KOPB-FM

{{short description|Oregon Public Broadcasting radio station in Portland}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KOPB-FM

| logo =

| city = Portland, Oregon

| area = Northwest Oregon - Southwest Washington

| branding = OPB Radio

| frequency = 91.5 MHz {{HD Radio}}

| translator =

| repeater =

| airdate = {{Start date and age|1962}} (as KOAP-FM at 92.3)

| format = Public Radio - News - Talk

| language =

| erp = 73,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|470|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C0

| facility_id = 50607

| coordinates =

| callsign_meaning = Oregon Public Broadcasting

| licensing_authority = FCC

| former_callsigns = KOAP-FM (1962–1989)

| former_frequencies = 92.3 MHz (1962–1963)

| affiliations = {{ubl|National Public Radio (NPR)|American Public Media|Public Radio Exchange (PRX)|BBC World Service}}

| owner = Oregon Public Broadcasting

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = {{listen live|http://www.opb.org}}

| website = [http://www.opb.org opb.org]

}}

KOPB-FM (91.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to Portland, Oregon. It is owned by Oregon Public Broadcasting and airs a public radio news and talk format. It is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media, the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), and airs the BBC World Service overnight. KOPB-FM serves as the flagship station for OPB, simulcast on multiple stations and FM translators in Oregon. It is a primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.

KOPB-FM is a Class C0 station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 73,000 watts.[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=kopb&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=88.1&fre2=107.9&serv=&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KOPB-FM] The transmitter is off NW Skyline Boulevard, inside Forest Park in Portland.

{{main|Oregon Public Broadcasting}}

History

The station signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1962}}.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-174. Retrieved Dec. 25, 2024.] Its original call sign was KOAP-FM and it broadcast at 92.3 on the FM dial. The following year, it moved to 91.5 MHz, in the section of the FM band set aside for non-commercial stations. In 1967, the commercial station that today is KGON began broadcasting at 92.3 MHz.

KOAP-FM changed its call letters to KOPB-FM in 1989 to identify with Oregon Public Broadcasting, its parent company.

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