KSVY (Washington)

Last updated
DKSVY
Broadcast area Spokane, Washington
Frequency 1550 kHz
Ownership
OwnerHarold Orr dba Harold Leasing
History
First air date
September 1, 1962
Last air date
July 18, 1996
Former call signs
KDNC (1962–1974)
KXXR (1974–1987)
Call sign meaning
Spokane ValleY
Technical information
Facility ID 26178
Class B
Power 10,000 watts day
2,500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 47°36′39.6″N117°14′27.6″W / 47.611000°N 117.241000°W / 47.611000; -117.241000

KSVY was a radio station operating at 1550 AM in Opportunity, Washington, serving Spokane. It operated from 1962 to 1996.

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History

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 $1,173,516 in 2021). [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 dial positions 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]

Closure

At noon on July 18, 1996, vandals broke in and caused $32,000(equivalent to about $55,000 in 2021) 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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Opening Slated by Radio Station". Spokane Daily Chronicle. August 31, 1962. p. A-3. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "KDNC "Cadence" Means Golden Music". The Spokesman-Review. September 2, 1962. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ "KDNC Plans New Studio". The Spokesman-Review. April 4, 1964. p. 7. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "KXXR" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook 1975. 1975. p. C-205. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Local Man Buys Station KDNC". The Spokesman-Review. October 19, 1967. p. 6. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ "FCC Approves Station Switch". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 14, 1969. p. 10. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  7. ↑ FCC History Cards for KSVY
  8. ↑ "Spokane Radio". The Spokesman-Review. January 15, 1979. p. 13. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Spokane Radio". The Spokesman-Review. March 25, 1980. p. 15. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Radio". The Spokesman-Review. March 2, 1981. p. 15. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Locally..." September 16, 1983. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ "County OKs disputed land plans". Spokesman-Review. March 18, 1981. p. A6. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Moist memories linger at defunct AM radio station". Spokesman-Review. February 6, 2006. pp. A6, A7 . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  14. ↑ Sowa, Tom (February 23, 1986). "Whatever happened to AM radio?". The Spokesman-Review. pp. E12, E9 . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  15. 1 2 3 Sowa, Tom (November 20, 1988). "Radio Free Opportunity". The Spokesman-Review. p. C10. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  16. ↑ Kershner, Jim (August 12, 1990). "Classical music has full-time home on AM radio dial". Spokesman-Review. p. 39. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  17. ↑ Kershner, Jim (August 11, 1996). "Wynonna plans an Arena show". The Spokesman-Review. p. E3. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
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