KPOZ (104.1 FM) is a radio station

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, and serving the

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. The station is owned by the

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(EMF). It airs a

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format, part of EMF's national

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network.

History

In April 1981, the station first

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the air as KTIL-FM in Tillamook, and was the FM counterpart to KTIL (AM 1590). The two stations

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ed a

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middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports, and were owned by the Beaver Broadcasting Company. Because Tillamook is nearly 50 miles from Portland, separated by tall mountains, the station was not audible in Oregon's largest

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. In 1999, the station's call letters were changed to KJUN, and flipped to an

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format. In 2000, Salem Media bought KJUN for $35.8 million. The station already had a

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from the

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to move its

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to Scappoose and relocate its transmitter to Portland in order to give the station better coverage of the market. However, its signal is not as strong as many other Portland FM stations, which have an

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of 100,000

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s. KFIS is powered at 6,900 watts and is a Class C2 and has an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts (7,000 with

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). Salem changed the station's call letters to KFIS to reflect the "Fish" branding for its

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format. On September 1, 2001, it signed on from its new location, joining Salem's existing Portland stations KPDQ and

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, which air

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formats. An FM station in the Tillamook area of Oregon, KIXT, switched its call sign to KTIL-FM in 2006. On December 30, 2024, Salem Media Group announced the sale of KFIS and six other Christian AC stations to

for $80 million in order to pay off the company’s debt. A few weeks later, it was announced that the station would begin airing the nationwide

Christian worship network. Operation as KPOZ began immediately after Midnight on February 1, 2025, with the station officially operating as Air1. The final song aired was also the first song ever broadcast on the station, Shout to the Lord by Lincoln Brewster.

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* {{Air 1 1981 establishments in Oregon Air1 radio stations POZ Educational Media Foundation radio stations Radio stations established in 1981 POZ Scappoose, Oregon

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