KGAL
Encyclopedia
KGAL is a radio station
licensed
to serve Lebanon, Oregon
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1995, is owned by the Eads Broadcasting Corporation.
/talk
/sports radio
format featuring a mix of local and syndicated programs including sports talk, conservative talk
, local news
, and live sporting events.
, America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon
, plus talk show
s hosted by Dennis Prager
, commentator and film critic Michael Medved
, conservative author Hugh Hewitt
, Radio Hall of Fame
member Jim Bohannon, plus the Midnight Radio Network
.
NFL Football, Lebanon High School varsity sporting events and University of Oregon Ducks football games.
are airing a series of one-minute historical vignettes as part of Oregon's sesquicentennial celebration. The program, titled A Moment in Oregon History, highlights notable Oregon residents and key historical events. Each of the 240 vignettes was written by author Rick Steber.
for this station from the Federal Communications Commission
on December 27, 1994
. The new station was assigned the call letters KGAL by the FCC on January 23, 1995. KGAL received its license to cover
from the FCC on November 20, 1995.
KGAL was one of two radio stations in 1997 broadcasting the games of the Portland Forest Dragons of the Arena Football League. That team would ultimately leave Portland after the 1999 season.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Lebanon, Oregon
Lebanon, Oregon
Lebanon is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. Lebanon is located in northwest Oregon, southeast of Salem. The population was 12,950 at the 2000 census and the 2008 census data shows the population at 15,397.-Geography:...
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1995, is owned by the Eads Broadcasting Corporation.
Programming
KGAL broadcasts a newsNews Radio
News Radio can refer to:* NewsRadio, the NBC sitcom which aired from 1995–1999.* News radio, the all-news or news/talk radio format....
/talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
/sports radio
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
format featuring a mix of local and syndicated programs including sports talk, conservative talk
Conservative talk
Conservative talk radio is a talk radio format in the United States and Canada devoted to expressing conservative viewpoints of issues, as opposed to progressive talk radio...
, local news
Local news
In journalism, local news refers to news coverage of events in a local context which would not normally be of interest to those of other localities, or otherwise be of national or international scope.-Television:...
, and live sporting events.
Talk shows
Local weekday programs include Morning Update with Weldon Greig and "Radio" Ray Pietz, Valley Talk hosted by Jim Willhight and "Radio" Ray Pietz, plus sports talk show From the Sidelines on Fridays. Weekday syndicated programming includes Midnight Trucking Radio Network, Bill Bennett in the Morning with William BennettWilliam Bennett
William John "Bill" Bennett is an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist. He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W...
, America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon
Jim Bohannon
James E. "Jim" Bohannon is an American broadcaster who has worked in both television and radio.During the 1980s he was a fill-in for Larry King when King had his popular nighttime national radio program. He also does much work with the Smithsonian Associates...
, plus talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
s hosted by Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager is an American syndicated radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, and public speaker. He is noted for his conservative political and social views emanating from conservative Judeo-Christian values. He holds that there is an "American Trinity" of essential principles,...
, commentator and film critic Michael Medved
Michael Medved
Michael Medved is an American radio host, author, political commentator and film critic. His Seattle, Washington-based nationally syndicated talk show, The Michael Medved Show, airs throughout the U.S...
, conservative author Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt is an American radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network, lawyer, academic, and author. An outspoken Republican, evangelical Christian, he comments on society, politics, and media bias in the United States. Hewitt is also a law professor at Chapman University School of Law.-...
, Radio Hall of Fame
Radio Hall of Fame
The National Radio Hall of Fame is a project of the Museum of Broadcast Communications.Although no physical building currently exists to house it, the National Radio Hall of Fame is a project of Bruce DuMont, CEO of the currently homeless Museum of Broadcast Communications, and is purported to be a...
member Jim Bohannon, plus the Midnight Radio Network
Midnight Radio Network
The Midnight Trucking Radio Network is a talk radio program currently hosted by Eric Harley and Gary McNamara...
.
Sports
In addition to its regularly scheduled talk programming, KGAL airs Seattle SeahawksSeattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
NFL Football, Lebanon High School varsity sporting events and University of Oregon Ducks football games.
A Moment in Oregon History
Throughout 2009, KGAL and sister station KSHOKSHO
KSHO is a radio station licensed to serve Lebanon, Oregon, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1950, is currently owned by the Eads Broadcasting Corporation.-Programming:KSHO broadcasts an adult standards music format...
are airing a series of one-minute historical vignettes as part of Oregon's sesquicentennial celebration. The program, titled A Moment in Oregon History, highlights notable Oregon residents and key historical events. Each of the 240 vignettes was written by author Rick Steber.
History
The Eads Broadcasting Corporation received the original construction permitConstruction permit
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for this station from the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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on December 27, 1994
1994 in radio
The year 1994 in radio involved some significant events.-Events:*January 11 - The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin....
. The new station was assigned the call letters KGAL by the FCC on January 23, 1995. KGAL received its license to cover
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
from the FCC on November 20, 1995.
KGAL was one of two radio stations in 1997 broadcasting the games of the Portland Forest Dragons of the Arena Football League. That team would ultimately leave Portland after the 1999 season.