- KKRZ
Infobox Radio Station
name = KKRZ
city =Portland, Oregon
| airdate =November 2 1983
frequency = 100.3 (MHz) HD Radio
area = Northwestern Oregon, Southwestern Washington
format = KKRZ: CHR
KKRZ-HD2: Indie rock
owner =Clear Channel Communications
branding = Z100
slogan = Portland's Hit Music Station
erp = 95,000watt s
haat = 470 meters
class = C
facility_id = 11280
coordinates = coord|45|31|21.00|N|122|44|45.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning = Rose (as in "Rose City")
former_callsigns = KQFM
webcast = [http://www.z100portland.com/pages/listen/index.php Listen Live]
website = [http://www.z100portland.com Z100]KKRZ is a commercial broadcast
radio station inPortland, Oregon , also known as Z-100, broadcasts popular rhythmic-leaningTop 40 Mainstream music.History
KKRZ began its legacy as a Top 40 station in 1984, widely mirroring sister station
WHTZ /New York City (down to the name "Z100"). In 1986, the station adopted a more rhythmic leaning format due to the lack of an existingUrban Contemporary FM. That move would pay off and make KKRZ a dominant success in the ratings in its first 15 years. That was until 1999, when it picked up competition fromRhythmic Top 40 rival KXJM who took advantage of the market's rhythmic void and filled it. KKRZ recently began to start leaning more towards Rhythmic crossovers due to KXJM's format flip to Sports Talk as KXL-FM in May 2008, but would end up facing new competition fromCBS Radio outlet KVMX, who ironically, dropped theirRhythmic Adult Contemporary and picked up KXJM's Rhythmic format and intellectual property, including the KXJM calls and "Jammin'" slogan, fromRose City Radio Corporation , the owners of KXL-FM.On August 30, 2007, the station began running short, cryptic spots about "T-Man" coming to Portland. On August 31, morning fill-in hosts Brooke Fox and Dover announced that indeed, "The T-Man Show" was coming to Z100 mornings on Tuesday, September 4. The show is based out of Seattle and syndicated San Francisco. As a result, the Buckhead Show was replaced by the T-Man Show. Less than six months later however, the T-man show was pulled from KKRZ, for yet undisclosed reasons. The replacement morning show will be Arizona based Johnjay and Rich starting up in early July 2008 . KKRZ's regular music lineup can be heard now throughout the day.
External links
* [http://www.z100portland.com Z100's website]
* [http://www.z100portland.com/cc-common/hdradio/ KKRZ-HD2]
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