KSHR-FM (97.3 FM, "K-Shore") is a

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licensed to serve

Coquille, Oregon Coquille is a city in, and the county seat of, Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,015 at the 2020 census. The primary economic base is the timber industry. The city derives its name from the Coquille Native American tribe ...

, United States. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media and the

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is held by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC. KSHR-FM broadcasts a

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format to the

Coos Bay, Oregon Coos Bay () is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. It shares Coos Bay with the adjacent city of North Bend, Oregon, North Bend. Together, they are often referred to as ...

, area.

History

This station, originally launched as a

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KWRO KWRO (630 AM, "Newstalk 630 & 101.1") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Coquille, Oregon, United States, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses Iii, LLC and features programming from ...

(630 AM), received its original

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from the

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

. The new station was assigned the KWRO-FM

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by the FCC on September 29, 1978. After multiple extensions, KWRO-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on February 5, 1981. In October 1981, KWRO Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell KWRO-FM to Southwest Broadcasters, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 5, 1982. The new owners had the FCC assign the station the KSHR-FM

on January 18, 1982. After a series of financial issues, Southwest Broadcasters, Inc., reached an agreement in November 1986 to sell this station to Coquille River Broadcasters, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 27, 1987, and the transaction was consummated on April 1, 1987. In April 2003, Coquille River Broadcasters, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Bicoastal Media through their Bicoastal CB, LLC, subsidiary as part of a four-station deal valued at a reported $1.5 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 22, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on October 16, 2003. As part of an internal corporate reorganization, Bicoastal Media applied to the FCC in October 2007 to transfer the broadcast license for KSHR-FM and several

s from Bicoastal CB, LLC, to Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC. The transfer was approved by the FCC on October 29, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.

References

External links

KSHR-FM official websiteBicoastal Media - Coos Bay
* {{Country Radio Stations in Oregon SHR-FM Country radio stations in the United States Coos County, Oregon Radio stations established in 1981 1981 establishments in Oregon