music format with shock jock programming as the "Rocket Radio Network" for a short time before deciding not to complete the transaction. The station fell silent on May 16, 2009, and a new application for remain-silent authority, again citing financial reasons, was accepted for filing on June 8, 2009. The Commission granted this temporary authority on January 6, 2010, with a scheduled expiration of May 17, 2010—at which time the station would have been off the air for a full year and their license subject to automatic forfeiture. Reed-Nickerson era Unable to sell the station or resume broadcasting, the Profitts had planned to have the broadcast tower disassembled on October 31, 2009, until a new ownership group made a successful bid to acquire the station. KORC filed an application with the FCC on November 23, 2009, to transfer the broadcast license for this station to KORC, Inc., for a reported total of $33,000. KORC Radio, Inc., is wholly owned by Leighton M. Reed-Nickerson and Joan M. Reed-Nickerson. The Commission approved this application on January 7, 2010, and the transaction was consummated on January 25, 2010. The station returned to the air on March 10, 2010, with a classic rock music format branded as "The Crab". On March 11, 2010, KORC Radio, Inc., filed an application with the FCC for a daytime power increase to 5,000 watts. The FCC granted a new construction permit for this change on July 28, 2010, with a scheduled July 28, 2013, expiration date. Also in March 2010, the KORC studios were moved to a larger facility at 140 Verbina Street in Waldport. A new transmitter building was constructed and a new generator and uninterruptible power supply were installed. On April 19, 2010 KORC began an affiliation with the CBS Radio Network. The station fell silent on November 1, 2010, for "financial reasons" and applied to the FCC for special authority to remain silent until economic conditions improve. The FCC granted this authority on December 9, 2010, with a scheduled expiration date of June 7, 2011. Even with this authority, the station's broadcast license would have expired automatically if KORC did not resume normal broadcast operations before November 2, 2011. The Reed-Nickersons, the station's current owners, announced to the press that they intended to disassemble the broadcast tower for use at another location. They hoped to sell the station's license and remaining assets for $35,000 before