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KRCW

1990-1999 KRCW Sign-Off Sequences 

KEBN Sign-On Sequence — 1994

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 Peter Paltridge

You’re looking at the VERY beginning: the start of KRCW, a station that’s gone through three call letters in its

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2000-2010 Advertising KRCW Radio 

Lisa Hughes And Little Stink — May 2001

November 22, 2021December 28, 2023 Peter Paltridge

It amuses me to no end there was once a respected band that called itself “Little Stink.” Local ads from

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1990-1999 KRCW 

Crew 32 — KWBP November 1997

November 21, 2021November 20, 2021 Peter Paltridge

This is a dead art, but once upon a time when kids’ TV shows appeared on network TV, it was

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2000-2010 Advertising KRCW 

Rocco’s Pizza — 2002

April 30, 2021April 26, 2021 Peter Paltridge

If you haven’t said “WTF” at least once yet, you haven’t watched enough videos. Recorded September 19, 2002

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2000-2010 Advertising KRCW 

Presents Of Mind — 2004

April 29, 2021April 26, 2021 Peter Paltridge

Is Presents Of Mind still there on Hawthorne? It was there last time I checked, but I just assume that

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2000-2010 Advertising KRCW 

Mary Jane’s House Of Glass / The Third Eye — 2003

April 28, 2021April 26, 2021 Peter Paltridge

Note that this is around a decade before weed would be decriminalized in the state of Oregon, yet these shops

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2000-2010 Advertising KRCW 

MOVIES! MOVIES! MOVIES 2 Sell — 2003

April 27, 2021April 26, 2021 Peter Paltridge

I have no idea why my dad taped so many crappy late-night dating shows in the early 2000s, but they

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1990-1999 Advertising KRCW 

Game Trader (1997)

April 11, 2019 Peter Paltridge

Unlike the other two examples I posted today, you can still go to Game Trader! A location remains open in

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1990-1999 Advertising KRCW 

SuperPlay (1997)

April 11, 2019 Peter Paltridge

A local take on Discovery Zone and other “indoor playground” locations that were hot in the 90s. SuperPlay tried to

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1990-1999 Advertising KRCW 

Skate World (1997)

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Peter Paltridge

The Portland area had a lot more skating rinks in the 90s than it does now. And no, it’s not

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