I tuned to 101.5, and I am hearing KFLY. Does anybody know what happened?
Posted on August 11, 2009 - 08:15 PM
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I did a little research today, and I have answered my own question. First, I rode by Heritage Christian School today, after work. I noticed that the antenna had been removed. The buildings had an empty look about them, and there was a "FOR SALE" sign in front of the complex. There were a few people millings around, and there were boxes of odds and ends being sold in front of one of the buildings.
A few minutes ago, I checked the Heritage Christian School website, and I saw that the domain has expired. According to Wikipedia, "In June 2009, the school closed after graduation on June 5 with a final class of 10 students graduating."
Posted on August 20, 2009 - 08:03 PM # -
Is it just me, or is there something eerie about a school no longer existing, as though all the children just turned into ghosts? What would you think if you went back to your high school and it was abandoned?
Posted on August 20, 2009 - 08:32 PM # -
"What would you think if you went back to your high school and it was abandoned?"
Or Knocked down... the original Hillsboro High School is almost gone.
Posted on August 20, 2009 - 08:42 PM # -
My high school is now a social services center and the social work center for a local university. It was an old, old building -- parts of it dated to the late 19th Century! When it stopped being a private Catholic high school because the Province of Ontario finally honored the spirit of the British North America Act and started to allow public funding of the Roman Catholic public school system (versus the Protestant public school systm), the Catholic Public School Board replaced it with a new building in the suburban area of Kitchener-Waterloo.
Posted on August 20, 2009 - 10:07 PM # -
There are an awful lot of Washington High School graduates!
Posted on August 21, 2009 - 01:07 AM # -
I just rode by the North Hillsboro location (Roghan St) of Heritage Christian School and one sign now says "Carden Cascade Academy" and the other "Grace and Truth" church... no sign of Heritage or an antenna for KQRZ-LP there either. So who owns the license?
Posted on August 22, 2009 - 01:55 PM # -
Maybe KQRZ-LP moved their transmitter to a new location. Recnet says they're on 96.3MHz.
Posted on August 22, 2009 - 08:51 PM # -
Radio-Locator has also listed KQRZ-LP as 96.3 MHz since day one. I believe in our old message board, somebody posted an explanation of how KQRZ was able to modify its construction permit for 101.5 MHz and a lower antenna height. In my recollection, this person explained that the current antenna location was temporary, and the antenna was soon to move to a new tower (which never happened).
I am somewhat surprised that KQRZ-LP went on the air at all, as the school's closure was just a few months in the future when it signed on in February.
Posted on August 22, 2009 - 09:41 PM # -
Private Schools like Heritage Christian surprisingly close all over this country quite often. Usually in its place, a new private school opens up and ends up picking up the staff and student base from the previous school.
However, I do seem to remember someone telling me that Heritage Christian was loosing students in high numbers to other schools.
Posted on August 23, 2009 - 12:39 AM #
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