KGON

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title: "KGON" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-oregon", "classic-rock-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-established-in-1967", "1967-establishments-in-oregon", "audacy,-inc.-radio-stations"] description: "Radio station in Portland, Oregon" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGON" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Portland, Oregon ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	KGON
logo	KGON-FM.png
logo_size	150px
city	Portland, Oregon
country	US
area	Portland metropolitan area
branding	92-3 KGON
frequency
airdate
format	Classic rock
erp
haat	386 m
class	C
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	2432
coordinates
callsign_meaning	Oregon
former_callsigns	KLIQ-FM (1967–73)
owner	Audacy, Inc.
licensee	Audacy License, LLC
affiliations	Seattle Seahawks Radio Network
sister_stations
webcast
website
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| name = KGON | logo = KGON-FM.png | logo_size = 150px | city = Portland, Oregon | country = US | area = Portland metropolitan area | branding = 92-3 KGON | frequency =
| airdate = | format = Classic rock | erp = | haat = 386 m | class = C | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 2432 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = Oregon | former_callsigns = KLIQ-FM (1967–73) | owner = Audacy, Inc. | licensee = Audacy License, LLC | affiliations = Seattle Seahawks Radio Network | sister_stations = | webcast = | website =

KGON (92.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in Portland, Oregon. The station airs a classic rock radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. KGON broadcasts in the HD Radio format. Its HD2 subchannel formerly carried a blues format, known as "Waterfront Blues Radio."

KGON's offices and studios are located south of Downtown Portland on Bancroft Street. The transmitter site is in the city's Southwest Hills district, off SW Seymour Street. KGON has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The signal covers much of Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington.

Programming

KGON competes with iHeartMedia-owned KFBW. While KFBW plays mostly rock from the 1980s, 1990s and a few 2000s titles, KGON goes back as far as The Beatles for some selections and rarely plays titles later than 1990. KGON also carries Seattle Seahawks football games during the NFL season.

History

The station signed on the air on December 6, 1967. Its original call sign was KLIQ-FM. It was the FM counterpart to KLIQ (AM 1290), which is no longer on the air. The two stations were owned by the Cascade Broadcasting Company, simulcasting a talk radio format. Because KLIQ was a daytimer, the staton's programming could only be heard on KLIQ-FM after dark.

In 1973, as more people bought radios that received FM stations, KLIQ-FM was sold to KYXI, Inc., the same firm that owned KYXI (now AM 1520, KGDD). On February 1, 1974, the new owners changed the format to album-oriented rock under new call sign KGON. The first song after the flip was "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles. The flip put KGON in competition with KINK, which went on the air in 1968 as a freeform radio station, along with KQIV, which signed on in 1972 playing progressive rock. KGON was programmed with a more structured format, playing only the most popular tracks from the top-selling rock albums. It would continue in this direction until November 4, 1992, when it shifted to its current classic rock direction.

In 1992, KGON and KFXX (the former KYXI) were bought by Apogee Communications for $5.5 million. In 1995, the station changed hands after just three years when Entercom acquired KGON. Entercom changed its name to Audacy in 2021.

References

References

1. (2009-06-12). "FCCInfo Facility Search Results: Entercom Portland License, LLC". Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc..
2. "KGON Facility Record". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
3. [https://kgon.radio.com/contact-us KGON.radio.com/contact-us]
4. [https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=kgon&nav=&x=0&y=0 Radio-Locator.com/KGON]
5. [https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KGON&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=88.1&fre2=107.9&serv=&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KGON]
6. [https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1969/B%202%20Radio%201969%20BC%20YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1969 page B-140]
7. [https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 page C-157]
8. [http://blogs.kgon.com/irisharrison/2009/09/02/the-history-of-kgona-work-in-progress/ "The History of KGON: A Work In Progress"] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-08-12 Iris Harrison, blogs.kgon.com (September 2, 2009))
9. "KGON FM 92 1975 TV commercial".
10. "92 FM KGON Radio And Unnatural Disco - Portland, OR Memories".
11. "KGON radio Portland Oregon 1982".
12. "1985 KGON FM92.3 "When you want the best, with more rock" Portland Oregon Local TV Commercial".
13. "KGON Radio - TV Spot 1".
14. "KGON 92.3 Portland Radio Station 80s Commercial (1988)".
15. "KGON Portland Radio Station Commercial 1988".
16. "KGON Portland Radio Station Guitar Commercial 1989".
17. "KGON: Encore".
18. [https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1995/B-Radio-NE-Ter-YB-1995.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 page B-340]
19. [https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1996/B-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1996.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996 page B-347]

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