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July 23, 2009 at 6:37 am
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Eugene
KPNW – Pacific Northwest
KUGN – Eugene (city where located)
Albany
KHPE – K-Happy (now goes by Hope 1079)
Newport
KNPT – Newport (city where located)
San Francisco
KSFO – SFO is the airport call sign
K101 – their location on the FM dial
KFOG – named for the “fog” of San Francisco