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| Broadcast area | Portland metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 102.9MHz |
| Branding | WE 102.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Rhythmic CHR |
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| History | |
First air date | 1998; 27 years ago (1998) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60147 |
| Class | D |
| ERP | 99 watts |
| HAAT | 198 meters (650 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°31′20.4″N122°44′59.4″W / 45.522333°N 122.749833°W /45.522333; -122.749833 |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
K275CH (102.9MHz) is an American commercialFM radio stationtranslatorlicensed toGresham, Oregon, and broadcasting to thePortland metropolitan area. The station, billed as "WE 102.9", airs arhythmic contemporaryradio format, owned and operated byConnoisseur Media, which owns six full-strength radio stations in the Portlandmarket.
K275CH's studios and offices are in the Connoisseur Media studios located in thePacWest Center on Southwest Fifth Avenue in Portland.[2] Thetransmitter is located off Southwest Fairmount Boulevard, amid other Portland-area FM and TV towers.[3] K275CH broadcasts at only 99 watts while many Portland-area FM stations operate at 100,000 watts. Because the tower is 198 meters (650 feet)height above average terrain, a bit less than theEmpire State Building, the station's signal is limited over Portland and its nearby suburbs in Oregon andWashington.
K275CH signed on at 102.5 FM in 1998, and repeatedcontemporary Christian programming from theK-Love network. It would later shift to 102.7 FM in 2001. In 2014,Alpha Media began programming the translator and flipped it to a simulcast ofKXTG; the following year, the translator would shift frequencies again to 102.9 FM.[4]
The "WE" intellectual property began on August 1, 2016, at 5 p.m., when Alpha Media began operating KWLZ-FM (96.3 FM) under alocal marketing agreement with 3 Horizons, and flipped the station's format to Rhythmic CHR, branded as "WE 96-3".[5] The station changed its call sign toKWEE on August 12, 2016.
On June 4, 2019, 3 Horizons LLC sold KWEE toWAY-FM Network, whose Christian AC programming was also heard on K283BL viaiHeartMedia'sKFBW-HD2. The sale also ended its LMA with Alpha Media, as WAY-FM moved the Christian AC format to KWEE on October 3, 2019.[6]
On September 16, 2019, Alpha began transitioning KWEE's format to 102.9, replacing the KXTG simulcast, relaunching as "WE 102.9." The transition was completed on October 3.[7]
Effective April 25, 2022, Alpha Media acquired the license for K275CH fromEducational Media Foundation in exchange forKHHL. Alpha Media merged withConnoisseur Media on September 4, 2025.[8]
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