KURY (910 AM) is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station, established in 1958, is currently owned by Bicoastal Media, through licensee Bicoastal Media Licenses II, LLC.

Programming

KURY broadcasts an

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music format. In addition to its usual music programming, the station also airs University of Oregon Ducks women's basketball,

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, and

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games as a member of the

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History

This station began regular daytime-only broadcasting on May 2,

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

, as KURY with 500

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s of power on . KURY was originally owned and operated by Joseph F. Sheridan with Norman Oberst serving as the station's first general manager. The station increased its coverage area with a boost to 1,000 watts of power in 1960 but remained a daytime-only station. The station was acquired by Norman Oberst's KURY Radio, Inc., on November 1, 1964. After nearly 30 years of ownership, 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-FM KURY-FM (95.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station city of license, licensed to serve Brookings, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media, through licensee Bicoastal Media Licenses II, LLC. Programming KURY-FM broadcasts ...

to Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Hugo Papstein, president) for a reported 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 broadcast a

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format. Effective January 31, 2020, Eureka Broadcasting sold KURY, KURY-FM and translator K287CF to Bicoastal Media for $500,000.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KURY
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Adult standards radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1958 Brookings, Oregon 1958 establishments in Oregon Curry County, Oregon