KGDD

For the Oregon City, Oregon radio station that held the call sign KGDD at 1520 AM from 2004 to 2015, see KQRR.

KGDD
City of license	Portland, Oregon
Broadcast area	Portland, Oregon
Branding	La Gran D
Frequency	1150 kHz
Translator(s)	93.5 K228EU (Portland)
First air date	1954 (as KHFS)
Format	Regional Mexican
Language(s)	Spanish
Power	5,000 watts day 10 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	71752
Transmitter coordinates	45°38′36″N 122°36′51″W / 45.64333°N 122.61417°W / 45.64333; -122.61417Coordinates: 45°38′36″N 122°36′51″W / 45.64333°N 122.61417°W / 45.64333; -122.61417
Former callsigns	KHFS (1954-1956) KKEY (1956-1998) KKGT (1998-2003) KRMZ (2003-2005) KXMG (2005-2009) KLPM (2009-2011) KXET (2011-2015)^[1]
Owner	Bustos Media (Bustos Media Holdings, LLC)
Sister stations	KQRR, KOOR, KRYN, KZZR
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kgdd.lagranderadio.com

KGDD (1150 AM) is a radio station licensed to Portland, Oregon, United States. It serves the Portland area. The station is currently owned by Bustos Media of Oregon License, LLC. The station currently has a construction permit from the FCC to increase their daytime power to 10,000 watts and nighttime to 63 watts.

History

From July 4, 1954 when the station first signed on with the call letters KHFS until 1956, then KKEY was owned by the Weagant family of Vancouver, WA. After trying several different formats throughout the 1950s and '60s, in 1971 KKEY went all talk with such hosts as Jack Hurd, Alan Hirsch, Peter Marlon Jones, Jerry Dimmitt, and Rick Miller. Originally a daytime only station, KKEY was granted nighttime authorization in 1988 to operate at 47 watts. KKEY remained with primarily a talk format until the station was sold in 1998. It temporarily went off the air before signing back on as KKGT, again an all talk station.

The station was assigned the KLPM call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on April 14, 2009.^[1]

On January 21, 2011, KLPM changed their format to Spanish hits, branded as "Exitos 93.5", which also rebroadcasts on FM translator K228EU 93.5 FM. On January 25, 2011, KLPM changed their call letters to KXET to go with the "Exitos 93.5" branding.

In June 2011, Adelante Media sold KXET and three Portland, Oregon, area sister stations to Bustos Media (through its license-holding subsidiary Bustos Media Holdings, LLC) for a combined sale price of $1,260,000. The FCC approved the transfer on August 16, 2011, and the deal was formally consummated on September 30, 2011.^[2]

During the weekend of August 13–14, 2011, KXET was taken off the air by theft of equipment in its transmitter site, however, their transmissions are still available on FM via K228EU.^[3]

It returned to the air on June 8, 2012 with a 100 watt transmitter. It has received special temporary authority to transmit with 1,000 watts until a 5,000 watt transmitter is installed.

On November 17, 2012, KXET changed their format to Russian Christian, simulcasting KQRR 1130 AM Mount Angel, Oregon.

On February 5, 2015, KXET changed their call letters to KGDD and changed their format to regional Mexican, branded as "La Gran D", swapping formats with KGDD 1520 AM Oregon City, OR.

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-20110608ACF)". FCC Media Bureau. September 30, 2011. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
↑ "Thieves gut 1150 AM transmitter site...and no one notices". feedback.pdxradio.com.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KGDD

Radio-Locator Information on KGDD

Radio stations in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5♦ 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.9♦ 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By AM frequency	530² 620 750♦ 800 860 880 910 940 970 1010 1040 1080 1130 1150♦ 1190¹ 1230 1330 1360 1410 1450 1480 1520 1550 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.525 162.550

By callsign	K220IN K228EU K240CZ K272EL K275CH K279BO K283BL K296FT KBFF KBMS KBNP KBOO KBPS KBVM KDZR KEX¹ KFBW KFIS KFXX KGDD KGON KIG98 KINK KISN-LP KKCW KKOV KKPZ KKRZ KLVP KLTH KMHD KMTT KNRK KOOR KOPB-FM KPAM KPDQ KPDQ-FM KPFR KPOJ KPPK KQAC KQRR KQRZ-LP KRSK KRYN KRYP KUFO KUIK KUPL KWBY KWIP KWJJ-FM KWLZ-FM KXET KXJM KXL-FM KXPC KXPD KXRY KXTG KYCH-FM KZME KZRI KZZR WNG604 WPHG710²

Historic	KGW KISN KOIN KQIV

¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Travelers' information station for Portland International Airport ♦ = fully or partial simulcasting stations Nearby radio markets Bend Eugene–Springfield Seattle-Tacoma Yakima See also List of radio stations in Oregon List of radio stations in Washington

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Oregon

Stations	KCKX – Stayton KGCL – Jordan Valley KGDD – Portland KGIO – Astoria KOOR – Milwaukie KPCN-LP – Woodburn KRDM – Redmond KRTA – Medford KRYN – Gresham KRYP – Gladstone KSCR – Eugene KSND – Monmouth KWBY – Woodburn KWIP – Dallas KZAS-LP – Hood River KZTB – Milton-Freewater KZZD – Salem KZZR – Government Camp

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Oregon See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Bustos Media

Radio stations	KDDS-FM KDYK KGDD KMIA KMMG KOOR KQRR KREH KRYN KTXV KULE KXET KZML KZSJ KZTA KZTB KZUS KZZR WDDW

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