KHPE (107.9 FM, "Hope 107.9") is a

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, serving the

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. It is owned by Extra Mile Media and airs a

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. For much of November and December, the station switches to

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, performed by both secular and Christian music artists. The studios are on Santiam Highway SE ( U.S. Route 20). KHPE is a Class C station with an

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(ERP) of 100,000

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s, the maximum for most FM stations. The

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is on Northwest Cardinal Drive at Nettleton Road in Lewisburg. The signal covers Corvallis,

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, Salem, and

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– Springfield,

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. Programming is also heard in Eugene-Springfield on 250-watt

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K245AA at 96.9 MHz.

History

KWIL 1240 AM had

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the air in 1941. It decided to add an FM station to simulcast its programming. The first KWIL-FM began broadcasting on October 15, 1947, on 101.7 MHz. But few people owned FM receivers in that era and management saw little opportunity to make the station profitable. It was deleted from

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records on August 21, 1956. In the late 1960s, KWIL, now at 790 AM, decided to try adding an FM station again. The new KWIL-FM began broadcasting at 107.9 MHz, on . KWIL had been a long-time religious broadcaster and KWIL-FM used the same format, although with a different programming schedule. In 1972, the station took on a different

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, KHPE. The letters stood for the word "Hope." Over time, the

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programs were reduced, replaced by

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, more suitable for FM listeners. The station sells advertising time but also accepts donations from listeners on its website.

Translators

KHPE is

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on the following

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References

External links

Official Website
* * Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Albany, Oregon Radio stations established in 1969 1969 establishments in Oregon HPE {{Christian-radio-station-stub