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Monday, December 14, 2009

Portland's new radio mogul

Here's a profile from Big Sky country -- Flathead Lake, to be precise.

Posted at 2:11 PM | Permalink

Comments (13)

So, maybe I missed it in the Montana article, but which of the Portland radio stations did he purchase? I only did a quick perusal of the article, but didn't see a definitive mention of which stations he now owns.

Just wonderin'

-ob

Posted by oregbear | December 14, 2009 3:28 PM

Ah, figured that'd be about Alpha. They're the new people running KUFO, KINK, KXL and so forth (the two Paul Allen stations plus the CBS properties).

Posted by GreyDuck | December 14, 2009 3:56 PM

Paul Allen's and the Vulcanites continue their remarkable record in business. Sell the two stations for $ 11 Million after paying $ 50 Million for them

Sounds line Charter, Ticketmaster, etc., etc., etc.

Amazing.

Posted by Nonny Mouse | December 14, 2009 5:36 PM

Good to see a station owner with a focus on the local market instead of focus grouped anywhere-in-America-formats.

I wish him the best.

Posted by Bob | December 14, 2009 7:16 PM

It becoming quite clear who the brains were at MS in the early years.

Posted by mp97303 | December 14, 2009 7:18 PM

Paul Allen's and the Vulcanites continue their remarkable record in business

Which is all completely in keeping with the fact that Allen didn't get where he is through native smarts. I don't know if he's the luckiest person who ever lived, but he's got to rank right up there.

Posted by G Joubert | December 14, 2009 7:20 PM

Alpha Broadcasting wasted no time firing some of their on-air "talent" after closing the sale.

http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2009/10/23/dead-air-kufos-cort-and-fatboy-fired/

Posted by none | December 14, 2009 8:02 PM

Ah, if only Larry Miller would call and offer me a nice radio gig. Oh, the fun we'd have!

Posted by Jack Bog | December 14, 2009 9:46 PM

Jack, Larry checked out in February. :-(

Posted by pdxjim | December 14, 2009 10:30 PM

Last week I got to thinking they oughta change the name of 'talk radio' to 'caller radio.' Because the on-air person's personality and then the feel & format of the entire station, mutates to conform and represent the demographic social status of the listening audience as being all-alike the few flaky callers.

(What prompted the thought was hearing Liars Larson pleading and begging for someone 'different' to call in and say something 'contrary' to the constant goon-talk of him & his ditto-despots cult ... and it seemed obvious no one 'different' is EVER going to call since Liars has made himself and that station into a sycophant suck-up to the half-dozen hate-seething antisocial wackos who endure caller torture and insult to hear themselves on the air and who become the emblem of ALL listeners.)

Ditto-cult callers is all that Liars is ever going to 'get' since he made himself in their image(ry). As all 'talk radio' personalities do -- please the audience -- and are really 'caller radio' concoctions.

Which explains why KBOO 90.7 FM has stayed independent over forty years airing informed voices of high-quality callers, totally sustained by listener donations and never a single commercial -- the listeners are invested with interest.

And it (the phenomenon that the on-air 'host' turns into the lapdog puppet of the callers) explains why KPOJ 620 AM (morning locals) has gotten raised to intellectual heights over their heads from where they started, (also Arbitron ratings heights), by serving intelligent callers.

I expect Mr. Montana to lose the wager he bet on the fading old plug-horse nags of Portland radio. He shoulda bought either quality or intelligence channels.

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 14, 2009 11:07 PM

If I understand it correctly, community and educational media outlets routinely out-perform the commercial ones all over Oregon, but the ratings companies and their commercial clients are very careful not to let that get out. Can anybody confirm this?

In any case, I'll always give to KBOO, even when I can't stand most of what they're putting on the air. Joe Uris and Joanne Bowman alone are worth the ticket.

Posted by dyspeptic | December 15, 2009 12:12 AM

Tenskwatawa,
Great to see you're still in the game. I thought they had you strapped to a waterboard in some reprogramming camp.

Posted by Bill McDonald | December 15, 2009 12:47 AM

No tensky has been busy fantasizing about waterboarding Lars.

Posted by Ben | December 15, 2009 11:00 AM

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Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
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L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
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Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
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Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
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Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
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Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
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Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
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Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 26
At this date last year: 15
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269