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KKOV = VanKOuVer
KOAP = Oregon Agricultural (College) Portland
KOAB = Oregon Agricultural (College) Bend (both named after their predecessor, KOAC)
KPAM = PAMplin (currently)
KPOJ = Piece Of Junk (because somebody had to say it eventually…)
KATU = phonetic spelling of “K-Two”
KBSP = Beaverton Salem Portland (Home Shopping Club station on channel 22 that preceded KPXG)
KNMT = Northwest Minority Television
KORK-CA = ORegon (former Home Shopping Club station that was on channel 35)
KORS = ORegon Salem
KPDX = ICAO code for Portland International Airport; Union Station’s railway code (if you drop the “K”)
KPTV = Portland TeleVision
KPXG = PaX Net (the programming service that preceded PAX, I and ION)
KRCW = Rose City CBS-Warner (although I’ve also heard Columbia-Wilammette being used)
KUNP = Univision Portland
KWBP = Warner Brothers Portland (preceded KRCW)