Rumors become reality...KAYO sale announced today

[barrisfan]

Re: But there's still KNBQ "Q-Country"....

heck...i wouldn't mind having one of those KNBQ shirts

 

[PSAIRCHECKS]

Re: JUST FLIPPED AT 6:57PM...

> The station just flipped a few minutes ago... Sounds like
> they're simulcasting 1210 AM.
>
> And I missed recording it.. Anybody catch it on tape, and
> willing to e-mail me a copy?

I got it, e-mail me and I'll send it to you.

 

[Gspotornado]

Re: Call Sign change for KAYO

> I was curious enough to check the call sign query on the FCC
> web site for KDDS. Sure enough, back on June 3rd, a request
> for the call sign KDDS-FM was filed by Puget Sound
> Broadcasting LLC (persumably on behalf of Bustos Media, to
> match their AM counterpart).
>
>
> htt>
> p://www.radioandrecords.com/Newsroom/2005_06_07/topstory.asp
>
> >
> >
> > "Bustos Media, the fast-growing company owned by Amador
> > Bustos will now enjoy a combo in Seattle, as its agreed to
>
> > purchase Country KAYO, licensed to Elma, WA, from South
> > Sound Broadcasting for $20 million. KAYO, at 99.3 MHz,
> > boasts a signal that reaches not only Bremerton, Seattle
> and
> > Tacoma, but also the Washington cities of Aberdeen,
> > Centralia, Olympia and Shelton. Bustos in December 2004
> > purchased KDDS-AM (La Gran D)/Seattle from Entercom for $6
>
> > million — a deal that gave Bustos its biggest market. With
>
> > the purchase of KAYO, Bustos will now own 23 stations
> > nationwide. Kalil & Co. was the exclusive broker for this
> > transaction."
> >
>

1210 and 99.3 aren't simulcasting,different tunes, but 99.3 is the same as 1520 down in PDX right now.