KDUN Is Done: Delilah Surrenders License To Oregon AM | Radio & Television Business Report

KDUN Is Done: Delilah Surrenders License To Oregon AM | Radio & Television Business Report

Four years ago, she signed off on an asset purchase agreement that ultimately won regulatory approval, giving her ownership of the very first radio station she worked at. Now, iconic syndicated radio personality Delilah has shuttered the Oregon AM, and local market challenges are the primary reason for her decision. Please Login to view this premium content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

Delilah's KDUN(AM) Signs Off

Despite high hopes and a lot of industry media attention at her launch, 1030 KDUN(AM), the 50,000-watt station in Reedsport, Ore., owned by syndicated radio host Delilah, has ceased broadcasting and turned in its license. She purchased the station in 2021 in the coastal Oregon town where her hall-of-fame career began. Delilah submitted the request to cancel KDUN’s license to the FCC on May 6. “After more than three years of operation, I’m not ab…

Delilah Surrenders KDUN License

After rescuing and rebuilding the station where she started her career in 1974 while in junior high school, Delilah Rene has surrendered the license of 1030 KDUN Reedsport OR telling the FCC that “after more than three years of operation, I’m not able to continue operating the radio station and provide the financial means to do so”. Delilah purchased KDUN from Post Rock Communications for $60,000 in May 2021. At the time she noted that Reedsport…