KURY-FM
Encyclopedia
KURY-FM is a radio station
licensed
to serve Brookings, Oregon
, USA. The station is owned by Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.
music format to Curry County, Oregon
, and the greater Crescent City, California
, area.
, both owner by Norman Oberst's KURY Radio, Inc. 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.
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. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 19, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 5, 2005. At the time of the sale, KURY-FM broadcast a middle of the road-leaning adult contemporary music format.
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 Brookings, Oregon
Brookings, Oregon
Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber and Box Company, which founded the city in 1908. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,336. The total population of the Brookings area is over 13,000, which...
, USA. The station is owned by Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Programming
KURY-FM broadcasts a classic hitsClassic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
music format to Curry County, Oregon
Curry County, Oregon
Curry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 2010, its population was 22,364. The county is named for George Law Curry, a governor of the Oregon Territory. The seat of the county is Gold Beach.-Economy:...
, and the greater Crescent City, California
Crescent City, California
Crescent City is the county seat and only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California. Named for the crescent-shaped stretch of sandy beach south of the city, Crescent City had a total population of 7,643 in the 2010 census, up from 4,006 in the 2000 census...
, area.
History
This station initially signed on in the late 1970s as KURY-FM as a simulcast partner to KURYKURY (AM)
KURY is a radio station licensed to serve Brookings, Oregon, USA. The station, established in 1958, is currently owned by Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.-Programming:KURY broadcasts an adult standards music format...
, both owner by Norman Oberst's KURY Radio, Inc. 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.
KURY Radio, Inc., reached an agreement in February 2005 to sell this station and KURY
KURY (AM)
KURY is a radio station licensed to serve Brookings, Oregon, USA. The station, established in 1958, is currently owned by Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc.-Programming:KURY broadcasts an adult standards music format...
to Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Hugo Papstein, president) for a reported combined price of $775,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 19, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 5, 2005. At the time of the sale, KURY-FM broadcast a middle of the road-leaning adult contemporary music format.