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KBFF
KBFF (95.5 FM, "Live 95.5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Portland, Oregon, and serving the Portland metropolitan area, including parts of Oregon and Washington. The station airs a contemporary hit radio radio format and is owned by Connoisseur Media. It carries the syndicated morning drive time show "Brooke & Jeffrey" from KQMV in Seattle.
KBFF's studios and offices are located in Downtown Portland, on SW Fifth Avenue. The transmitter is in Portland's West Hills, off SW Fairmount Court. KBFF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts.
The 95.5 MHz spot on the FM dial in Portland was first occupied by the original KWJJ-FM. That station signed on in 1946. It only transmitted with an effective radiated power of 3,400 watts and it mostly simulcast KWJJ (1080 AM, now KRSK). In the 1940s and 1950s, few radios could receive FM signals and management saw little opportunity to make it profitable. In the mid-1950s, KWJJ silenced the FM station, giving up the license.
On September 23, 1959, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted International Good Music, Inc. (IGM) a construction permit to build a new FM station on 95.5 MHz. In early October 1959, call sign KGMG was granted, standing for "Good Music", the format term for classical music. By September 9, 1960, KGMG was testing intermittently.
On September 25, 1960, at 7 a.m., KGMG began regular operations by airing programming from the IGM automation system. KGMG broadcast from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily, and only selected commercials were played and no singing jingles were allowed. By March 1962, KGMG was broadcasting the recorded "Heritage Concert" series. On March 17, 1962, KGMG became the second Portland station to broadcast in multiplex stereo. In July 1962, KGMG began leasing antenna space to Pacific Motor Trucking Co. for a 25-watt VHF transmitter.
On April 20, 1964, KGMG switched to an automated MOR format from IGM. By mid-1964, KGMG was broadcasting 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
On May 13, 1965, the FCC approved the $125,000 sale of KGMG to Seattle, Portland & Spokane Radio, a joint venture of Dena Pictures, Inc. and the Alexander Broadcasting Company. Seattle, Portland & Spokane Radio also owned KXL (750 AM, now KXTG). Two months later, on July 5, 1965, KGMG became KXL-FM and began duplicating KXL's "Good Music" format as KXL & KXL-FM Stereo.
In September 1966, KXL-FM staff began taping the evening "Good Music" programming for syndicator IGM, now known as Broadcast Programming International (BPI). The company provided the software to many FM stations nationwide. In 1969, KXL-FM raised its power to 100,000 watts and increased antenna height to 990 feet.
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KBFF
KBFF (95.5 FM, "Live 95.5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Portland, Oregon, and serving the Portland metropolitan area, including parts of Oregon and Washington. The station airs a contemporary hit radio radio format and is owned by Connoisseur Media. It carries the syndicated morning drive time show "Brooke & Jeffrey" from KQMV in Seattle.
KBFF's studios and offices are located in Downtown Portland, on SW Fifth Avenue. The transmitter is in Portland's West Hills, off SW Fairmount Court. KBFF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts.
The 95.5 MHz spot on the FM dial in Portland was first occupied by the original KWJJ-FM. That station signed on in 1946. It only transmitted with an effective radiated power of 3,400 watts and it mostly simulcast KWJJ (1080 AM, now KRSK). In the 1940s and 1950s, few radios could receive FM signals and management saw little opportunity to make it profitable. In the mid-1950s, KWJJ silenced the FM station, giving up the license.
On September 23, 1959, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted International Good Music, Inc. (IGM) a construction permit to build a new FM station on 95.5 MHz. In early October 1959, call sign KGMG was granted, standing for "Good Music", the format term for classical music. By September 9, 1960, KGMG was testing intermittently.
On September 25, 1960, at 7 a.m., KGMG began regular operations by airing programming from the IGM automation system. KGMG broadcast from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily, and only selected commercials were played and no singing jingles were allowed. By March 1962, KGMG was broadcasting the recorded "Heritage Concert" series. On March 17, 1962, KGMG became the second Portland station to broadcast in multiplex stereo. In July 1962, KGMG began leasing antenna space to Pacific Motor Trucking Co. for a 25-watt VHF transmitter.
On April 20, 1964, KGMG switched to an automated MOR format from IGM. By mid-1964, KGMG was broadcasting 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
On May 13, 1965, the FCC approved the $125,000 sale of KGMG to Seattle, Portland & Spokane Radio, a joint venture of Dena Pictures, Inc. and the Alexander Broadcasting Company. Seattle, Portland & Spokane Radio also owned KXL (750 AM, now KXTG). Two months later, on July 5, 1965, KGMG became KXL-FM and began duplicating KXL's "Good Music" format as KXL & KXL-FM Stereo.
In September 1966, KXL-FM staff began taping the evening "Good Music" programming for syndicator IGM, now known as Broadcast Programming International (BPI). The company provided the software to many FM stations nationwide. In 1969, KXL-FM raised its power to 100,000 watts and increased antenna height to 990 feet.