This is the Portland, OR section of 
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 7/20/03

Portland, Oregon is the 24th radio market.

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Portland 1922 (October):

AM

618 KDYQ 5 W Oregon Institute of Technology  
833 KGW 50 W  Oregonian Publishing Co.  
833 KGN 100 W The Northwestern Radio Manufacturing Co. x-7XF
833 KYG 100 W William Hawley, Jr. x-7XG
833 KGG 50 W Hallock & Watson Radio Service x-7XI
833 KQY 50 W Stubbs Electric Co.  
833 KFEC 50 W Meier & Frank Co.  

Portland 1938:

AM 

620 KGW 5/1 kW NBC-Red The Oregonian Publishing Co.
940 KOIN 5/1 kW CBS KOIN, Inc (Journal Publishing Co.)
1040 KWJJ 500 W   KWJJ Broadcast Co, Inc.
1180 KEX 5/1 kW NBC-Blue The Oregonian Publishing Co
1300 KALE 1 kW Mutual-Don Lee

KALE, Inc. (The Journal Publishing Co.)

1420 KXL 250/100 W   KXL Broadcasters, Inc.
1420 KBPS 100 W   Benson Polytechnic School

Portland 2003:
(Courtesy of Craig Adams)

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