Portland Radio Authority

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Portland Radio Authority
Frequency 96.7MHz
Programming
Format Indie rock, Garage rock, Event broadcasting, Talk radio
History
First air date
May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)
Last air date
March 1, 2006 [note 1]
Technical information
Power 100 Watts
Links
Website www.praradio.org

Portland Radio Authority (PraRadio) was a listener supported pirate radio station originally broadcasting from a mobile, 100-watt transmitter in Portland, Oregon. Listeners and musicians were encouraged to send tracks to the station, with or without a recording contract, and PraRadio would add the music to its mix. [1] The station operated illegally from May 2002 until March 2006, when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ended the transmissions. [2]

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PraRadio continued to broadcast as an Internet radio station until late September 2013. [3] Over 50 volunteer deejays in weekly two-hour shows featured a variety of music and programming. [4]

PraRadio sponsored a series of benefit concerts to raise money for the station, [5] [6] but eventually the costs of operating the station outpaced revenues, and Portland Radio Authority went silent in 2013. [3]

Notes

  1. The station ceased transmitting, but it continued as an Internet radio station until 2013.

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