The former King’s Table restaurant is being converted for new businesses, but is taking a long time to finish.-World Photo by Lou Sennick

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A: It is the new home of KDCQ radio. The classic rock ‘n’ roll station plans to begin broadcasting from the former site of the Coos Bay buffet by the first of next year, said Stephanie Kilmer, general manager of the station commonly known as K-DOCK.

The 14-year-old company first began broadcasting from the second-floor offices of the Bay Cities Ambulance building on Ocean Boulevard.

Kilmer said station owner Bruce Latta wanted to move operations into a single-level building in part to ensure KDCQ could remain on the air in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.

The company purchased the Broadway property in February 2007.

The hope was to move directly from Ocean Boulevard to the Broadway site, Kilmer said, but prolonged foundation work delayed construction.

“We wanted to make sure the foundation was good enough,” she said, noting the property now features an extensive pier system.

Instead, K-DOCK moved operations into temporary quarters on Broadway Avenue in North Bend in January.

Once completed, the new building will have about 5,000 square feet of space and a lobby allowing visitors to look in on disc jockeys and radio personalities while they are on the air.

Although the building is not within the city’s historic district, Kilmer said the radio station will feature colors and a facade consistent with the area.

“We wanted to make it a showpiece and get others to do the same,” she said.

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