KMHD
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| City of license | Gresham, Oregon |
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| Broadcast area | Portland-Salem, Oregon Vancouver, Washington |
| Slogan | "Jazz Radio" |
| Frequency | 89.1 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1984 |
| Format | Jazz HD2: Alternative rock |
| ERP | 7,900 watts |
| HAAT | 437 meters |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 46719 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°30′58.00″N 122°43′59.00″W / 45.51611°N 122.73306°W |
| Callsign meaning | Mount HooD Community College[1] |
| Owner | Mt. Hood Community College District |
| Webcast | KMHD Webstream KMHD2 Webstream |
| Website | kmhd.org kmhd2.org (HD2) |
KMHD (89.1 FM) is a listener-supported, non-profit FM broadcast radio station located in the Portland, Oregon area. For the first twenty-five years of its operation, the station's studio was located on the Mt. Hood Community College campus in Gresham, Oregon, and the transmitter is located atop Portland's Tualatin Mountains. In addition to its broadcast signal at 89.1, KMHD also simulcasts locally on an HD channel, as well as through streaming audio on the station's website, and OPB TV Digital subchannel 4.[2]
KMHD is among the oldest listener-supported Jazz radio stations in the United States.[citation needed]
Although owned by Mt. Hood Community College, the station has never been a part of the college's radio broadcasting educational program.
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[edit] History
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The station has been providing the Portland, Oregon community with jazz and blues since 1984.[3]
In March 2009, the Mt. Hood Community College District Board of Education agreed to transfer of the station's programming, operational and fundraising responsibilities to Oregon Public Broadcasting.[4] The agreement was a response to a cut in state support. The transfer was approved by the board of education in mid-May and took effect on August 10, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.[5] Although the station's programming now originates from OPB's Portland studios, the station will continue to use the same call letters and broadcast frequency, and will continue to be owned by Mt. Hood Community College.
[edit] KMHD-HD2
KMHD-HD2 (branded as "KMHD2") airs an alternative rock format.
[edit] References
- ^ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins". 238. The Broadcast Archive. http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
- ^ http://www.opb.org/television/channels/
- ^ KMHD History from the station's website
- ^ Mt. Hood Community College Proposes Partnership with OPB to Operate Jazz Station KMHD from the MHCC website
- ^ Brettman, Allan (May 15, 2009). "OPB to take over jazz station KMHD 89.1". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/05/opb_to_take_over_jazz_station.html. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
[edit] External links
- KMHD official website
- "KMHD2" (KMHD-HD2) website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KMHD
- Radio-Locator information on KMHD
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KMHD
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