Portland Radio: Activists Target KPOJ-AM License

Even though Portland radio hosts Carl Wolfson and Thom Hartmann are slated to return to the local radio dial in January, the bloggers at Blue Oregon still want Clear Channel to pay for axing Progressive Talk on  KPOJ 620 AM last year.

According to WillametteWeek, Blue Oregon is launching a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny Clear Channel's license renewal for the signal—now home to Fox Sports Radio.

"Clear Channel has an obligation to the city of Portland to operate their airwaves in the public interest," says Carla Axtman, who organized the petition. "We don't believe that a third sports station and no commercial progressive talk radio, in one of the most progressive cities in the union, fulfills that obligation."

"We want to make Clear Channel do their due diligence for the community."