KXL-FM
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| City | Portland, Oregon |
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| Broadcast area | Portland, Oregon |
| Branding | FM News 101 KXL |
| Slogan | Portland's breaking news, traffic and weather station: Stay connected |
| Frequency | 101.1 MHz |
| First air date | September 12, 1948 (as KOIN-FM) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 97,000 watts |
| HAAT | 502 meters (1,647 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 26932 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°30′57.4″N 122°44′3.4″W / 45.515944°N 122.734278°WCoordinates: 45°30′57.4″N 122°44′3.4″W / 45.515944°N 122.734278°W |
| Former callsigns | KOIN-FM (1948–1977) KYTE-FM (1977–1979) KLLB (1979–1983) KRCK (1983–1985) KYTE-FM (1985–1989) KKCY (1989–1990) KUFO (1990–2001) KUFO-FM (2001–2010) KUFO (2010–2011) |
| Affiliations |
CBS Radio News KGW 8 |
| Owner |
Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBFF, KINK, KUFO, KUPL-FM, KXTG |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
KXL-FM (101.1 MHz FM) is an American commercial radio station broadcasting a news/talk format and is licensed to Portland, Oregon, United States. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media. Its studios are located in downtown Portland, and its transmitter is in Portland's west hills. It is the flagship station for The Lars Larson Show and Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis.
The station signed on the air as KOIN-FM on September 12, 1948, simulcasting KOIN-AM, and began airing classical music in 1967. The four-hour-long KOIN Concert Hall was broadcast evenings from 6 to 10 PM, hosted first by Blaine Hanks, then Don Gay. In May 1977, the station changed their call letters to KYTE-FM and aired a top 40 format as "The FM Kite". On January 5, 1979, KYTE-FM changed their format to country and then changed the call letters to KLLB (as "Country Club 101"). On September 4, 1979, KLLB changed format to top 40 rock (as "KB-101 Rock Deluxe"), then changed format to oldies (also as "KB-101") a year later. On November 8, 1982, KLLB switched to an album rock format (as "Rock 101"); in January 1983, the call letters changed to KRCK. On January 3, 1985, KRCK changed their format to classical (as "Classical 101"), and on February 18, 1985, the call letters changed to KYTE-FM. On January 31, 1989, the station changed its call letters to KKCY and aired a contemporary jazz format, branded as "The City". (The classical format was moved to KYTE 970 AM.)
On December 29, 1989, at 5 PM, after a few days of stunting, KKCY changed to an active rock format and on January 23, 1990, the call letters were changed to KUFO, and on August 1, 2001 to KUFO-FM.
In August 2009, CBS Radio sold the Portland cluster (including KUFO) to Alpha Broadcasting in an effort to focus more on major market stations. On October 24, 2009, KUFO began stunting with a "mothership refueling" countdown to end at 7 a.m. on October 28 when it re-launched. The actual musical content of KUFO was the same as it was prior to the re-launch; only the personalities changed. On September 16, 2010, the call sign reverted to simply KUFO.
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