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KPOJ Portland To Drop Liberal Talk For Sports
Radio Insight ^ | 11/9/12 | Lance Venta

Posted on 11/09/2012 1:44:44 PM PST by raccoonradio

Clear Channel Liberal Talk 620 KPOJ Portland will flip to Sports “Fox Sports 620“. KPOJ garnered a 1.0 share in the October ratings, up from a 0.8 in September. It will join a Portland Sports battle that includes Alpha Broadcasting’s “750 The Game” KXTG and Entercom’s “1080 The Fan” KFXX. 620 will remain the co-flagship of Oregon State University play-by-play along with sister Talk 1190/102.3 KEX. Willamette Week has more details including a statement from KPOJ morning host Carl Wolfson.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: kpoj; liberaltalk; talkradio
Oooh that eeeeeeeeeeeeevil Clear Channel is taking away liberal talk radio from Portland, OR (that's OK it will still be on taxpayer funded NPR). Romney's fault!
1 posted on 11/09/2012 1:44:47 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Sports talk makes money!

some tweets
—Not happy that Carl Wolfsong has been dropped by KPOJ. There goes my advertising on that station.

—Progressive KPOJ radio flipping to sports Monday! - #Portland , put boots on & protest! It worked in Madison & Columbus

—kpoj was one of the day one air america affiliates... that’s how long it’s been around. oh well, clear channel has different plans i guess.

—Ratings suggest reason for KPOJ switch: The progressive talk-radio station trailed its competition and sports stations.

—Clear Channel ending progressive voice in Portland. Not a coincidence.

—Terribly sad to see KPOJ go. I love sports, but seriously?


2 posted on 11/09/2012 1:46:59 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

They will also still havetaxpayer funded Pacifica Radio won’t they?


3 posted on 11/09/2012 1:47:15 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: raccoonradio

So far no change on the KPOJ website but word is spreading. By Monday the libs will hear sports talk instead. I spread the news to Blather Watch, a left-leaning progressive site in
Seattle, I believe, which is currently gloating about the election


4 posted on 11/09/2012 1:49:09 PM PST by raccoonradio
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>>From October 2011 to October 2013, according to the ratings tracked by Arbitron, KPOJ fell from a 1.1 share to a 1.0 share of listeners—meaning 1 percent of listeners above the age of 12 were tuned to 620 AM. That’s well behind last month’s 3.5 share for News Radio KEX 1190 (which airs Rush Limbaugh) and the 5.0 share for KXL FM News 101 (which airs Lars Larson).

KOPJ’s numbers also trail KOPB—the public radio station has an enviable 5.5 share—and both sports stations, KXTG The Game (2.5 share) and KFXX The Fan (1.6 share).

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29441-kpoj_cancelling_political_talk_radio_on_monday.html


5 posted on 11/09/2012 1:51:14 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: GeronL

Probably. Meanwhile I’m sure libs are fuming. Not just sports but FOX! FOX! FOX! sports! Clearly it’s a conspiracy by Romney-Bain-Clear Channel

Actual comment on this from Willamette week:
>>It is very sad that Portland is losing the one radio station that was the only local on air source of speaking truth to power. I guess a well informed electorate is not a priority. It must be time to refocus the masses attention onto things that have little or no bearing on the outcome of their lives or their children’s lives.

ooh:

>>Does this have anything to do with Clear Channel being owned by Bain Capitol, and Obama winning the election? Seems a bit fishy to me.

Capitol? No that was the Beatles’ record label.


6 posted on 11/09/2012 1:55:45 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

The only people speaking truth to power are conservatives


7 posted on 11/09/2012 1:57:08 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: raccoonradio

a lot of sports in that market

maybe this is a transition to something else?


8 posted on 11/09/2012 2:13:18 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: raccoonradio

Poor thing. Truth to power? Does not even realize they are in power? I honestly can’t believe how stupid people are. Next they will be protesting themselves outside their own front doors.


9 posted on 11/09/2012 2:19:56 PM PST by Anima Mundi (You can lead a brain to facts but you can't make it think.)
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To: raccoonradio

Canzano, Chad and Rome suck as much as shultz and rhodes!


10 posted on 11/09/2012 3:58:03 PM PST by elder5
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Word has it format flip already happened foing from Randi Rhodes to U Oregon AND Moochelle Obama’s brother is coach?


11 posted on 11/09/2012 8:33:07 PM PST by raccoonradio
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Word has it format flip already happened foing from Randi Rhodes to U Oregon AND Moochelle Obama’s brother is coach?


12 posted on 11/09/2012 8:33:25 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: elder5

Word has it format flip already happened foing from Randi Rhodes to U Oregon AND Moochelle Obama’s brother is coach?


13 posted on 11/09/2012 8:33:36 PM PST by raccoonradio
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Comments include “we own the airways not the programmers” and “this is voter suppression” on liberal blogs in the area


14 posted on 11/10/2012 5:36:59 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio; All

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9721

Moonbats squawk about the loss of libtalk in Portland Ore., and rumor has it Seattle will be next...


15 posted on 11/11/2012 9:15:31 PM PST by raccoonradio
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