Townsquare Media has taken an AM station and its FM translator in the Quad Cities off the air, citing the economy.
FCC filings indicate KBOB/1170 (Davenport) and K281DB/104.1 (Davenport) went silent on March 1.
Here’s what may have been KBOB’s last ID, received Feb. 28 at 11 p.m. in Superior, WI (the station was not heard at midnight):
In requests for special temporary authority to remain silent, the stations state, “Due to economic conditions in the market, the licensee was forced to take the station off the air temporarily. The licensee respectfully requests special temporary authority for the station to remain silent. The licensee will promptly notify the Commission when it is able to resume station operations.”
KBOB is the only AM station in Townsquare’s Quad Cities group. K281DB can only be used to relay KBOB as a condition of its grant during the AM revitalization filing window.
KBOB’s website, espnquadcities.com, has been rebranded as “Quad Cities Sports Network.” Townsquare content continues to be posted on the site and its associated Facebook page, which continues to display the ESPN logo as of March 6.
The stations’ silence leaves iHeartMedia’s “FOX Sports 1230” (WFXN Moline) as the only all-Sports station in the Quad Cities.