verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message kufo city portland oregon broadcast area portland metropolitan area branding freedom 970 frequency 970 khz first air date october 18 1925 as kqp 1 format talk power 5 000 watts class b facility id 26926 transmitter coordinates 45 30 56 n 122 43 56 w 45.51556 n 122.73222 w 45.51556 ; 122.73222 coordinates 45 30 56 n 122 43 56 w 45.51556 n 122.73222 w 45.51556 ; 122.73222 callsign meaning warehoused from 101.1 fm now kxl fm k unidentified flying object former callsigns kqp 1925 1926 koin 1926 1977 kyte 1977 1990 kesi 1990 1991 kbbt 1991 1996 kupl 1996 2001 kufo 2001 2002 kupl 2002 2005 kcmd 2005 2010 kxfd 2010 2011 2 former frequencies 1208.8 khz 11 9 1925 11 17 1925 1414 .1 khz 11 1925 12 1925 1309 .1 khz 12 1925 1 1926 1410 khz 1 1926 3 1926 939.8 khz 1926 1927 940 khz 1927 1941 affiliations fox news radio westwood one network premiere networks owner alpha media alpha media licensee llc sister stations kbff kink kupl kxtg kxl fm webcast listen live website freedom970.com kufo 970 khz is a commercial am radio station owned by alpha media and licensed to portland oregon . the station owned by alpha media calls itself freedom 970 . since june 2008 it has featured a talk radio format . kufo s offices and studios are on southwest 5th avenue in portland . its transmitter is in portland s west hills . kufo broadcasts with 5000 watts around the clock . by day the signal is non directional but at night kufo uses a directional signal to protect other stations on 970 khz . contents 1 programming 2 history 3 references 4 external links programming edit kufo features mostly nationally syndicated talk shows . weekday mornings start at 6 a.m. with kilmeade & friends with fox news channel host brian kilmeade . at 9 a.m. laura ingraham airs followed by sean hannity at noon . at 3 p.m. it s mark levin followed by dana loesch at 6 p.m. at 9 p.m. kufo airs lars larson s national show which is only heard live for the first hour 3 4 pm on co owned 101.1 kxl fm which is where larson does both his local regional and national shows for six consecutive hours . overnight red eye radio airs . weekends feature shows on money the outdoors real estate and firearms . syndicated shows include science fantastic with dr. michio kaku and beyond the beltway with bruce dumont . some weekend shows are paid brokered programming . the station also airs portland state vikings college football and basketball games and portland steel arena football league games . hourly national news is supplied by fox news radio . history edit kufo is among portland s oldest radio stations first signing on the air on october 18 1925 as kqp then changing calls to koin in 1926 . 3 in march 1941 after moving from 940 khz koin aired a middle of the road format . on may 12 1977 the call letters changed to kyte featuring a top 40 hits format until september 4 1979 when it switched to country music as 97 country . in 1981 the station flipped to automated music of your life adult standards programming until january 27 1989 when the format was changed to classical music picking up that format when kyte fm dropped classical for contemporary jazz as kkcy the city . this turned out to be short lived . in 1990 the station changed call letters to kesi and aired a mostly instrumental easy listening format branded as easy 970 . on may 1 1991 the station changed call letters to kbbt and began stunting . 18 days later the format was changed to an alternative rock format known as 970 the beat . in july 1996 kbbt began simulcasting on kdbx 107.5 fm now kxjm and tweaked their format to modern ac . on october 2 1996 the beat was moved to fm and 970 changed call letters to kupl and switching to classic country as straight country 970 . on september 19 1997 american radio systems owner of six portland radio stations announced that westinghouse broadcasting the owner of infinity broadcasting had bought all of its u.s. radio stations 4 including kupl the country radio station broadcasting on am 970 . kupl switched to oldies as cruisin oldies 970 on january 23 2001 . 5 on august 1 2001 kupl changed call letters to kufo with a new hot talk format branded as extreme talk 970 . on october 11 2002 after a brief simulcast with rock formatted kufo fm 970 changed its call letters back to kupl and switched to classic country again as straight country 970 . kcmd branding am 970 continued as kupl until 2005 6 when it became kcmd letters chosen to reflect its all comedy format at the time . that same year after max 910 abandoned its hot talk format cbs radio formerly infinity broadcasting before december 2005 hoping to enlarge the station s audience decided to broadcast syndicated programming including the tom leykis show phil hendrie and don and mike shows that had previously aired on max 910 . at the same time the station was renamed to johnson 970 . by early 2006 cbs radio asked rick emerson to take over as program director and return on air after being dropped from max 910 ; he was accompanied by on air producer sarah x dylan and newsman tim riley . citation needed within months johnson 970 became am 970 solid state radio and took on more syndicated broadcasts from around the country including dennis miller . citation needed after the launch of solid state radio the station added a local weekend show miles around radio & television and became the affiliate for dr. demento the mike o meara show and the john and jeff show as well as syndicating fox sports radio . citation needed on june 23 2008 kcmd s slogan changed from solid state radio to the talker . on march 12 2009 the rick emerson show moved to kcmd s sister station kufo fm to replace the canceled the adam carolla show . citation needed in august 2009 cbs radio sold its portland cluster including kcmd to alpha broadcasting in an effort to focus on major market stations . alpha rebranded the station to freedom 970 on september 14 2009 and on may 24 2010 changed its call letters to kxfd to reflect this branding . on march 22 2011 the station was reassigned the call sign kufo which it had previously held from august 2001 to october 2002 . 2 the call sign became available after its sister station at 101.1 fm changed its call letters from kufo to kxl fm . in 2016 they began covering portland steel arena football league games . 7 references edit broadcasting yearbook 1977 a b call sign history . fcc media bureau . retrieved march 24 2011 . broadcasting yearbook 1977 http www.pdxradio.com twist97.htm http www.pdxradio.com twist2001.htm http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod altc list.pl facility id 26926 2016 week 9 portland steel vs los angeles kiss youtube may 29 2016 external links edit official website freedom 970 on twitter query the fcc s am station database for kufo radio locator information on kufo query nielsen audio s am station database for kufo v t e radio stations in the portland oregon metropolitan area market by am frequency 530 620 750 800 860 880 910 940 970 1010 1040 1080 1130 1150 1190 1230 1330 1360 1410 1450 1480 1520 1550 1640 by fm frequency 88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 noaa weather radio frequency 162.525 162.55 by callsign k220in k228eu k240cz k272el k275ch k279bo k283bl k296ft kbff kbms kbnp kboo kbps kbvm kdzr kex kfbw kfis kfxx kgdd kgon kig98 kink kisn lp kkcw kkov kkpz kkrz klvp klth kmhd kmtt knrk koor kopb fm kpam kpdq kpdq fm kpfr kpoj kppk kqac kqrr kqrz lp krsk kryn kryp ksfl lp kufo kuik kupl kwby kwee kwip kwjj fm kxet kxjm kxl fm kxpc kxpd kxry kxtg kych fm kzme kzri kzzr wng604 wphg710 historic kgw kisn koin kqiv clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . travelers information station for portland international airport fully or partial simulcasting stations nearby radio markets bend eugene springfield seattle tacoma yakima see also list of radio stations in oregon list of radio stations in washington v t e alpha media am radio stations kaan kabi kate kaus kbnn kbrk kcob kdkd kfor kfqd kglo kgnc kgrn khar kiik kjam kjff kjjq kjpw kkrt kmcd kmrn knwh knwq knwz knzr koka krei ksah ksal ktsa ktub kufo kvgh kwiq kwix kwok kxro kxtg kzdc wang wcha whag whbc whhw whis wibw wing wirl wjnt wjol wjqs wkez wkrs wlip wmbd wntx woad woic wrnn wrns wsgw wtni wxbd fm radio stations kaan fm kaus fm kayo kbay kbff kbls kbmg kbrj kbrk fm kbte kbtt kclb fm kclz kcob fm kcpi kdbx kdes fm kdgl kdkd fm kdks fm kdlo fm kdut kdux fm keag keez fm kezr kfbd fm kfrx kgnc fm kgnz khhl kiai kiaq kibz kink kirk kixx kjam fm kjel kjxk kkbb kkdv kkfd fm kkiq kkrv kkus kkuu kkwk klak kley fm klkl klll fm klly kmad fm 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