KWDP (820 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Waldport, Oregon, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1988, is currently owned by David J. Miller and the broadcast license is held by Yaquina Bay Communications, Inc. The station, which had been temporarily dark for financial reasons, returned to the air simulcasting KBCH (1400 AM, Lincoln City, Oregon) in May 2011. Programming This station long broadcast an easy listening music format under the "KORC" call sign until the station fell silent on April 1, 2009, due to "financial difficulties". After a sale to new owners was consummated in January 2010, KORC returned to the air with a classic rock music format branded as "The Crab" on March 10, 2010. KORC fell silent again on November 1, 2010. After another new owner for the station was found, the station returned to the air as "KWDP" on May 2, 2011, simulcasting KNPT, Newport from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. weekdays. The rest of the day, the station airs an adult standards format plus local news and sports including Waldport High School sports, Oregon State Beavers football and basketball, and Portland Trail Blazers basketball. History The beginning This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on April 1, 1986. The new AM station was authorized to broadcast with 250 watts of power, daytime-only, on a frequency of 850 kHz to serve Waldport, Oregon. The new station was assigned the call letters KBBM by the FCC on April 23, 1986. KBBM received its license to cover from the FCC on November 21, 1988. Sold In November 1989, owner Edward C. McElroy, Jr., filed an application with the FCC to transfer the broadcast license for KBBM to a new company owned by James Girard called KBBM Radio, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on December 29, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on February 1, 1990. The new owners immediately applied for new call letters and the station was assigned KDRC by the FCC on March 6, 1990. This change lasted just over a year as the station applied for another new, but similar, call sign and was assigned KORC on April 25, 1991. In April 1992, Rod Wolfe, acting as executor of the estate of James Girard, the now-deceased owner of KBBM Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to