currently owned by Sand & Sea Broadcasting, LLC.
KDUN broadcasts an oldies music format.
by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) in 1960 for a new daytime-only AM station, assigned call letters KRAF, broadcasting with 5,000 watt
s of power on a frequency of 1470 kHz. KRAF began regular broadcasting on June 2, 1961, with Walter J. Kraus as the president and owner of Oregon Coast Broadcasters and Gless Connoy as the station's general manager. The KRAF callsign represented the "Reedsport and Florence" coverage area of the station. The station was marketed with the slogan, "Listening is heavenly on 1470".
In 1966, Gless Connoy purchased the station outright from Kraus. Wayne A. Moreland bought KRAF from the Connoy family on July 1, 1968.
to make these changes on May 7, 1987. KDUN began broadcasting at the lower frequency and higher power in February 1998 and received their license to cover
the upgrades on April 18, 1998.
In April 1982, the Kenagy brothers applied to the FCC to transfer ownership of KDUN Radio, Inc., to their now-larger software company, Custom Business System, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on April 23, 1982. In November 1985, CBSI announced that it was selling KDUN Radio, Inc., to Lyle and Eleanor A. Irons so that it could focus on the traffic and billing business. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 11, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on April 23, 1986.
In July 1999, Shae Partners, LLC, reached an agreement to sell this station to the Broadcast Development Corporation for $200,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 24, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on August 29, 1999. Less than two weeks later, in early September 1999, Broadcast Development Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Pamplin Communications Corporation subsidiary Pamplin Broadcasting-Oregon, Inc., for $350,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 29, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on November 1, 1999.
on September 25, 2002.
In January 2006, Pamplin Broadcasting-Oregon, Inc., CEO Robert Boisseau Pamplin Jr. reached an agreement to sell this station to Bill Schweitzer, doing business as WKS Broadcasting, Inc., for a cash price of $220,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 5, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on August 29, 2006. At the time of the sale, KDUN was broadcasting a country music
format.
KDUN went temporarily silent on November 27, 2007, when the station's owners were unable to pay their electricity bill due to "financial problems with its operations". According to their April 2008 filing with the FCC, new owners for KDUN were being sought.
/talk radio
.
, a native of Reedsport, Oregon
, and host of a nationally-syndicated American radio show featuring song requests and dedications, got her first job in radio at KDUN in the mid-1970s after winning a speech contest. While still attending junior high school, she reported local news and sports as the host of "Delilah, On the Warpath". In 2007, Rene was a finalist for the Radio & Records
Industry Achievement Award as Syndicated Personality/Show of the Year.
, billing advertisers, and producing each day's commercial lineup, they purchased a Wang Laboratories
minicomputer
and, along with engineer Wes Lockard, invented software to handle these traffic and billing tasks. As the brothers took on these tasks for other stations in the area, they realized that a market for computerized traffic and billing existed and, in 1978, they founded Custom Business Systems, Inc. At its peak in the mid-1990s, CBSI software was in use by roughly one-third of the commercial radio stations in the United States and by broadcasters in 24 other countries. In 1999, it was described as the "world's largest supplier of business software for the radio broadcast industry". CBSI and the Kenagy brothers sold their interest in KDUN in 1985. CBSI itself is now a part of Marketron Broadcast Solutions.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Reedsport, Oregon
Reedsport, Oregon
Reedsport is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,154.- History :Reedsport was established on the estuary of the Umpqua River on January 7, 1852. It was named for a local settler, Alfred W. Reed, who founded the city in 1912...
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in June 1961, is currently owned by Sand & Sea Broadcasting, LLC.
KDUN broadcasts an oldies music format.
Launch as KRAF
Oregon Coast Broadcasters was granted the initial construction permitConstruction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) in 1960 for a new daytime-only AM station, assigned call letters KRAF, broadcasting with 5,000 watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
s of power on a frequency of 1470 kHz. KRAF began regular broadcasting on June 2, 1961, with Walter J. Kraus as the president and owner of Oregon Coast Broadcasters and Gless Connoy as the station's general manager. The KRAF callsign represented the "Reedsport and Florence" coverage area of the station. The station was marketed with the slogan, "Listening is heavenly on 1470".
In 1966, Gless Connoy purchased the station outright from Kraus. Wayne A. Moreland bought KRAF from the Connoy family on July 1, 1968.
Becoming KDUN
Moreland's ownership of KRAF would prove short-lived as Steve and Jerome Kenagy's Communications Broadcasting, Inc., acquired the station on September 1, 1970. The new owners implemented a "middle of the road" music format and had the FCC change the station's call letters to KDUN. The Kenagy brothers shifted ownership of KDUN in March 1972 to a new company named KDUN Radio, Inc. The brothers maintained the "middle of the road" music format through the rest of the 1970s.Move to 1030
In March 1982, the station applied to the FCC for authorization to change their broadcast frequency from 1470 kHz to 1030 kHz, increase daytime signal power to 10,000 watts, and make some technical changes in their antenna system. The FCC finally granted the station a construction permitConstruction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
to make these changes on May 7, 1987. KDUN began broadcasting at the lower frequency and higher power in February 1998 and received their license to cover
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
the upgrades on April 18, 1998.
In April 1982, the Kenagy brothers applied to the FCC to transfer ownership of KDUN Radio, Inc., to their now-larger software company, Custom Business System, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on April 23, 1982. In November 1985, CBSI announced that it was selling KDUN Radio, Inc., to Lyle and Eleanor A. Irons so that it could focus on the traffic and billing business. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 11, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on April 23, 1986.
The KLLU years
After a quarter-century of continuous corporate ownership, KDUN Radio, Inc., reached an agreement in June 1997 to sell this station to Shae Partners, LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 5, 1997, and the transaction was consummated on September 15, 1997. The station's callsign was changed to KLLU on November 21, 1997.In July 1999, Shae Partners, LLC, reached an agreement to sell this station to the Broadcast Development Corporation for $200,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 24, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on August 29, 1999. Less than two weeks later, in early September 1999, Broadcast Development Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Pamplin Communications Corporation subsidiary Pamplin Broadcasting-Oregon, Inc., for $350,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 29, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on November 1, 1999.
Back to KDUN
The station was granted a new construction permit in August 2000, this time to increase the daytime signal to 50,000 watts and the nighttime signal to 630 watts. KLLU began broadcasting at the higher power in March 2001 and the station received its license to cover the changes on June 18, 2001. The station was re-assigned its heritage KDUN call letters by the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
on September 25, 2002.
In January 2006, Pamplin Broadcasting-Oregon, Inc., CEO Robert Boisseau Pamplin Jr. reached an agreement to sell this station to Bill Schweitzer, doing business as WKS Broadcasting, Inc., for a cash price of $220,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 5, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on August 29, 2006. At the time of the sale, KDUN was broadcasting a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format.
KDUN went temporarily silent on November 27, 2007, when the station's owners were unable to pay their electricity bill due to "financial problems with its operations". According to their April 2008 filing with the FCC, new owners for KDUN were being sought.
KDUN today
In May 2008, WKS Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Sand & Sea Broadcasting, LLC, for a reported cash price of $135,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 23, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on August 6, 2008. At the time of the sale, the station's most recent format had been newsNews Radio
News Radio can refer to:* NewsRadio, the NBC sitcom which aired from 1995–1999.* News radio, the all-news or news/talk radio format....
/talk radio
Talk radio
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.
Former on-air staff
Delilah ReneDelilah Rene
Delilah Rene Luke , almost always known mononymously as Delilah, is an American radio personality, author, and songwriter, best known as the host of a nationally syndicated nightly U.S...
, a native of Reedsport, Oregon
Reedsport, Oregon
Reedsport is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,154.- History :Reedsport was established on the estuary of the Umpqua River on January 7, 1852. It was named for a local settler, Alfred W. Reed, who founded the city in 1912...
, and host of a nationally-syndicated American radio show featuring song requests and dedications, got her first job in radio at KDUN in the mid-1970s after winning a speech contest. While still attending junior high school, she reported local news and sports as the host of "Delilah, On the Warpath". In 2007, Rene was a finalist for the Radio & Records
Radio & Records
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Industry Achievement Award as Syndicated Personality/Show of the Year.
Traffic and billing software
In 1975, KDUN's owners were frustrated by the volume of paperwork then required for scheduling advertisingTraffic (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, traffic is the scheduling of program material, and in particular the advertisements, for the broadcast day. In a commercial radio or TV station there is a vital link between sales and traffic in keeping the information about commercial time availability.The station sells airtime...
, billing advertisers, and producing each day's commercial lineup, they purchased a Wang Laboratories
Wang Laboratories
Wang Laboratories was a computer company founded in 1951 by Dr. An Wang and Dr. G. Y. Chu. The company was successively headquartered in Cambridge , Tewksbury , and finally in Lowell, Massachusetts . At its peak in the 1980s, Wang Laboratories had annual revenues of $3 billion and employed over...
minicomputer
Minicomputer
A minicomputer is a class of multi-user computers that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems and the smallest single-user systems...
and, along with engineer Wes Lockard, invented software to handle these traffic and billing tasks. As the brothers took on these tasks for other stations in the area, they realized that a market for computerized traffic and billing existed and, in 1978, they founded Custom Business Systems, Inc. At its peak in the mid-1990s, CBSI software was in use by roughly one-third of the commercial radio stations in the United States and by broadcasters in 24 other countries. In 1999, it was described as the "world's largest supplier of business software for the radio broadcast industry". CBSI and the Kenagy brothers sold their interest in KDUN in 1985. CBSI itself is now a part of Marketron Broadcast Solutions.