KNND
Encyclopedia
KNND is a radio station
licensed
to serve Cottage Grove, Oregon
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1953, is currently owned by Schwartzberg Communications, Inc.
hosted by Scott Shannon
and distributed by Citadel Media. KNND also airs a local morning show, specialty block programming, community talk programming, and select sporting events of local interest.
block called "Into the Blue" with Terry Herd, a Thursday mid-day classic country
music program known as "The Round-Up Classic Country and Western Hoe-Down", a Friday evening classic rock
block called "Dig It". Weekend specialty programming includes a Saturday morning one-hour program for horse enthusiasts called "The Horse Show", a two-hour Saturday morning "Polka Party" hosted by John Klobas, three hours of cowboy poetry
and western music
each Sunday afternoon on "The Cowboy Culture Center" with Dallas McCord, and a three-hour Gospel music
show called "Sunday Morning Light".
program called "Swap 'n' Shop". KNND also broadcasts high school football
games and select other sporting events featuring the Cottage Grove High School
Lions as a member of the Table Rock Sports Network. KNND is also a member of the Oregon State University
Beavers football
radio network.
for this station was issued by the Federal Communications Commission
to the Coast Fork Broadcasting Company in 1952. Authorized to broadcast with 250 watt
s of power on a frequency of 1400 kHz, KCTG went on the air in August 1953. The station, under the leadership of company president W. Gordon Allen, changed its call sign
to KSGA just months later.
Coast Fork Broadcasting was sold to Orlo and Thelma Bagley in a deal that was consummated on June 1, 1954. The new owners had the FCC change the call sign again, this time to KOMB.
The Bagleys changed the name of the license holding company to Radio Station KOMB, Inc., in 1956 and Milton Viken joined the staff as the station's chief engineer. In 1959, the owners applied for a new call sign and the station was assigned KNND by the FCC.
s while broadcasting with 250 watts of power at night. KNND would begin broadcasting at the newly authorized power levels in 1963.
Chief engineer Milton A. Viken purchased the station and, by 1966, had changed the name of the company to Radio Station KNND & KRKT, Inc., to reflect its duopoly
status. Also in 1966, the station was playing as much as 12 hours of country & western music each week. Reflecting the growth of the company, Viken transferred the broadcast license
for KNND to the Interstate Broadcasting Company in 1968. KNND aired Major League Baseball
games as an affiliate of the Seattle Pilots
during their only year of existence, 1969, before the team went bankrupt and was reborn in 1970 as the Milwaukee Brewers
.
In October 1998, the FCC granted KNND a new construction permit to change the location of its transmitter
, make changes to its antenna
system, and reduce the power of both its daytime and nighttime signals to 950 watts.
In January 2005, Thornton Pfleger, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Paul Henry Schwartzberg doing business as Schwartzberg Communications, Inc., for a reported cash price of $300,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 11, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 2, 2005.
At the time of the sale, KNND broadcast a country music
format. The station flipped from its former country music format to a syndicated oldies music format from ABC Radio (now known as Citadel Media) in October 2007.
, as best Disc Jockey, Secondary Market, from the Academy of Western Artists. The Will Rogers Awards honor "the best and brightest in all facets of contemporary cowboy heritage" and recognize "outstanding talent, craftsmanship, and artistry in those who exemplify the cowboy way of life".
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
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 Cottage Grove, Oregon
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Cottage Grove is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It received its name from its first postmaster, G. C. Pierce, in September 1861. Pierce's home at the time was in an oak grove. The population was 9,686 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1953, is currently owned by Schwartzberg Communications, Inc.
Programming
Since October 2007, KNND has broadcast an oldies music format that relies on The True Oldies ChannelThe True Oldies Channel
The True Oldies Channel is a syndicated radio programming stream begun in the spring of 2004, hosted by American radio personality Scott Shannon...
hosted by Scott Shannon
Scott Shannon
Michael Scott Shannon is a radio disc jockey, current co-host of the "Scott and Todd in the Morning" show on WPLJ, host of The True Oldies Channel, and the official voice of The Sean Hannity Show.-Early Radio Career:...
and distributed by Citadel Media. KNND also airs a local morning show, specialty block programming, community talk programming, and select sporting events of local interest.
Specialty programming
Specialty weekday programming on KNND includes a Monday mid-day bluegrass musicBluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
block called "Into the Blue" with Terry Herd, a Thursday mid-day classic country
Classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...
music program known as "The Round-Up Classic Country and Western Hoe-Down", a Friday evening classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
block called "Dig It". Weekend specialty programming includes a Saturday morning one-hour program for horse enthusiasts called "The Horse Show", a two-hour Saturday morning "Polka Party" hosted by John Klobas, three hours of cowboy poetry
Cowboy poetry
Cowboy poetry cp is a form of poetry which grew out of a tradition of extemporaneous composition carried on by workers on cattle drives and ranches. After a day of work, cowboys would gather around a campfire and entertain one another with tall tales and folk songs...
and western music
Western music (North America)
Western music originated as a form of American folk music. Originally composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada. Directly related musically to old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, Western music celebrates the life of...
each Sunday afternoon on "The Cowboy Culture Center" with Dallas McCord, and a three-hour Gospel music
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
show called "Sunday Morning Light".
Talk/Sports programming
In addition to its music programming, KNND airs a weekday community call-in talk program hosted by station owner Paul Schwartzberg called "The Beeper Show" followed by an hour-long tradioTradio
Tradio is the name given to a type of talk radio show format where listeners call in to buy or sell items. The concept of is analogous to classified ads in local newspapers....
program called "Swap 'n' Shop". KNND also broadcasts high school football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
games and select other sporting events featuring the Cottage Grove High School
Cottage Grove High School
Cottage Grove High School is a public high school located in Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States.-History:It has a newer school building, opened in 2003 to replace the old high school building that was built in 1939 and held its first classes in 1940...
Lions as a member of the Table Rock Sports Network. KNND is also a member of the Oregon State University
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
Beavers football
Oregon State Beavers football
The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I-A college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 and is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The head coach is Mike Riley, with Danny Langsdorf as the offensive...
radio network.
The beginning
The construction permitConstruction permit
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for this station was issued by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal 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...
to the Coast Fork Broadcasting Company in 1952. Authorized to broadcast with 250 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 1400 kHz, KCTG went on the air in August 1953. The station, under the leadership of company president W. Gordon Allen, changed its call sign
Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...
to KSGA just months later.
Coast Fork Broadcasting was sold to Orlo and Thelma Bagley in a deal that was consummated on June 1, 1954. The new owners had the FCC change the call sign again, this time to KOMB.
The Bagleys changed the name of the license holding company to Radio Station KOMB, Inc., in 1956 and Milton Viken joined the staff as the station's chief engineer. In 1959, the owners applied for a new call sign and the station was assigned KNND by the FCC.
The 1960s
The company, which still retained the Radio Station KOMB, Inc., name, was sold to Peter Ryan in 1960. In 1962, Ryan changed the name of the company to Radio Station KNND, Inc., to match the new call letters. That same year, the FCC issued the station a new construction permit to upgrade its daytime signal to 1,000 wattWatt
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 while broadcasting with 250 watts of power at night. KNND would begin broadcasting at the newly authorized power levels in 1963.
Chief engineer Milton A. Viken purchased the station and, by 1966, had changed the name of the company to Radio Station KNND & KRKT, Inc., to reflect its duopoly
Duopoly
A true duopoly is a specific type of oligopoly where only two producers exist in one market. In reality, this definition is generally used where only two firms have dominant control over a market...
status. Also in 1966, the station was playing as much as 12 hours of country & western music each week. Reflecting the growth of the company, Viken transferred the broadcast license
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...
for KNND to the Interstate Broadcasting Company in 1968. KNND aired Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
games as an affiliate of the Seattle Pilots
Seattle Pilots
The Seattle Pilots were an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington for one season, . The Pilots played home games at Sick's Stadium and were a member of the West Division of Major League Baseball's American League...
during their only year of existence, 1969, before the team went bankrupt and was reborn in 1970 as the Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
.
The 1970s
In 1972, Interstate Broadcasting sold the station to Keith L. and Eleanor B. Stiles, a married couple. The Stiles programmed a mix of country & western and contemporary music. This ownership would prove short-lived as on April 1, 1974, the station was sold to KTOB, Inc., who brought in a middle of the road music format. This too was a short-term change as the station was sold again, this time to Thornton Pfleger, Inc., in a transaction consummated on December 1, 1976. The new owners maintained the MOR format through the end of the 1970s.The 1980s and beyond
In October 1988, David R, Pfleger and Mary T. Pfleger announced an agreement to sell KNND license holder Thornton Pfleger, Inc., to Robert L. O'Renick and Diane C. O'Renick. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 28, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on December 3, 1988.In October 1998, the FCC granted KNND a new construction permit to change the location of its transmitter
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating...
, make changes to its antenna
Antenna (radio)
An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...
system, and reduce the power of both its daytime and nighttime signals to 950 watts.
In January 2005, Thornton Pfleger, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Paul Henry Schwartzberg doing business as Schwartzberg Communications, Inc., for a reported cash price of $300,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 11, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 2, 2005.
At the time of the sale, KNND broadcast 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. The station flipped from its former country music format to a syndicated oldies music format from ABC Radio (now known as Citadel Media) in October 2007.
Awards and honors
KNND on-air personality and "The Cowboy Culture Center" host Dallas McCord won the 2007 Will Rogers Award, named for humorist Will RogersWill Rogers
William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....
, as best Disc Jockey, Secondary Market, from the Academy of Western Artists. The Will Rogers Awards honor "the best and brightest in all facets of contemporary cowboy heritage" and recognize "outstanding talent, craftsmanship, and artistry in those who exemplify the cowboy way of life".