Portland Radio Authority (PraRadio) was a listener supported pirate radio station originally broadcasting from a mobile, 100-watt transmitter in Portland, Oregon. Listeners and musicians were encouraged to send tracks to the station, with or without a recording contract, and PraRadio would add the music to its mix.[1] The station operated illegally from May 2002 until March 2006, when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ended the transmissions.[2]
Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Indie rock, Garage rock, Event broadcasting, Talk radio |
History | |
First air date | May 10, 2002 |
Last air date | March 1, 2006[note 1] |
Technical information | |
Power | 100 Watts |
Links | |
Website | www |
PraRadio continued to broadcast as an Internet radio station until late September 2013.[3] Over 50 volunteer deejays in weekly two-hour shows featured a variety of music and programming.[4]
PraRadio sponsored a series of benefit concerts to raise money for the station,[5][6] but eventually the costs of operating the station outpaced revenues, and Portland Radio Authority went silent in 2013.[3]