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 attempted to stop the sale of KQRE-LP but it went through. The original purpose of KQRE-LP was to be a repeater for KTVZ. In January 2007, the station's transmitter relocation made its rebroadcast redundant.