KFBW
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| City | Vancouver, Washington |
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| Broadcast area |
Portland, Oregon Salem, Oregon Vancouver, Washington |
| Branding | 105.9 The Brew |
| Slogan | Portland's Rock Station |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | 104.5 K283BL (Portland, relays HD2) 103.7 K279BO (Portland, relays HD3) |
| First air date | February 5, 2001 (as KBET-FM) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Mainstream rock HD2: Contemporary Christian (Way FM) HD3: Classic Country "103.7 The Legend" |
| ERP | 22,500 watts |
| HAAT | 470 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 60640 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°31′21.00″N 122°44′45.00″W / 45.5225000°N 122.7458333°W |
| Callsign meaning | K F BreW |
| Former callsigns | KXMX (1998-1999, CP) KKLQ (1999-2000, CP) KBET-FM (2000-2001) KSTE-FM (2001-2002) KRVO (2002-2005) KIJZ (2005-2007) KQOL (2007-2009) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KKRZ, KKCW, KLTH, KXJM, KPOJ, KEX |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD3) |
| Website |
1059thebrew.iheart.com 1037thelegend.iheart.com (HD3) |
KFBW is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, Washington, broadcasting to the Portland metropolitan area on 105.9 FM. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station airs a mainstream rock format with emphasis on the late 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, branded as "105.9 The Brew". The transmitter is located in Portland's west hills; their studios are in Tigard, Oregon.
The station was initially licensed to the Cincinnati, Ohio-based Citicasters as of February 1996, when that broadcasting group was acquired by Jacor Communications. The station has had seven call signs since mid-1998. While owned by Jacor, it changed call letters to KXMX. When Jacor sold it to Clear Channel Communications, the call letters changed to KKLQ. In August 2000, it switched its call letters to KBET. The station officially signed on air with a modern adult contemporary music format branded as "Star 105.9" on February 5, 2001; to match the format, the call letters changed to KSTE-FM. It is also noted that the station used the same logo and slogan as Los Angeles station KYSR. At that time, both stations aired a Modern AC format.
On June 21, 2002, KSTE-FM dropped the modern adult contemporary music format, likely due to lackluster ratings and direct competition from cross-town KRSK, which aired a similar modern adult contemporary music format. KSTE-FM then began stunting with short clips of almost all music genres branded as "Quick 106" (this stunt was used earlier in the year on KJR-FM in Seattle).
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