KORE (1050 AM) is a

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station dual licensed to Springfield and

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. It airs a

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and is owned by KORE Broadcasting, LLC. The studios and offices are on Willagillespie Road off Oregon Route 132 in Eugene. By day, KORE is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. As 1050 AM is a Mexican clear channel frequency reserved for XEG-AM in

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, KORE reduces power at night to 105 watts. The

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site is on Goodpasture Road near the Willamette River in Eugene. Programming is also heard on 250-watt

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K275CX at 102.9

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. Television station KLSR-TV (channel 34) also carries KORE audio overnight.

Programming

KORE has two Oregon-based shows on weekdays. In early afternoons, it runs ''Danny & Justin''. In late afternoons, it carries ''The Bald Faced Truth'' with John Canzano from KXTG in Portland. Two popular nationally syndicated programs are heard on weekday mornings, '' The Dan Patrick Show'' and '' The Herd with Colin Cowherd''. Evenings and weekends, KORE carries

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. KORE airs live play-by-play sports including

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History

According to

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(FCC) records, KORE (Facility ID #64034) dates back to 1954. However, because the station inherited the KORE call sign in a 1966 call letter swap with the original KORE, it has traditionally traced its history to the 1927 founding of the original KORE, thus making it Eugene's oldest radio station.

Original KORE

The original KORE was first licensed on February 15, 1927, as KLIT, to Lewis Irvine Thompson at 475 Twenty-first Street in Portland. Its debut broadcast, with just watts, took place at 8 p.m. on February 24, and included an address by Mayor George L. Baker. In early 1928, the station was sold to the Eugene Broadcast Station, which moved the station to Eugene, and changed the call letters to KORE, reflecting the first three letters of Oregon. The long-running religious program, '' The World Tomorrow'', originated on KORE in 1933. For most of its history, KORE was a full-service radio station, airing popular adult music, news and sports. In March 1941, with the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, the original KORE moved to 1450 kHz.

1966 call letter swap of KORE and KEED

In November 1966, the call signs of KORE and KEED were swapped, with AM 1050 changed to KORE from KEED, and AM 1450 changed from KORE to KEED. KORE flipped to

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in 1970 and became a

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of the

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. But as fans of country music switched to the FM dial, KORE decided to appeal to a different audience. It adopted a Christian talk and teaching format in 1973, changing its network to USA Radio News. For most of its history, operation on 1050 AM was as a daytimer station, required to stop broadcasting at sunset to avoid interfering with XEG in

, Mexico, the dominant Class A station on 1050 AM. But by the 1980s, restrictions on clear channel frequencies had been relaxed. KORE was able to apply to the FCC for full time operation, running 5,000 watts by day and reduced power at night."Oregon Radio: Springfield-Eugene"
''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook'', 1990 edition, page B-257. Retrieved November 22, 2024. On June 15, 2016, KORE went silent. On November 23, 2016, it resumed broadcasting as a

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station with programming from

Translator

KORE also broadcasts on the following

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KORE
(covering 1953-1980 as KRGA / KEED / KORE (1966+))
FCC History Cards for KEED (the original KORE)
(covering 1927-1980 as KLIT / KORE (1928-1966) / KEED) * * {{Authority control ORE Springfield, Oregon 1927 establishments in Oregon Radio stations established in 1927 Fox Sports Radio stations