KPDQ (800

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. It is owned by

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and serves the

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, with a

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known as "True Talk 800." The studios and offices are on SE Lake Road in Milwaukie. KPDQ is co-owned with

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, also a Christian talk and teaching station. Each station runs its own schedule. By day, KPDQ is powered at 1,000

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s, using a

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. But because AM 800 is a Mexican clear channel frequency reserved for XEROK in

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, KPDQ must reduce power at night to 500 watts to avoid interference. The

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is off SW Vermont Street in

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. In Portland and adjacent communities, KPDQ programming can also be heard on 99 watt

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K292HH, at 106.3 MHz.

History

KPDQ first

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the air on . It was owned by George W. Davis, who also served as president. For its first four decades on the air, KPDQ was a

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, powered at 1,000

s but required to go off the air at sunset. The station specialized in religious programming. In 1961, KPDQ added an FM station,

, originally at 93.7 MHz. At first, it was a

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of KPDQ, but began separate religious programming by the end of the 1960s. In the 1980s, Davis' son, George Davis II, became the president of the Inspirational Broadcasting Corporation, the new name for the company that owned both stations. In August 1986, Inspirational Broadcasting sold KPDQ-AM-FM to Salem Media. Shortly after the purchase, Salem Media got permission from the

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(FCC) to broadcast around the clock on KPDQ, with reduced nighttime power at 500 watts.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990 page B-257
/ref> Salem also added an

in the mid-2010s, for listeners who prefer FM radio.

References

External links

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FCC History Cards for KPDQ
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