KMHD

KMHD
City of license Gresham, Oregon
Broadcast area Portland-Salem, Oregon
Vancouver, Washington
Slogan "Jazz Radio"
Frequency 89.1 (MHz) (also on HD Radio)
First air date 1984
Format Jazz
HD2: Alternative rock
ERP 7,900 watts
HAAT 437 meters
Class C2
Facility ID 46719
Callsign meaning Mount HooD Community College[1]
Owner Mt. Hood Community College District
Webcast KMHD Webstream
KMHD2 Webstream
Website kmhd.org
kmhd2.org (HD2)

KMHD (89.1 FM) is a listener-supported, non-profit FM broadcast radio station located in the Portland, Oregon area. For the first twenty-five years of its operation, the station's studio was located on the Mt. Hood Community College campus in Gresham, Oregon, and the transmitter is located atop Portland's Tualatin Mountains. In addition to its broadcast signal at 89.1, KMHD also simulcasts locally on an HD channel, as well as through streaming audio on the station's website, and OPB TV Digital subchannel 4.[2]

KMHD is among the oldest listener-supported Jazz radio stations in the United States.

Although owned by Mt. Hood Community College, the station has never been a part of the college's radio broadcasting educational program.

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History

The station has been providing the Portland, Oregon community with jazz and blues since 1984.[3]

In March 2009, the Mt. Hood Community College District Board of Education agreed to transfer of the station's programming, operational and fundraising responsibilities to Oregon Public Broadcasting.[4] The agreement was a response to a cut in state support. The transfer was approved by the board of education in mid-May and took effect on August 10, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.[5] Although the station's programming now originates from OPB's Portland studios, the station will continue to use the same call letters and broadcast frequency, and will continue to be owned by Mt. Hood Community College.

KMHD-HD2

KMHD-HD2 (branded as "KMHD2") airs an alternative rock format.

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