KGON

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KGON
Broadcast area Portland metropolitan area
Frequency 92.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding92-3 KGON
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations Seattle Seahawks Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
December 6, 1967;56 years ago (1967-12-06)
Former call signs
KLIQ-FM (1967–73)
Call sign meaning
Oregon
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 2432
Class C
ERP 100,000  watts
HAAT 386 meters (1,266 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 45°29′20″N122°41′40″W / 45.48889°N 122.69444°W / 45.48889; -122.69444
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via  Audacy)
Website www.audacy.com/kgon

KGON (92.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in Portland, Oregon. The station airs a classic rock radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. [3] KGON broadcasts in the HD Radio format. Its HD2 subchannel formerly carried a blues format, known as "Waterfront Blues Radio."

Contents

KGON's offices and studios are located south of Downtown Portland on Bancroft Street. [4] The transmitter site is in the city's Southwest Hills district, off SW Seymour Street. [5] KGON has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. [6] The signal covers much of Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington.

Programming

KGON competes with iHeartMedia-owned KFBW 105.9 FM. While KFBW plays mostly rock from the 1980s, 1990s and a few 2000s titles, KGON goes back as far as The Beatles for some selections and rarely plays titles later than 1990. KGON also carries Seattle Seahawks football games during the NFL season.

History

The station signed on the air on December 6, 1967;56 years ago. Its original call sign was KLIQ-FM. [7] It was the FM counterpart to KLIQ (AM 1290), which is no longer on the air. The two stations were owned by the Cascade Broadcasting Company, simulcasting a talk radio format. Because KLIQ was a daytimer, the staton's programming could only be heard on KLIQ-FM after dark.

In 1973, as more people bought radios that received FM stations, KLIQ-FM was sold to KYXI, Inc., the same firm that owned KYXI (now AM 1520, KGDD). [8] On February 1, 1974, the new owners changed the format to album-oriented rock under new call sign KGON. The first song after the flip was "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles. The flip put KGON in competition with KINK, which went on the air in 1968 as a freeform radio station, along with KQIV, which signed on in 1972 playing progressive rock. KGON was programmed with a more structured format, playing only the most popular tracks from the top-selling rock albums. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] It would continue in this direction until November 4, 1992, when it shifted to its current classic rock direction.

In 1992, KGON and KWJJ (now KFXX) were bought by Apogee Communications for $5.5 million. [18] In 1995, the station changed hands after just three years when Entercom acquired KGON. [19] Entercom changed its name to Audacy in 2021.

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References

  1. ↑ "FCCInfo Facility Search Results: Entercom Portland License, LLC". Manassas, Virginia: Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KGON". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "KGON Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ KGON.radio.com/contact-us
  5. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KGON
  6. ↑ FCC.gov/KGON
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1969 page B-140
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 page C-157
  9. ↑ "The History of KGON: A Work In Progress" Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Iris Harrison, blogs.kgon.com (September 2, 2009)
  10. ↑ "KGON FM 92 1975 TV commercial". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  11. ↑ "92 FM KGON Radio And Unnatural Disco - Portland, OR Memories". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  12. ↑ "KGON radio Portland Oregon 1982". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  13. ↑ "1985 KGON FM92.3 "When you want the best, with more rock" Portland Oregon Local TV Commercial". YouTube .
  14. ↑ "KGON Radio - TV Spot 1". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  15. ↑ "KGON 92.3 Portland Radio Station 80s Commercial (1988)". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  16. ↑ "KGON Portland Radio Station Commercial 1988". YouTube .
  17. ↑ "KGON Portland Radio Station Guitar Commercial 1989". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  18. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 page B-340
  19. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996 page B-347
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