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KKRZ is a commercial broadcast radio station in Portland, Oregon, also known as Z-100, broadcasts popular rhythmic-leaning Top 40 Mainstream music.
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KKRZ began its legacy as a Top 40 station in 1984, widely mirroring sister station WHTZ/New York City (down to the name "Z100"). In 1986, the station adopted a more rhythmic leaning format due to the lack of an existing Urban Contemporary FM. That move would pay off and make KKRZ a dominant success in the ratings in its first 15 years. That was until 1999, when it picked up competition from Rhythmic Top 40 rival KXJM who took advantage of the market's rhythmic void and filled it. KKRZ recently began to start leaning more towards Rhythmic crossovers due to KXJM's format flip to Sports Talk as KXL-FM in May 2008, but would end up facing new competition from CBS Radio outlet KVMX, who ironically, dropped their Rhythmic Adult Contemporary and picked up KXJM's Rhythmic format and intellectual property, including the KXJM calls and "Jammin'" slogan, from Rose City Radio Corporation, the owners of KXL-FM.
On August 30, 2007, the station began running short, cryptic spots about "T-Man" coming to Portland. On August 31, morning fill-in hosts Brooke Fox and Dover announced that indeed, "The T-Man Show" was coming to Z100 mornings on Tuesday, September 4. The show is based out of Seattle and syndicated San Francisco. As a result, the Buckhead Show was replaced by the T-Man Show. As of spring 2008 however the T-man show is no longer being aired on KKRZ, for yet undisclosed reaons. The replacement morning show will be Arizona based Johnjay and Rich starting up in early July 2008 . KKRZ's regular music lineup can be heard now throughout the day.
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