KNRK

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**KNRK**

City of license	Portland, Oregon
Broadcast area	northern Willamette Valley and southwest Washington
Branding	NRK and 94/7 Alternative Portland
Slogan	It's different here
First air date	June 22, 1998
Frequency	94.7 (MHz)
Format	alternative rock
ERP	6,300 watts
Class	C2
Callsign meaning	New RocK
Owner	Entercom Communications
Website	94/7 FM

KNRK-FM, also known as 94/7 Alternative Portland, is a commercial broadcast radio station featuring alternative rock based in Portland, Oregon. Its transmitter is located in Portland.

[edit] Controversy

On their morning show of May 12, 2004, DJs Marconi and Andy "Tiny" Aasen played audio recordings of Nick Berg's violent death on the air, while laughing and joking about it. Hundreds of phone calls and e-mails flooded into the station, angry about the segment. At the end of the program, both DJs and several members of their staff were fired and apologised for the incident on the air. Marconi Show producer Nic Miles, who was also fired, later told a local news station that he had attempted to prevent broadcast of the bit but was ignored by Marconi. Miles also claimed that the eight second audio delay was broken that morning, and that he did not have access or the technical knowhow to take the station off the air. ^[1] Marconi returned to Portland radio on hard rock station 101.1 KUFO in 2005. He currently has an afternoon show which has become the most popular afternoon show on Portland radio.

Following the incident, KNRK pulled all of its on-air personalities and played non-stop music and commercials, in addition to Loveline in the evenings. Brief messages by station program director Mark Hamilton were played explaining the changes as wanting to reshape the station into what listeners wanted to hear. Listeners were directed to submit an online survey or to call the station with their suggestions.