317:(100 watt) LPFM station, it was upgraded to a full-power NCE station in June 2011. Its studio is located in Ashland. The original transmitter was just southeast of the city, but has now been dismantled in favor of a better site on Table Mountain. KSKQ has been streaming locally produced and nationally syndicated programming over the Internet since 2005. In 2007, it also began broadcasting over the airwaves at 94.9 FM.
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only underscored the urgency of these talks. KSKQ's license with the
Federal Communications Commission requires that it remain on air, barring unforeseen circumstances. If power had not been restored so quickly, the station would have had to apply for a 30-day reprieve to allow for restoration of power.
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On the day following the outage, two truck drivers from
Ferrellgas of Central Point were finally able to deliver the propane to KSKQ's 200-gallon tank on the mountain. A dialogue was initiated with U.S. Cellular to resolve the impasse over the sharing of power, and the problems with propane refueling
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On 14 November 2011, a power outage was experienced by the transmitter on Table
Mountain. This caused an interruption of broadcasting over the airwaves for two days, although the internet stream continued as before. New snowfall had made the road nearly impassable for the delivery truck to refill the
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During the tragic Almeda wildfire of 2020, KSKQ again lost its electrical power. Because of its recent move to a new location, KSKQ had no back-up generator to power equipment in the studio or to allow the EAS system to operate. That problem is in the process to be corrected to comply with FCC
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Jackson County, in addition to local home radio. The plan at the time was to have a full-power transmitter operational on Table Mountain by
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involvement, for the most part, are local, community participants of this project. The station represents a liberal, yet non-partisan, local community radio project, and encourages participation from many groups or individuals. KSKQ is also an affiliate of
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propane tank connected to the generator, which was the only source of power to the transmitter. This incident reinforced the need for an alternate source of power. An official request had already been submitted months before to
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Mountain, in late November 2013, the transmitter was finally ready to be turned on at just under 100 watts ERP, as of 4 January 2014.
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