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{{Infobox Radio Station |
{{Infobox radio station
image = |
| name = KLVP
name = KNRQ-FM|
| logo = File:97.9 K-Love logo.jpg
city = [[Harrisburg, Oregon]]|
| city = [[Aloha, Oregon]]
area = [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]–[[Springfield, Oregon]]|
| area = [[Portland metropolitan area]]
branding = ''Rock 103.7 NRQ''|
| branding = ''[[K-Love]]''
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| frequency = 97.9 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
slogan = |
| translator = 97.5 K248BS ([[Newberg, Oregon|Newberg]], relays HD2)<br>103.9 K279BO ([[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], relays HD3)<br>95.9 K240CZ ([[Tigard, Oregon|Tigard]], relays HD4)
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frequency = 103.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]|
airdate = April 1974 (as KOMS)|
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1958|12|26}} (as KFMY in Eugene)
format = [[Alternative Rock]]|
| format = [[Contemporary Christian]]
| subchannels = {{ubl|HD2: [[Air1]]|HD3: [[Christian hip hop]] "Boost Radio"|HD4: [[Radio Nueva Vida]]}}
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erp = 100,000 [[watt]]s|
haat = 310 meters|
| language =
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| erp = {{ubl|54,000 [[watt]]s}}
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class = C0|
| haat = {{convert|387|m|ft|sp=us}}
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facility_id = 61987|
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| class = C1
coordinates = {{coord|44|00|08|N|123|06|50|W|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio locator: Eugene, Oregon|url=http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=KNRQ&x=21&y=5|publisher=Theodric Technologies LLC|year=2012|accessdate=March 10, 2012}}</ref>|
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| facility_id = 12501
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callsign_meaning = '''K''' '''N'''ew '''R'''o'''Q''' (Rock)|
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
former_callsigns = KOMS (1974-1978)<br>KIQY (1978-1993)<br>KXPC (1993-2013)|
| coordinates = {{coord|45|29|20|N|122|41|40|W|type:landmark_region:US-OR|display=inline}}
owner = [[Cumulus Media]] |
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| callsign_meaning = '''K'''-'''L'''o'''V'''e '''P'''ortland
sister_stations = [[KUJZ]], [[KZEL-FM|KZEL]], [[KEHK]], [[KUGN]], [[KSCR (AM)|KSCR]]|
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|''Eugene:''|KFMY (1958–1978)|KUGN-FM (1978–1998)|KKTT (1998–2001)|KNRQ-FM (2001–2013)|''Aloha:''|KXPC-FM (7/2013–10/2013)}}
webcast = [http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/citadel/?sid=17615 Listen Live]<br>[http://www.iheart.com/live/5841/?autoplay=true Listen Live via iHeart]|
| affiliations = [[K-Love]]
website = [http://www.nrq.com nrq.com] |
| owner = [[Educational Media Foundation]]
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [http://listen.klove.com Listen Live]<br>[http://listen.air1.com Listen Live (HD2)]
| website = {{Official URL}}<br>{{url|https://www.air1.com}} (HD2)
}}
}}
'''KNRQ-FM''' is a commercial [[alternative rock]] music [[radio station]] in [[Harrisburg, Oregon]], broadcasting to the [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]&ndash;[[Springfield, Oregon]] area on 103.7 [[Frequency Modulation|FM]].


'''KLVP''' (97.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[nonprofit organization|non-profit]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Aloha, Oregon]], and serving the [[Portland metropolitan area]]. The station is owned, and the [[broadcast license]] held, by the [[Educational Media Foundation]]. It airs the national [[contemporary Christian]] [[radio format]] known as "[[K-Love]]."
Most recently, the station became alternative rock, much like sister station [[WFTK]] in [[Cincinnati]].


The [[transmitter]] is on SW Fairmount Court in [[Tualatin Mountains|Portland's West Hills]], amid the towers for other FM and TV stations. KLVP has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 54,000 [[watt]]s.<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=klvp&arn=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=&vac=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KLVP]</ref>
The station applied for an [[FCC]] [[construction permit]] to move its 97.9 frequency and change its city of license to [[Tualatin, Oregon]], so it can serve the [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] area. It was granted on May 24, 2010. The station applied for a modified construction permit to move the 97.9 frequency and change its city of license to [[Aloha, Oregon]], also serving the Portland area. It was granted then cancelled on July 19, 2011. A new application has been filed that requests changing the transmitter site to the Stonehenge multiuser radio tower in Portland. If granted the ERP will decrease to 54,000 watts and the HAAT will increase to 387 meters. After KNRQ's 97.9 frequency moves to Portland, Cumulus is expected to move KNRQ's format in Eugene to [[KXPC-FM|KXPC]] at 103.7, which they acquired from [[Educational Media Foundation]] in a station swap in 2012 that resulted in Cumulus giving up a station in Santa Barbara, California in order to take ownership of KXPC; the changeover took place July 28, 2013. On July 19, 2013, The FCC granted Cumulus the expedited application to move the 97.9 frequency to the Portland market, which will take place on August 1, 2013.<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/84329/knrq-eugene-to-make-move-to-103-7/ "KNRQ Eugene To Make Move To 103.7"] from Radio Insight (July 25, 2013)</ref>


==Previous Logo==
==History==
===KFMY===
[[Image:KNRQ-FM.jpg|90px]] (KNRQ's logo under previous 97.9 frequency)
KLVP is considered a "move-in" station, established outside the Portland metropolitan area, but later moved in to serve the large Portland [[media market|radio market]]. It began in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], {{Convert|100|mi|km|abbr=}} south of Portland. On {{Start date and age|1958|12|26}}, the station first [[sign-on|signed on]] as '''KFMY'''.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1959/1959-BC-YB-All-Radio.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1959 page B-215]</ref>


The station was owned by a company calling itself KFMY Music, Inc. Its studios and offices were in the penthouse at the Eugene Medical Center. Initially, KFMY was powered at 3,600 watts. In the late 1960s, KFMY became a [[progressive rock]] station and an [[ABC News Radio|ABC FM]] [[Network affiliate]].

===KUGN-FM===
In 1978, KFMY was acquired by the same company that owned [[KUGN]] (AM 590). On August 9, [[1978 in radio|1978]], the [[call sign]] was changed to '''KUGN-FM''', and flipped to a [[country music]] format.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1979/C-All%20%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201979-12.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 page C-180]</ref>

In 1997, Citadel Communications acquired KUGN-AM-FM. To give it a separate identity from the AM station, the call sign for the FM station was changed to '''KKTT''' on March 16, [[1998 in radio|1998]]. The KKTT call letters matched the new “Cat Country 98” branding. In 2000, Citadel Communications was merged into [[Cumulus Media]].

===KNRQ-FM===
On August 15, [[2001 in radio|2001]], Cumulus flipped KKTT to the [[alternative rock]] format and branding formerly heard on 95.3 FM, as KKTT’s call sign became '''KNRQ-FM'''.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2002-03/A-Radio-All-BC-YB-2002-3.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-370]</ref>

===Educational Media Foundation===
The [[Educational Media Foundation]] (EMF) had acquired an FM station located about {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=}} north of Eugene, KXPC-FM (103.7) in [[Lebanon, Oregon|Lebanon]]. With its 100,000 watt transmitter, it could be heard in the Eugene area. However, EMF wanted to have its [[K-Love]] [[Contemporary Christian]] format heard in the larger Portland media market.

On August 31, 2012, it was announced that the Educational Media Foundation would sell KXPC-FM to Cumulus, allowing it to move its alternative station, KNRQ, to 103.7. Cumulus would then give up 97.9 so EMF could relocate that station to the suburbs of Portland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/70242/cumulus-emf-swap-stations/ |title=Cumulus & EMF Swap Stations}}</ref> On July 28, 2013, at Midnight, Cumulus moved KNRQ's programming to 103.7 FM. The '''KXPC''' call letters were then switched to 97.9, and a new Portland-area transmitter began testing the signal on 97.9&nbsp;MHz with [[broadcast automation|automated]] music. The swap between EMF and Cumulus was completed on August 1, 2013.<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/84250/fcc-update-716/ "FCC Update 7/16"] from Radio Insight (July 16, 2013)</ref>

KXPC-FM's former 103.7 frequency was granted a [[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) [[construction permit]] to change its [[city of license]] to [[Harrisburg, Oregon|Harrisburg]], and move its tower closer to Eugene.

On September 30, [[2013 in radio|2013]], KXPC returned to the air on 97.9 FM, with [[Aloha, Oregon|Aloha]] as its new city of license, airing the K-Love network. On October 29, 2013, KXPC changed its call letters to '''KLVP'''.

==HD Radio==
KLVP airs EMF's [[Air 1]] Christian worship format on its HD2 subchannel and [[K-Love Classics]] (contemporary Christian hits from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s) on its HD3 subchannel. On May 9, 2019, KLVP-HD3 began simulcasting on translator K279BO (103.7 FM), replacing the "Legend" classic country format (which is still airing on KFBW-HD3).<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/176683/103-7-the-legend-becomes-second-iheart-leased-translator-to-revert-to-emf/ 103.7 The Legend Becomes Second iHeart Leased Translator to Revert to EMF] Radioinsight - May 9, 2019</ref>

On July 20, 2021, KLVP-HD3/K279BO changed their format from K-Love 90s to Christian rhythmic, branded as "Boost Radio".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/210957/boost-radio-debuts-in-portland/ Boost Radio Debuts In Portland] Radioinsight - July 20, 2021</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nrq.com Official Website]
*{{Official website}}
*{{FM station data|KNRQ}}
{{FM station data|12501|KLVP}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|60141|K279BO}}
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101534440&qnum=5290&copynum=1&exhcnum=1 FCC application]
*{{FXL|K279BO}}
*[http://www.fybush.com/sites/2007/site-070309.html Stonehenge radio tower]
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101445565&formid=301&fac_num=61987 FCC construction permit]


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Latest revision as of 19:40, 26 November 2024

KLVP
Broadcast areaPortland metropolitan area
Frequency97.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingK-Love
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian
Subchannels
AffiliationsK-Love
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
December 26, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-12-26) (as KFMY in Eugene)
Former call signs
  • Eugene:
  • KFMY (1958–1978)
  • KUGN-FM (1978–1998)
  • KKTT (1998–2001)
  • KNRQ-FM (2001–2013)
  • Aloha:
  • KXPC-FM (7/2013–10/2013)
Call sign meaning
K-LoVe Portland
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID12501
ClassC1
ERP
HAAT387 meters (1,270 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
45°29′20″N 122°41′40″W / 45.48889°N 122.69444°W / 45.48889; -122.69444
Translator(s)97.5 K248BS (Newberg, relays HD2)
103.9 K279BO (Portland, relays HD3)
95.9 K240CZ (Tigard, relays HD4)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Websitewww.klove.com Edit this at Wikidata
www.air1.com (HD2)

KLVP (97.9 FM) is a non-profit radio station licensed to Aloha, Oregon, and serving the Portland metropolitan area. The station is owned, and the broadcast license held, by the Educational Media Foundation. It airs the national contemporary Christian radio format known as "K-Love."

The transmitter is on SW Fairmount Court in Portland's West Hills, amid the towers for other FM and TV stations. KLVP has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 54,000 watts.[2]

History

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KFMY

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KLVP is considered a "move-in" station, established outside the Portland metropolitan area, but later moved in to serve the large Portland radio market. It began in Eugene, 100 miles (160 km) south of Portland. On December 26, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-12-26), the station first signed on as KFMY.[3]

The station was owned by a company calling itself KFMY Music, Inc. Its studios and offices were in the penthouse at the Eugene Medical Center. Initially, KFMY was powered at 3,600 watts. In the late 1960s, KFMY became a progressive rock station and an ABC FM Network affiliate.

KUGN-FM

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In 1978, KFMY was acquired by the same company that owned KUGN (AM 590). On August 9, 1978, the call sign was changed to KUGN-FM, and flipped to a country music format.[4]

In 1997, Citadel Communications acquired KUGN-AM-FM. To give it a separate identity from the AM station, the call sign for the FM station was changed to KKTT on March 16, 1998. The KKTT call letters matched the new “Cat Country 98” branding. In 2000, Citadel Communications was merged into Cumulus Media.

KNRQ-FM

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On August 15, 2001, Cumulus flipped KKTT to the alternative rock format and branding formerly heard on 95.3 FM, as KKTT’s call sign became KNRQ-FM.[5]

Educational Media Foundation

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The Educational Media Foundation (EMF) had acquired an FM station located about 40 miles (64 km) north of Eugene, KXPC-FM (103.7) in Lebanon. With its 100,000 watt transmitter, it could be heard in the Eugene area. However, EMF wanted to have its K-Love Contemporary Christian format heard in the larger Portland media market.

On August 31, 2012, it was announced that the Educational Media Foundation would sell KXPC-FM to Cumulus, allowing it to move its alternative station, KNRQ, to 103.7. Cumulus would then give up 97.9 so EMF could relocate that station to the suburbs of Portland.[6] On July 28, 2013, at Midnight, Cumulus moved KNRQ's programming to 103.7 FM. The KXPC call letters were then switched to 97.9, and a new Portland-area transmitter began testing the signal on 97.9 MHz with automated music. The swap between EMF and Cumulus was completed on August 1, 2013.[7]

KXPC-FM's former 103.7 frequency was granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to change its city of license to Harrisburg, and move its tower closer to Eugene.

On September 30, 2013, KXPC returned to the air on 97.9 FM, with Aloha as its new city of license, airing the K-Love network. On October 29, 2013, KXPC changed its call letters to KLVP.

HD Radio

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KLVP airs EMF's Air 1 Christian worship format on its HD2 subchannel and K-Love Classics (contemporary Christian hits from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s) on its HD3 subchannel. On May 9, 2019, KLVP-HD3 began simulcasting on translator K279BO (103.7 FM), replacing the "Legend" classic country format (which is still airing on KFBW-HD3).[8]

On July 20, 2021, KLVP-HD3/K279BO changed their format from K-Love 90s to Christian rhythmic, branded as "Boost Radio".[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLVP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ FCC.gov/KLVP
  3. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1959 page B-215
  4. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 page C-180
  5. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-370
  6. ^ "Cumulus & EMF Swap Stations".
  7. ^ "FCC Update 7/16" from Radio Insight (July 16, 2013)
  8. ^ 103.7 The Legend Becomes Second iHeart Leased Translator to Revert to EMF Radioinsight - May 9, 2019
  9. ^ Boost Radio Debuts In Portland Radioinsight - July 20, 2021
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