Portland Radio Authority (PraRadio) was a listener supported

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originally broadcasting from a mobile, 100-watt transmitter in

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. Listeners and musicians were encouraged to send tracks to the station, with or without a recording contract, and PraRadio would add the music to its mix. The station operated illegally from May 2002 until March 2006, when the

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ended the transmissions. PraRadio continued to broadcast as an

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until late September 2013. Over 50 volunteer

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in weekly two-hour shows featured a variety of music and programming. PraRadio sponsored a series of benefit concerts to raise money for the station, but eventually the costs of operating the station outpaced revenues, and Portland Radio Authority went silent in 2013.

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External links

Portland Radio Authority on Myspace

Alison Pezanoski-Browne playlist
in "Launch of The Neon Vernacular on Portland Radio Authority" Radio stations established in 2002 Radio stations in Portland, Oregon 2013 disestablishments in Oregon Defunct radio stations in the United States 2002 establishments in Oregon Radio stations disestablished in 2013