BendBroadband filed a petition with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the proposed sale but it still went through. KQRE-LP was originally a repeater of KTVZ. In January 2007, that station completed a transmitter move that brought it closer to Bend making the rebroadcast redundant.
BendBroadband sought to prevent the sale of KQRE-LP to FCC, but it ultimately went through. Initially, KQRE-LP was a repeater for KTVZ. In January 2007, the station moved its transmitter closer to Bend, rendering its rebroadcast redundant.