She rules evening radio — and has for decades — with her unique approach of uplifting the lives of listeners all across the country.
Now, she’s returning to where it all began … sort of.
Delilah is buying the Oregon radio station where she first took to the airwaves.
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Delilah Rene, as she is known in the eyes of the FCC, has submitted a Form 314 filing seeking the Commission’s approval of the purchase of KDUN-AM in Reedsport, Ore.
Rene’s business name is Big Shoes Productions, and it is offering $60,000 to current owner Post Rock Communications, led by Charles Contreras.
A $5,000 deposit has been made by Delilah; the remaining cash will be paid in full through broker Craig Ruark, doing business as “The Broadcast License Store.”
Equipment List
1 Nautel XL-60 (60kW transmitter)
1 Nautel Ampex 1K
1 Continental 10K
1 Orban AM optimod
1 Burk remote control system
1 ATU was built by Kintronics
1 Guyed Tower and ground system
KDUN is a Class B at 1030 kHz, putting a 50kw daytime signal over coastal Oregon from Newport to Gold Beach. It has 630 watts after dark, from 1 tower; incredibly, it must protect WBZ-AM 1030 in Boston and Radio Tele Ginen in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
As noted by the NAB upon her 2017 induction into the associations’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Delilah first became interested in radio while in middle school in Reedsport, Ore. There, she provided local sports reports and school news for KDUN.
KDUN began operations in June 1961 as KRAF. From 1997-2002, it held the KLLU calls; KDUN had been in place before that, from 1970.
