KEX (AM)

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KEX
Broadcast area	Portland, Oregon
Branding	NewsRadio 1190 KEX
First air date	December 23, 1926
Frequency	1190 kHz
Format	News/Talk
Power	50,000 watts
Class	A
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	1190KEX.com

NewsRadio 1190 KEX is a class A clear channel AM radio station broadcasting on 1190 kHz from Portland, Oregon. As of 2005 it is owned by Clear Channel Communications and runs news/talk programming.

KEX is one of America's older radio stations, licensed on December 23, 1926. Some sources show it may have originally started broadcasting on 670 kHz. On November 11, 1928, KEX started broadcasting on 1180 kHz under the terms of FCC General Order 40, then over a decade later, on March 29, 1941, the station moved from 1180 kHz to 1190 kHz under the terms of NARBA.

[edit] External links

• KEX website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KEX

AM radio stations in the Portland(OR)/Vancouver(WA) market (Arbitron #23)  KPOJ 620 | KXL 750 | KPDQ 800 | KPAM 860 | KWIP 880 | KTRO 910 | KWBY 940 | KCMD 970 | KMUZ 1010 | KXPD 1040 | KFXX 1080 | KXMG 1150 | KEX 1190 | KSZN 1230 | KKPZ 1330 | KUIK 1360 | KBNP 1410 | KBPS 1450 | KPSU 1450 | KBMS 1480 | KGDD 1520 | KKAD 1550 | KDZR 1640  See also: Portland(OR) (FM) (AM) Oregon State Radio Markets Portland (AM) (FM) · Eugene-Springfield (AM) (FM) · Medford-Ashland (AM) (FM) · Bend (AM) (FM)  See also: List of radio stations in Oregon and List of United States radio markets

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