KPOR (90.3
FM) is a
radio station
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licensed to serve
Welches, Oregon
Welches is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor between Zigzag and Wemme along U.S. Route 26. It is one of the many communities that make up the Villages at Mount ...
, and the
Portland, Oregon
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, United States, radio market. The station is owned, and the
broadcast license
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held, by the
Educational Media Foundation
Educational Media Foundation (formerly EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, a suburb of Nashville.
EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest contempor ...
.
History
The 90.3 frequency in Welches has been network-fed its entire life, beginning as an
Air 1
Air1 is an American Christian radio network owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a non-profit Christian ministry. It primarily broadcasts contemporary worship music, and is a sister to the EMF's K-Love network.
History
On July 15, ...
outlet in 2001.
The station was heard on 102.7 in Gresham and 92.7 in Vancouver Washington to improve its signal in the Portland area.
Two other translators in the Portland area at 95.9 and 96.3 were rebroadcasting KLVP 88.7.
In 2013,
KXPC moved from Eugene to Portland.
What was KLVP on 88.7 took the KZRI call letters and Air1 affiliation.
KXPC, which briefly was on 97.9, took the KLVP callsign from 88.7.
Around the same time, 92.7 was upgraded and moved to Portland, continuing to rebroadcast KZRI, now at 88.7.
The 96.3 signal was a rebroadcast of KZRI until its move to 103.7, when it was leased to iHeart Media and started broadcasting as Tailgate Country 103.7.
The 102.7 signal was leased to Alpha Media to rebroadcast KXTG, leaving 92.7 as the Air1 signal directly in Portland.
KXPC's repeater in Portland is on 95.9.
On May 12, 2021, KXPC changed its call sign to KPOR.
See also
KNRQ
KNRQ (103.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station, city of license, licensed to Harrisburg, Oregon, and serving the Eugene, Oregon, Eugene–Springfield, Oregon, Springfield media market, radio market. It is o ...
KLVP
References
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Radio stations established in 2001
2001 establishments in Oregon
Educational Media Foundation radio stations