Portland area
1520 AM
1230 AM
1150 AM
1040 AM
1010 AM
93.1 FM

Woodburn
940 AM
96.3 LPFM

Mid-Valley
95.1 FM
880 AM
1460 AM (soon)
103.7 FM (soon)

Eugene
660 AM

13 Stations in all...6 just recently or will switch soon. All full time Spanish formats.
If you live in Woodburn, Cielo! ...you can recieve all of them during the daytime!

Question? Who will be the first to change to non-Hispanic radio a year from now?

Have I missed any station?

KKCW, 103.3 HD-2 is "Viva"

Add 1450 in Eugene...all Spanish Sports from ESPN....

Medford has 2

The key is which ones even get numbers....

1230 AM
1150 AM
1010 AM
96.3 LPFM
880 AM

couldn't draw flies, granted 880 did see a few folks in Salem listening to them.

Medford
580 AM
610 AM

Redmond/Bend
1240 AM

Klamath Falls
960 AM

Oh...forgot another soon to be Spanish format AM Mid Valley station...KFIR 720 AM out of Sweet Home...making the total to 14.

Whats the total population of Oregon?

Told you so. The Spanish broadcasters want to buy all they can.
KKRZ, KGON, KIJZ, KLOO are next to flip!
Enjoy your IPod if you don't speak Spanish.

OK wisenhimer.....Let see 3.7m in Oregon and 9.9% Hispanic. 370 signals in the state including non-comm, etc. and let see about 15 signal doing Spanish language programming of sorts. "Itsvern" the lights are on but nobody is home. Its still less than the average....so quit complaining. Spanish broadcasters aren't trying to take over the world, or Oregon for that matter. They are just trying to make a living like everyone else.

Amen Ardio921

10% of the population...a growing now 5% of radio formats in the state...very captive audience...more power to the Hispanic community if they keep all these stations running!

Top 100 Oregon Baby Names 2005 - Boys
#
23 Jose - 154
37 Angel - 131
46 Juan - 107 tied with Aidan, Brandon and John
58 Luis - 88 tied with Alex and Henry
61 Diego - 87 tied with Braydon
70 Jesus - 75
71 Carlos - 74
78 Miguel - 67 tied with Seth and Jesse

two in medford?, thought there was one only?

Then you have KZTB

97.9 KZTB is based in the Tri-Cities (Washington)...although it is licensed to Milton-Freewater, Oregon.

Mrs_Merkin that reminded me of an engineering class in college with the professor said ok how many Nguyens are in the class, about 6 or 7 raised their hands then he said how many smiths? None. (FYI for those who may not know, Nguyen is a very common name in Vietnam, like Smith here or Rodriguez in Mexico)

Oh yeah, the next big step will be a Hispanic station on one of the most desired FM signals in Portland, coming soon to a radio near... you.

Which are the most desired FMs in Portland.
To tell you the truth I think they all suck.

what sucks? Portland, all FMs, all Spanish stations, all desired stations, mean people, nice people, ignorant people, smart.......

I don't think any Portland Station is worth listening to. And that includes Spanish stations.
Churchill's morning show is one of the worst I've heard. Its overal programming isn't worth my time listening to.
Bustos stations are maybe 1% better than La X.
And La Pantera's programs all Suck the big one.

you sound like someone who has a grudge against Spanish media....I agree with the Pantera analysis.

hey Jay_zie, do you really think Bustos programing is better than La X? if you check La Gran D play list you will find in heavy rotation many song nobody play, and not only la gran d, almost every bustos format. just read this article http://lavozhispanicnews.com/news.php?nid=3160 (sorry is in spanish from a local news paper in yakima wa.)what happen to Zorro 96.6 a bustos station in Yakima, after this they switch to K buena in less than a week. i almost forget, La Campeona 880 is even worst than La Pantera

I think that what compensates some of bustos bad selection in their play list is that they have professional personnel. Very well educated air talent compared to that of La X, La Pantera, and El Rey's Voice-Trackers.
I agree with you about La Campeona. I never tune it in so I had forgotten all about it.

Voice-Trackers? El rey is the only one doing voice track, but La Pantera and La X are live. about Bustos. yes, they have "very professional on-air talent", that is why they are doing so well book after book in Portland
KGDD-AM Bustos Media Regional Mexican Sp'06 3.3 - Su'06 3.0 - Fa'06 2.4 - Wi'07 1.4

"I think that what compensates some of bustos bad selection in their play list is that they have professional personnel. Very well educated air talent compared to that of La X, La Pantera, and El Rey's Voice-Trackers" Jay_zie your on crack.....Bustos programmers are led by the $. Thats why they play alot of songs no one has heard of, when labels dictate what you play.....The local Bustos talent isn't very good. And actually that is the case with almost all Spanish media in PDX. Too much "Radio del Rancho" And everyone thinks he knows what he is doing just because they have been here doing it for awhile..... By the way Big_Ears is correct about the voice tracking and the other stations.....Man alive Jay_zie, you keep proving that you are a bigger spare than I ever gave you credit for being.

"Bustos programmers are led by the $" you right, let me give you an example: singer: "El Tigrillo Palma" song: "Pachangon En El Desierto", regional mexican charts # 112. Bustos k buena (sacramento, boise, yakima) # 7, 33 times was play this week.

If anything hurts El Rey, it will be the less than dominant signal. I don't think it will hurt them very much.

Even with it's weak signal, 93.1 El Rey will reach listeners in Salem.

The only problem would be cheap radios that overload on strong stations. They really need to be a C2.

With no truly local FM's in Salem, 93.1 should be more easily received.

..."what sucks?"

Vacuum Cleaners and Porn Stars.

I think that the arrival of the Regional Mexican format to FM stations in both Salem and Portland is going to halt the flipping of any more stations to Spanish for the following reasons:

1) The format seems to be considered not lucrative enough to be worth trying on a more valuable signal (i.e., there will be no Spanish on 100.3, 105.9, 94.7, 107.5, etc).
2) The fact that the format is now available on FM is going to seriously discourage anyone from trying to use an AM to get into this format in Portland/Salem area.
3) Regional Mexican is the only Spanish format with a history of ratings success in this area.

For these reasons, I don't think that it is worth worrying about the radio dial being "taken over" by Spanish language stations. I can make some aluminum foil hats for the people who persist in worrying about this (the hats will protect your brain against RF emissions from the Spanish stations so that you don't mysteriously start talking in Spanish one day).

It's hit free-TV as well:
KUNP-LP, licensed to Portland and broadcasts on UHF channel 47, operating with an ERP of 93.6 kilowatts.
KUNP "Univision Portland" is a full-power broadcast television in the Pacific Northwestern United States. As an affiliate of the Univision Spanish television network, the station serves the greater Portland and Bend, Oregon metropolitan areas. The station also serves Salem and Vancouver, Washington.

How about La X!!!
They play Jenni Rivera's "Mirame" almost every hour.
I think all these spanish radio stations should be investigated for Payola.
When they had Los Angeles Azules at the 5 de Mayo thing they were playing them a whole lot. They hardly play them now.

Lets try tv.
KKEI-CA CH 38 Telemundo (Watch TV)
KPOU-LP CH 47 Univision (Fisher)
KOXO-CA CH 51 Telefutura (Watch TV)
KWVT-LP CH 52 Azteca America (Churchill)

"With no truly local FM's in Salem, 93.1 should be more easily received."

The stations on 92.9 and 93.3 block out 93.1's signal on cheap radios.

hey Jay_zie, to know how many times La X plays "mirame" sounds like you are listening La X 24/7. "I think all these spanish radio stations should be investigated for Payola" you right Jay_zie starting with Bustos.

I live in Beaverton and all I get on channel 47 is snow. I wouldn't call that full power.

I just tried to receive Ch 47 from Hillsboro and got a fair picture with only a small amount of show. Here is the catch... I had to place an attenuator in my UHF antenna line and turn DOWN the signal level (about 10db), to reduce the "snow". I think that the "snow" that I was seeing was actually the higher power digital signals from Ch 46 (Ch 8 Digital) and Ch 48 (Ch 49 Digital) bleeding over the weaker Ch 47 analog.

Assuming we are talking about analog transmission, 93.6kw on UHF channel 47 is NOT full power! It's basically a translator that's allowed to originate programming. Full power on UHF is 5,000kw! I'd like to see the translator that reaches both Vancouver and Salem!

CH47 in Beaverton should be just fine.
It comes in ok in Gresham with a little snow.

If KUNP-LP was broadcasting from the Skyline tower I wouldn't have a problem. I'm about a mile away as the crow flies. Right now I'm getting nothing but snow. That tells me they haven't moved yet.

I think we are getting out of the subject.
This string is about Muchos Spanish Radio.
You should start a different one about TV.

KXPD "LA X" is doing live remote now in McMinnville! It's at the Verizon Wireless store on Highway 99. Their van is here and is saying LA X 1040. There were 3 dj's with one Spanish speaking Verizon Wireless employee there.
Lost my digital camera, so no photo's.
Where's KLYC today? lol. :-)

And your point.....

Hey! Vern is back!

Hope he brought that truck of "Schludwiller" cause i'm thirsty!

How many people did they attract to the remote?
Was it really worth to Verizon having La X?
Should they had La Pantera or La GranD since they have better listenership in Mac than La X?

Hi Mrs Merkin!

Craig,
KUNP-LP CH47 has been broadcasting from the KATU Skyline tower with ERP 93KW for about a year now. Started late June 2006.
Granted, 93KW @UHF CH47 isn't much but if you are one mile from the antenna, you should be getting something.

Agreed but I'm not. Here's my channel reception report on UHF, using a loop antenna from Craig's TV shack:

18 Snowy.
22 Clear.
24 Clear.
32 Clear.
35 Pretty Clear.
49 Clear.
52 Very Snowy & No Sound.
54 Clear.

Maybe, it's a lack of beam tilt and the low power goes right over you. I have no idea; this isn't my area. You don't get 38 either?

38 is Snow! Why are Spanish TV stations avoiding my house? And I love watching Spanish TV! [Can't get enough of the lovely Latina's!]

You are correct, Craig. Especially Saturday nights.
Otro Rollo and Sabado Gigante.
Nothing but scantily clad Latinas and songsters.
And the morning weather gal during the week.

Univision is the #2 network with younger people, beating out English speaking networks. You don't need to look very long to see why. The anchors on their live programs look like they are having fun. Quite a change from the plastic and reserved ones on the English speaking networks.

Hey Jay_zie hear you were supposed to be at the remote...

I hadn't noticed the Univision on Channel 47 until recently. I can receive it from downtown Hillsboro, but I have to turn the antenna slightly northeast to get rid of the interference from the digital stations.

I was doing better and more important things that day!
I was picking my nose!

Some of the highlights of the Arbitron Hispanic Radio Today 2007 Edition:

* Hispanic population hits new peak
* Hispanic stations reach all-time ratings high
* Mexican Regional Improved Again Between 2005 and 2006
* Spanish Contemporary also demonstrated improved ratings between 2005 and 2006
* Spanish Adult Hits has emerged as a popular new programming choice
* Spanish Religious grew its weekly reach 11 percent between Spring 2005 and 2006

Spanish formatted stations are now the #3 category after News/Talk and Adult Contemporary and before CHR, Urban and Country. In 1998, they were #8.