Springfield OR Radio: Land Sale Silences KORE

One of Eugene-Springfield’s oldest radio stations has gone off the air because of a property sale, but it may resume broadcasting with a new format and new owner, according to The Reigster-Guard.

Also, the radio station’s former property in Springfield is expected to be redeveloped with a multi-­million-dollar building that will serve as the Lane County headquarters for the Oregon Department of Transportation.

KORE 1050 AM, which began broadcasting in Eugene in 1928, went silent on June 15, a week after the radio station’s property was sold to a Eugene-based development firm.

The radio station in 1966 moved from Eugene to Springfield. It had broadcast Christian programming since 1973.

KORE’s license holder, Support Christian Broadcasting Inc., notified the Federal Communications Commission that it suspended operations last month because the station’s property had been sold.

Locally owned Support Christian Broadcasting “is no longer able to operate the station,” the company said in its notice to the FCC.

The firm said it has “located a potential buyer for the station,” subject to approval by the FCC.

KORE 1050 AM (5 Kw) 

Stephen Woodward, an advertising salesman for Fox-TV KLSR and MyTV KEVU in Eugene, said he’s purchased the station equipment. He said he plans to move KORE to Eugene and that he hopes to get the station back on the air as soon as possible, perhaps in August.

Citing competitive reasons, Woodward declined to say what the format of the station will be, except that it won’t be Christian programming. The format announcement will be made just before KORE goes back on the air, he said.

He said he will move KORE’s transmitter to the KKNX 840 AM and KLZS 1450 AM transmitter site in north Eugene.