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Radio

1990-1999 News Radio 

End Of 62 KGW Radio — June 26, 1991

March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 Peter Paltridge

Broadcast media in Portland started with 62 KGW Radio in 1922, the first station Portland had. 69 years later it

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1980-1989 Advertising Radio 

KGON Still Rocks — 1984

January 18, 2025February 10, 2025 Peter Paltridge

This spot uses the same music from that amazing 1981 KGON ad but “updates” the visuals to something a bit

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1970-1979 Advertising Radio 

KGON: More Than Rock — 1975

April 16, 2022April 15, 2022 Peter Paltridge

Wow! Someone found a KATU recording from May 8, 1975 — the earliest tape we will EVER see at FPO.

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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 Advertising Radio 

Magic FM Make Your Own Ad Contest — 1990

October 18, 2021October 16, 2021 Peter Paltridge

You might think “they expected you to make your own ad? How lazy, no wonder they didn’t last very long.”

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1980-1989 Advertising Radio 

Q105: Portland’s Power Station — 1987

July 21, 2021July 20, 2021 Peter Paltridge

Wow! Ernie Anderson! They went for class with this one.

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1980-1989 Advertising Radio 

KGON Car Giveaway — 1987

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Peter Paltridge

Someone tell Ferris; he’ll be interested in this one.

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2000-2010 Advertising Radio 

LiteRock 106.7 K-LITE — 2002

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Peter Paltridge

Most new radio stations fail. So did this one. It’s not always evident why, but in this case I got

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2000-2010 Advertising Radio 

K103 Saturday Massacre — 2001

April 18, 2021April 16, 2021 Peter Paltridge

If you don’t know, K103’s main demographic for decades has been apple-cheeked soccer moms, and most of their advertising has

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1990-1999 Radio 

MIX 106 Medley — 1991

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 Peter Paltridge

MIX 106 (1990-1991 RIP) was the first in a trend of at least seven separate Portland radio stations throughout the

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