Tim Hohl, normally Bob Miller's street reporter, has been in studio for at least a few weeks now. I haven't heard from Bill Gallagher for a while and thought he might be on vacation. I just checked the KPAM website, and Bill is nowhere to be found except in a archive page of his "NW Uncovered" vignettes:

http://www.kpam.com/features/nw_uncovered.shtml

Also, KPAM has a job posting for "Morning Show and Station Image Producer."

See the thread titled "Really Big KPAM Shakeup."

Your answer lies there.

Boy, I can't believe I missed that news for a whole month. Thanks for that.

Next time I have a question the first thing I'll do is search the postings page for the call letters of the relevant station.

I'm puzzled why they chose to do this right before a major election instead of waiting a few weeks. Either the Pamplin empire is in desperate financial straits (unlikely, but possible) or else they've finally given up trying to compete with KEX/KXL and are getting ready to sell the station.

KPAM should go Hard Rock now! AM Hard Rock!

they need an overnight host!plAY SOME MUSIC ALSO BETWEEN CALLERS !amsYEREO PLEASEkpam860!!!

Does anybody remember when KPAM 860 was Contemporary Christian?

Yes...1997 to 2000ish when it switched to current News Talk...at the time there was no Christian music format in PDX accept scattered fm satellators around metro but music on AM still did not garner the ratings needed.

"KPAM should go Hard Rock now! AM Hard Rock!"

Yeah, and now that former KPAM (the original) jock Dick Jenkins is out at EMF/K-Love, maybe they can get him back up here to run the joint!

How many right wing stations can a liberal town like Portland support? KXL serves the right. Bill O'Reilly is the King of the Sheep. KPAM and KTRO have no shot at all. Big waste of time and money.

"Does anybody remember when KPAM 860 was Contemporary Christian?"

Sure do Alfredo. I did mornings for a year on KPAM when it was a CCM station. Worked their a year previously part time before being offered the morning show. I had a blast.

All news 24/7

get Victor Boc back!!?

Anyone know where Boc is now?

HARD ROCK NOW!

kkb sez: Anyone know where Boc is now?

Google is your friend. Boc's own website says this:

. . . Recently, Victor left radio station KPAM. He is currently taking a break from radio. Check back here to see where he turns up next.


The website also said he'll be filling in for Lars Larson (or already has).

Hello- this Boc site hasn't been updated in at least 3 years....He has not been on KXL for longer than that

Next step, orbits?

perhaps he nowmakes living with Poker?

I know many of you will disagree with me on this, but I thought boc was the best personality I ever heard in portland. He used to go out on the street and get homeless people to come on as guests. It was great radio. He was conservative, but he was fair to all sides. There is nothing like him on the air now, liberal or conservative, I was really sad to see him go.

I agree! Victor was a great guy personally and professionally...hopefully making lots of money in poker now!

his voice sounded just like___?_____?the dJ who specialzed in novelity records!!!

Doctor Demento

Wiiind up your radios! It's time for the Victor Boc Show!

zdr. zdemento's voice sounds same as Victor Boc!!!!

KPAM is still broadcasting?

I just checked Victor Boc's website, www.victorboc.com, and it is still functional. Apparently, he has more irons in the fire than we would normally think of.

KPAM is going up for sale. The proceeds will then be sunk into the Portland Tribune.

That's all you need to know.

Thank the Lord above!

DaveM's first sentence is believable (I have no idea if it's true, but it's believable). The problem with the second is that there doesn't seem to be much of the Tribune left to sink anything into. I'd be very surprised if Pamplin were to suddenly double-down on it again, especially in this economic climate.

Would their other station be for sale also?

They kinda telegraphed that with the recent cuts, which help the '08 financials somewhat, but the due diligence will be brutal. The cash flow on this property must be 100% outward. Any buyer would have to be wary of a signal that doesn't cover the metro on night pattern, which eats into both drives in these northern latitudes. The planting of a Hannity flag in one of America's bluest states hasn't helped the numbers any, either. But maybe with some niche format, a bargain price, and a signal upgrade this could be attractive to some optimistic operator. We've already seen what a profligate spender can do; maybe it's time for a pragmatist. Sounds like the US government.

Gotta admit, it is far easier to make a buck in destroying the environment than clean industries like mass media and entertainment. Maybe Pamplin will just sell it all and buy a few more excavators and dump trucks.

They have a construction permit for 15kw at night. Since they don't have to move any of the towers, perhaps it won't take much time to get on the air with it, at least not the full 3 years!

When I first moved to Portland in 2001, I liked listening to KPAM's programming. I liked that just about everything was local. And while I felt the station leaned a little right politically, I felt like both sides were represented.

The past few years, the station has been disappointing to me as a listener. The local programming is all but gone, the political slant is way right and there's a bunch of shows (Hannity, Ingram, Levine, Howard) that I can hear in any other city.

I do still like Phil Hendrie, who finally has gotten his humor back! Unfortunately, his show is delayed on KPAM. Yuck!

I know that it is probably cheaper to have national shows (it must be since so many stations do this), but it sucks for listeners.

Occasionally, I'll listen to Victoria Taft's show, but for the most part I listen to AM970 and internet radio.

KPAM needs to run more than two ads if it wants to survive. I am sick of being told to check my roof.

For the most part I listen to AM970 and internet radio.


Good choice!