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| Carl Wolfson |
XRAY.FM will be a local, not-for-profit, progressive radio
station combining talk & music. KXRY
91.1 FM ‘XRAY.FM’ will air progressive talk shows as well as tunes from the
widest array of genres in the Northwest.
Nonprofit radio startup Cascade Educational Broadcasting
Service announced last week that its LPFM station, KXRY-91.1 FM, would feature Carl
Wolfson and Thom Hartmann.
Wolfson and Hartmann were both cut out of the Portland market last
November, when Clear Channel switched KPOJ 620 AM to Fox Sports Radio. (See
Original posting, Click Here) Wolfson launched a show on the Internet, while
Hartmann continues to be syndicated nationally.
According to wweek.com,
KXRY organizers say Jefferson Smith, a former Democratic state rep from Portland , and local radio
producer Zak Burns approached them last spring about adding progressive talk to
a lineup of Portland-based indie-rock shows.
“How do you get music and talk radio to work together?”
Smith asks. “We adopted the mullet model—business in the front, party in the
back.”
XRAY.FM, as KXRY styles itself, inherited a Federal
Communications Commission license from Reed College
The station needs to find a location for its transmitter and
file paperwork with the FCC. Even if it’s not on the air, the station plans to
start broadcasting on the Web on Halloween.
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