KWRO (630 AM, "Newstalk 630 & 101.1") is a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses Iii, LLC and features programming from

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, Radio Northwest Network, EIB and more. KWRO airs University or Oregon

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History

KWRO was first granted its license on February 17, 1949. The station was assigned the call letters KSHR on 1982-01-18. On 1985-01-04, the station changed its call sign to KBEY and on 1987-05-01 returned to the current KWRO.

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