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| Broadcast area | Eugene-Springfield |
| Frequency | 1120kHz |
| Branding | Newsradio 1120 and 93.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
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| Ownership | |
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| KDUK-FM,KEJO,KFLY,KLOO,KLOO-FM,KODZ,KRKT-FM,KTHH | |
| History | |
First air date | February 12, 1962; 63 years ago (1962-02-12) (as 1500 KPIR) |
Former call signs | KPIR (1962–1967) |
Former frequencies | 1500 kHz (1962–1969) |
Call sign meaning | Pacific Northwest |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40846 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°57′23.45″N123°2′14.3″W / 43.9565139°N 123.037306°W /43.9565139; -123.037306 |
| Translator(s) | 93.7 K229DC (Eugene) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KPNW (1120kHz) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toEugene, Oregon, and serving theEugene-Springfield area. It is owned by Bicoastal Media and it airs atalk radioformat, known as "Newsradio 1120 and 93.7". The studios and offices are on Valley River Drive in Eugene. KPNW andPortland'sKOPB-FM are Oregon's primary entry point for theEmergency Alert System.
KPNW is aClass B station. It is powered at 50,000watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations. As1120 AM is aclear channel frequency reserved for Class A stationKMOX inSt. Louis, KPNW uses adirectional antenna with a four-tower array full time to avoid interference. The signal covers the Western parts ofOregon in daytime and much of theWest Coast of the United States andWestern Canada at night. Thetransmitter is on Hideaway Hills inCreswell.[2] KPNW is also heard in Eugene, Springfield and adjacent communities on 250-wattFM translatorK229DC at 93.7MHz.
Weekday mornings on KPNW begin withWake Up Call, an information and interview show with local hosts Bill Lundun and Gerry Snyder. The rest of the day includesnationally syndicated programs:Markley, Van Camp, & Robbins,The Dana Loesch Show,Infowars with Alex Jones,This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal,The Lars Larson Show (Larson was a one-time news intern at KPNW) andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory.
Weekends include shows focusing on money, health, home repair, religion and the outdoors. Syndicated weekend shows includeThe Glenn Beck Radio Program,At Home with Gary Sullivan,Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb,Somewhere in Time with Art Bell,Music and the Spoken Word,Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham andThe Jesus Christ Show with Neil Saavedra. Some weekday shows are also repeated on weekends. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio.
The stationsigned on the air on February 12, 1962. The originalcall sign was KPIR and it broadcast on 1500 kHz. KPIR was adaytimer station, powered at 10,000watts using anondirectional antenna but required to go off the air at night.
The call sign was changed to KPNW on September 25, 1967. Shortly afterward, the station's owner, Emerald Broadcasting Corporation, changed its name to Pacific Northwest Broadcasting Corporation.[3]
For most of the 1960s and 1970s, KPNW had amiddle of the road format, with popular adult music, news and sports. It was anetwork affiliate ofABC Radio. In 1968, it added asister station, 99.1 KPNW-FM. At first, the two stations mostlysimulcast their programming, but KPNW-FM eventually had its own format ofbeautiful music. Today, it isKODZ.
In May 1969, KPNW moved to the current 1120 kHz frequency. It increased power to 50,000 watts and began using adirectional antenna. The directional signal is necessary to avoid causing interference toKMOX inSt. Louis, which is the dominantClass A station on the same frequency. At 50,000 watts full-time, KPNW is the most powerful AM station on the West Coast betweenSan Francisco andPortland.
KPNW also broadcasts on the following translator:
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| K229DC | 93.7 FM | Eugene, Oregon | 155834 | 250 | D | 44°0′6.4″N123°6′51.3″W / 44.001778°N 123.114250°W /44.001778; -123.114250 (K229DC) | LMS |