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| Broadcast area | Portland metropolitan area, Oregon |
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| Frequency | 1040kHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Slavic Family Radio |
| Programming | |
| Language | Russian |
| Format | Slavic/English Programming |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | June 28, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-06-28) (as KEZF) |
Former call signs | KEZF (1989–1997) KLVP (2/97-10/97) KSKD (10/97-12/97) KLVP (1997–2006)[1] |
Call sign meaning | LaXPortlanD (previous format) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 18859 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,200watts days 200 watts nights |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°28′26″N122°39′33″W / 45.47389°N 122.65917°W /45.47389; -122.65917 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
KXPD (1040AM) is a commercialradio stationlicensed toTigard, Oregon, and serving thePortland metropolitan area. It airsRussian language programming and is currently owned by Irina Baranova, through licensee PIN Investments, Inc.[3][4] KXPD is part of the Slavic Family Radio Network.
More than five years after applying in August 1983, Dale A. Owens received the originalconstruction permit for a new 250watt AM station. The permit was provided by theFederal Communications Commission on March 23,1989.[5] The new station was assigned thecall lettersKEZF by the FCC in 1989.[1]
Before it was on the air, the permit was sold to a religious broadcaster. In March 1990, Dale A. Owens reached an agreement to sell the permit for this still-under construction station to theEducational Media Foundation. EMF owns hundreds of stations around the U.S. featuringChristian radio formats "K-LOVE" and "Air1." The deal was approved by the FCC on April 25, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 13, 1990.[6]
The new owners filed an application with the FCC in July 1992 to change the transmitter location, increase the station's signal daytime power to 2,200 watts, and lower the nighttime power to 200 watts.[7] The FCC granted authorization for these changes to the construction permit on December 22, 1992.[7] After several extensions, KEZF finally received itslicense to cover from the FCC on July 16, 1993.[8]
Eleven days after receiving the license, the Educational Media Foundation applied to the FCC for a waiver of its "main studio rule" to allow the station to be programmed fromSacramento, California, and operated as anon-commercial educational radio station.[9] After a second application in April 1996, the FCC granted this request on March 4, 1997.[10]
EMF intended to make the station part of its K-LOVE Radio Network.[11] EMF applied to the FCC for a new [call sign and grantedKLVP on February 10, 1997.[1] Those call letters refer to K-Love Portland. The call sign was changed again toKSKD on October 20, 1997, before returning toKLVP on December 22, 1997, where it would remain until the station was sold in 2006.[1]
On April 30, 2006, the Educational Media Foundation reached an agreement to sell this station to Churchill Communications, LLC, for a reported total price of $1.8 million.[12] The deal was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on July 31, 2006.[13] The new owners had the FCC assign the station newcall signKXPD on July 31, 2006.[1] On the same day, the FCC authorized the station to resume operations as a commercial radio station and licensed KXPD to operate through at least February 1, 2014.[14]
KXPD broadcast a mixedRegional Mexican music andSpanish-languagetalk radio format branded as "La X 1040".[15][16] Weekday programs on "La X" included a morning show called "Nelson, Tere y el Morrillo", a mid-day show hosted by Fernando Sobrevilla, and afternoon drive is hosted by El Capitan Hernandez.[17] These programs were aired in conjunction withsister stationKXOR (660 AM) inEugene, Oregon.
In 2007 and 2008, the station aired selectOregon State Beavers football andbaseball games inSpanish.[18][19] In 2008, KXPD broadcast the home games of thePortland Timbers, a professionalsoccer team in theUSL First Division.[20] The broadcasts included a 25-minutepre-game show and play-by-play by Fernando Sobrevilla.[20]
On December 30, 2009, KXPD wentoff the air citing "substantial decreases in its revenue flow" over the past three years.[21][22] In its application to the FCC forspecial temporary authority to remain silent, the station's license holder claimed that "losses have reached the point that the station no longer generates sufficient funds to pay operating expenses" and that the company is seeking to either sell the station or refinance and return to operation.[21] The FCC granted the station authority to remain silent on March 4, 2010. This temporary authorization was scheduled to expire on September 4, 2010.[21]
The FCC granted an extension of this authority until December 30, 2010, after which the station would have been off the air for a full year and the station's license subject to involuntary forfeiture. KXPD returned to the air full-time on December 29, 2010.[23]
The station began broadcasting full-time "Old Time Radio" content featuring comedy, mystery, and adventure programs from the 1930s through 1960s. Between some episodes, KXPD broadcast brief, pre-recorded station identification messages. On January 31, 2011, KXPD went silent again.[23] KXPD returned to the air again on June 9, 2011, with old-time radio programs and then went silent again on June 12, 2011. As of July 2, 2011, KXPD returned withChinese language programming.[24]
In 2020, it was acquired by PIN Investments, Inc., to airRussian language programming from the Slavic Family Network.