KPNW (1120 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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area, and calls itself "Newsradio 1120 and 93.7". The station is owned by Bicoastal Media and features a local morning show on weekdays followed by nationally syndicated programs from

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, Radio America, and

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. KPNW carries

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at the beginning of each hour. The station, along with

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, is Oregon's primary entry point for the

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. The transmitter for KPNW is located on Southern Hideaway Hills Road. In order to protect the Class A station on

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, KPNW uses a directional antenna full time to cover the Western parts of

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in daytime and much of the West Coast at night.

Programming

Weekday mornings on KPNW begin with "Wake Up Call" with local hosts Rob Holloway and Bill Lundun. Syndicated programming on the station includes ''Markley, Van Camp, & Robbins'',

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(a one-time news intern at KPNW),

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, and ''

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'' with

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. Weekends include shows on gardening, home repair, the outdoors, beer, wine and cooking.

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is carried on Saturday afternoons. Sunday mornings feature religious shows and Sunday evenings include

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. Some weekday shows are also repeated on weekends.

History

KPNW was first licensed on May 17, 1962, under the call sign KPIR, on 1500 kHz. It transmitted with a power of 10,000

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s daytime only and used a nondirectional antenna. It moved to the current 1120 kHz, increased power to 50,000 watts full-time and began using a directional antenna in May 1969. The directional antenna is necessary to avoid causing interference to

, which is the dominant Class A station on the same frequency. At 50,000 watts full-time, KPNW is the most powerful AM station on the West Coast between

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and

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Translator

KPNW also broadcasts on the following translator:

References

External links

KPNW official website
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FCC History Cards for KPNW
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