KBNP (1410 AM, "The Money Station") is a

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. The station is licensed to KBNP Radio, Inc., and is owned by the

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and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, with

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s on S.W. 84th Street Tualatin Oregon. It has a

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of financial news and syndicated

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shows. By day, KBNP transmits with 5,000

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s non-directional. At night, to protect other stations on

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, when radio waves travel farther, KBNP greatly reduces power to 9 watts. The

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is of S.E. Oaks Parks Way near the

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History

On , the station first

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the air. Its original

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was KPAM. From 1960 to 1970, there was also a KPFM at 97.1 MHz. On February 27, 1970, KPFM changed its

to KPAM-FM. KPAM-AM-FM ran a

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format as "K-Pam." In 1980, Duffy Broadcasting acquired KPAM-AM-FM. In September of that year, KPAM-AM-FM changed to KCNR and KCNR-FM, as the "Center" of the FM dial. The two stations aired an

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format. From 1968-1988 the station had the KKUL call letters. (The KPAM call letters are still in the Portland market on 860 AM.) The station was purchased by Alan Gottlieb of Bellevue Washington in 1988, and format was converted by Business, Financial/Investment and Lifestyle programming. In March 2009, Alan M. Gottlieb applied to transfer control of KBNP Radio, Inc., the licensee of record for this radio station, to the

and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, both of

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. The transfer was approved by the FCC on March 27, 2009.

References

External links

KBNP official websiteSecond Amendment Foundation

FCC History Cards for KBNP
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Oregon BNP Business talk radio stations Radio stations established in 1951 1951 establishments in Oregon Business mass media in the United States