One month after the iconic KQV 1410 AM Pittsburgh left the airwaves comes the news that its license is in the process of being sold to Broadcast Communications, Inc.
BCI’s president, Robert M. Stevens, said that in adding to his diverse lineup of stations out of North Versailles and Garrett County, Md., among others.
According to the Post-Gazette, the Limited Purchase Asset Agreement between BCI and Calvary Incorporated was filed Jan. 30 and calls for a purchase price of $55,000. Calvary, co-owned or owned outright by the Dickey family since 1982, has not included in this deal its five towers and 20.5 acres of land. That property is on the market for its development value.
The license sale is pending FCC approval. KQV did its final signoff as the New Year’s Eve clock wound down on Jan. 31, 2017.
“I’m thrilled that someone with his business acumen is taking [KQV] over and, hopefully, bring it into the second century,” said Bob Dickey, Jr., KQV vice president and general manager.
Stevens said it is too early for concrete programming decisions, but it is possible KQV’s format might be “similar to what the Dickey family was doing. But of course, we are not the same company.
“Our first choice of format is to do news, and we are studying that very, very carefully. If we don’t feel that’s going to be feasible, we do have some alternatives.”
He added that regardless of format, the “new” KQV probably won’t be on the air until autumn.
Many of BCI’s stations operate out of North Versailles, with programming reaching the eastern suburbs around Western Pennsylvania. Among its holdings are 620 WKHB, 770 WKFB, 810 WEDO, 103.1 KVE and 1570 WQTW.
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