K275CH
| Broadcast area | Portland metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 102.9 MHz |
| Branding | WE 102.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Rhythmic CHR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1998 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60147 |
| Class | D |
| ERP | 99 watts |
| HAAT | 198 meters (650 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wehiphop.com |
K275CH (102.9 MHz) is an American commercial FM radio station translator licensed to Gresham, Oregon, and broadcasting to the Portland metropolitan area. The station, billed as "WE 102.9," airs a rhythmic contemporary radio format, owned and operated by Alpha Media, which owns six full-strength radio stations in the Portland market.
K275CH's studios and offices are in the Alpha Media studios located in the PacWest Center on Southwest Fifth Avenue in Portland.[2] The transmitter is located off Southwest Fairmount Boulevard, amid other Portland-area FM and TV towers.[3] K275CH broadcasts at only 99 watts while many Portland-area FM stations operate at 100,000 watts. Because the tower is 198 meters (650 feet) height above average terrain, a bit less than the Empire State Building, the station's signal is limited over Portland and its nearby suburbs in Oregon and Washington.
History
[edit]K275CH signed on at 102.5 FM in 1994, and repeated contemporary Christian programming from the K-Love network. It would later shift to 102.7 FM in 2001. In 2014, Alpha began programming the translator and flipped it to a simulcast of KXTG; the following year, the translator would shift frequencies again to 102.9 FM.[4]
The "WE" intellectual property began on August 1, 2016, at 5 p.m., when Alpha Media began operating KWLZ-FM (96.3 FM) under a Local Marketing Agreement with 3 Horizons, and flipped the station's format to Rhythmic CHR, branded as "WE 96-3".[5] The station changed its call sign to KWEE on August 12, 2016.
On June 4, 2019, 3 Horizons LLC sold KWEE to WAY-FM Network, whose Christian AC programming was also heard on K283BL via iHeartMedia's KFBW-HD2. The sale also ended its LMA with Alpha Media, as WAY-FM moved the Christian AC format to KWEE on October 3, 2019.[6]
On September 16, 2019, Alpha began transitioning KWEE's format to 102.9, replacing the KXTG simulcast, relaunching as "WE 102.9." The transition was completed on October 3.[7]
Effective April 25, 2022, Alpha Media acquired the license for K275CH from Educational Media Foundation in exchange for KHHL.
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for K275CH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Contact".
- ^ "Radio Station Coverage Map". radio-locator.com.
- ^ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". fccdata.org.
- ^ "Alpha Launches We 96.3 Portland". radioinsight.com. August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Way Media Acquires We 96.3 Portland". radioinsight.com. June 4, 2019.
- ^ "We 96.3 Portland Begins Transition To 102.9". radioinsight.com. September 17, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 60147 (K275CH) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K275CH at FCCdata.org
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