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KXMG (1150 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Contemporary format. Licensed to Portland, Oregon, United States, it serves the Portland area. The station is currently owned by Bustos Media of Oregon License, LLC. The station currently has a construction permit from the FCC to increase their daytime power to 10,000 watts and nighttime to 63 watts. Most notable history, from July 4, 1954 when the station first signed on with the call letters KHFS until 1956 then KEY and then KKEY was owned by the Weagant family of Vancouver, WA. After trying several different formats throughout the 1950's and 60's, in 1971 KKEY went all talk with such hosts as Jack Hurd, Alan Hirsch, Peter Marlon Jones, Jerry Dimmitt, and Rick Miller. Originally a daytime only station, KKEY was granted nighttime authorization in 1988 to operate at 47 watts. KKEY remained with primarily a talk format until the station was sold in 1998. It temporarily went off the air before signing back on as KKGT, again an all talk station.
(KKEY history provided by former KKEY employee.)
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