KGAL

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KGAL
Broadcast area Mid–Willamette Valley
Frequency 1580 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 1580
Programming
Format Talk Radio
Network CBS News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerEads Broadcasting Corporation
KSHO
History
First air date
November 20, 1995;28 years ago (1995-11-20)
Call sign meaning
Gordon Allen (original owner of KSHO)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 18039
Class B
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 44°34′25″N122°55′05″W / 44.57361°N 122.91806°W / 44.57361; -122.91806
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kgal.com

KGAL (1580 kHz, "NewsTalk 1580") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Lebanon, Oregon, and serving the Mid–Willamette Valley. It airs a talk radio format and is owned by the Eads Broadcasting Corporation. The studios and transmitter are on KGAL Drive in Lebanon, off Santiam Highway SE (U.S. Route 20). [2]

Contents

By day, KGAL is powered at 5,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. But to protect other stations on 1580 AM, at night it reduces power to 1,000 watts and uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array.

Programming

News and talk

KGAL features nationally syndicated talk shows with local news updates and weekend sports. [3] Weekdays on KGAL begin with This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal . He is followed by Dan Bongino, Guy Benson, Joe Pags, Rick Valdes, Hugh Hewitt, Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb and Red Eye Radio . Most hours begin with an update from CBS News Radio.

Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, guns, cars, movies, pets, veterans, travel, technology, home repair and the outdoors. Syndicated weekend shows include CBS Eye on Travel with Peter Greenberg, The Kim Komando Show, Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont and The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show .

Sports

In the fall, KGAL carries Seattle Seahawks football. In the fall and winter, Lebanon High School football and basketball games are broadcast. [4] Infinity Sports Network shows are heard during some hours on weekends.

History

Early years

The Eads Broadcasting Corporation received the original construction permit for this station from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 27, 1994. [5] The new station was given the call sign KGAL by the FCC on January 23, 1995. [6] KGAL received its license to cover from the FCC on November 20, 1995;28 years ago. [7]

KGAL was one of two radio stations in 1997 broadcasting the games of the Portland Forest Dragons of the Arena Football League. [8] That team would ultimately leave Portland after the 1999 season.

A Moment in Oregon History

Throughout 2009, KGAL and sister station KSHO aired a series of one-minute historical vignettes as part of Oregon's sesquicentennial celebration. [9] The program, titled A Moment in Oregon History, highlights notable Oregon residents and key historical events. [9] Each of the 240 vignettes was written by author Rick Steber. [9]

Awards and honors

Eads Broadcasting owner Charlie Eads was the Broadcaster of the Year in Oregon and was honored as Volunteer of the Year at the 2009 Ovation Awards given out at the annual Northwest Festivals and Events Conference. [10] Eads was cited for his work with the Willamette Valley Concert Band, the Linn County Cultural Coalition, and several other community organizations. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KGAL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KGAL
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "KGAL broadcasts football". Lebanon Express. October 14, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details (BP-19940629AC)". FCC Media Bureau. December 27, 1994.
  6. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details (BL-19950815AB)". FCC Media Bureau. November 20, 1995.
  8. ↑ "The Best (and Worst) of Arena-Ball". The News Tribune . May 27, 1997. And you wonder how much it's catching on when you see that the team's radio network consists of KIOV in Fruitland, Idaho, and KGAL in Lebanon, Ore.
  9. 1 2 3 "KGAL, KSHO present author Rick Steber". Lebanon Express. February 17, 2009.
  10. 1 2 Ingalls, Cathy (March 13, 2009). "Ovation Awards go to 6 Albany events, helpers". Albany Democrat-Herald.
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