In May 1925 it was announced that KHQ was temporarily going off the air in order to give Bush & Lane time to "make extensive alterations in the studio", in addition to a major facility upgrade. Instead, after broadcasting for three years in Seattle, Wasmer relocated the station to Spokane, reportedly transporting the radio equipment in a motorcycle sidecar. KHQ was Spokane's fifth radio station, preceded by stations KFZ, KOE, KFIO (now KSBN) and KFPY (now KXLY), although only KFIO and KFPY were still licensed at the time of KHQ's arrival.