friendly ham s you can meet ... will teach you all there is that s neat frequency 96.3 mhz fcc issued sta to operate on 102.9 first air date february 7 2009 last air date december 25 2014 format defunct formerly educational adult standards oldies ham radio news erp 1 watt haat 343.3 meters 1 126 ft class l1 facility id 135128 transmitter coordinates 45 17 58 n 122 58 27 w 45.29944 n 122.97417 w 45.29944 ; 122.97417 coordinates 45 17 58 n 122 58 27 w 45.29944 n 122.97417 w 45.29944 ; 122.97417 callsign meaning amateur radio q code a contact ... exchange of information ... a qso owner western oregon radio club inc. sister stations kqrz lp website kqso.com kqso lp formerly licensed to operate on 96.3 fm was a low power radio station licensed to newberg oregon united states . however the federal communications commission fcc had issued a sta for the station to operate at 102.9 mhz due to the move in of a commercial station kwlz fm licensed to west linn oregon . the station signed on the air february 7 2009 and was owned by the western oregon radio club inc. worc an amateur radio organization . on january 1 2012 kqso lp undertook an affiliation with the worc oldies network which syndicates broadcast material to other low power radio stations interested in amateur radio . programing included amateur ham radio news educational material comedy oldies and adult standard music . veteran disc jockey dj the vegetable man who was local to pacific northwest radio in the 1960s was also broadcast by the network with periodic shows daily . on december 25 2014 the station signed permanently off the air due to a fm translator in portland signing on the air on the same frequency as kqso lp . due to the translator s overpowering signal kqso lp s signal was impeded . a decision was made to cease operation . early in 2014 the worc applied to the fcc for another lpfm station in portland . as such the fcc granted the worc a cp for kisn lp . on may 1 2015 kisn lp went on the air and was subsequently licensed by the fcc . see kisn portland for more details . the worc surrendered the license for kqso lp to the fcc on may 1 2015 ; the license was cancelled on may 4 2015 . external links edit official website western oregon radio club query the fcc s fm station database for kqso radio locator information on kqso lp query nielsen audio s fm station database for kqso retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kqso lp & oldid 739059904 categories low power fm radio stations in oregonradio stations in oregonnewberg oregon2009 establishments in oregonradio stations established in 2009defunct radio stations in the united statesradio stations disestablished in 20152015 disestablishments in oregonhidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 15 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view