KXPD (1040 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Tigard, Oregon, United States. The station, established in 1993, is currently owned by Irina Baranova, through licensee PIN Investments, Inc. Programming Until going dark on December 30, 2009, KXPD broadcast a mixed Regional Mexican music and Spanish-language talk radio format branded as "La X 1040" to the Portland metropolitan area. Weekday programs on "La X" included a morning show called "Nelson, Tere y el Morrillo", a mid-day show hosted by Fernando Sobrevilla, and afternoon drive is hosted by El Capitan Hernandez. These programs were aired in conjunction with sister station KXOR (660 AM) in Eugene, Oregon. The station returned to the air on December 29, 2010, before falling silent again on January 31, 2011. KXPD returned to the air again on June 9, 2011, with old-time radio programs and then went silent again on June 12, 2011. As of July 2011, KXPD is broadcasting Chinese government-sponsored China Radio International programs. In March 2020, following the purchase of the station by Pin Investments, the station began airing Russian programming. History The beginning More than five years after applying in August 1983, Dale A. Owens received the original construction permit for a new 250 watt AM station broadcasting at 1040 kHz from the Federal Communications Commission on March 23, 1989. The new station was assigned the call letters KEZF by the FCC in 1989. The EMF era In March 1990, Dale A. Owens reached an agreement to sell the permit for this still-under construction station to the Educational Media Foundation. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 25, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 13, 1990. The new owners filed an application with the FCC in July 1992 to change the transmitter location, increase the station's signal daytime power to 2,200 watts, and lower the nighttime power to 200 watts. The FCC granted authorization for these changes to the construction permit on December 22, 1992. After several extensions, KEZF finally received its license to cover from the FCC on July 16, 1993. Eleven days after receiving the license, the Educational Media Foundation applied to the FCC for a waiver of its "main studio rule" to allow the station to be programmed from Sacramento, California, and operated as a non-commercial educational radio station. After a second application in April 1996, the FCC granted this request on March 4,