aired a smooth jazz format, branded as "The City". (The classical format was moved to KYTE 970 AM.) On December 29, 1989, at 5 p.m., after a few days of stunting, KKCY changed to an active rock format, and on January 23, 1990, the call letters were changed to KUFO, and on August 1, 2001, to KUFO-FM. In August 2009, CBS Radio sold the Portland cluster (including KUFO) to Alpha Broadcasting in an effort to focus more on major market stations. On October 24, 2009, KUFO began stunting with a "mothership refueling" countdown to end at 7 a.m. on October 28 when it re-launched. The actual musical content of KUFO was the same as it was prior to the re-launch; only the personalities changed. On September 16, 2010, the call sign reverted to simply KUFO. News/Talk KXL At 8:47 a.m. on March 15, 2011, KUFO's format was flipped to a simulcast of KXL 750 AM. The two stations aired KXL's news and talk programs. On March 22, 2011, KUFO 101.1 changed its call sign to KXL-FM and billed itself as "News Radio 101 FM & 750 AM KXL." On the same day, the KUFO call letters moved to 970 AM for use on that station. The slogan later became "FM News 101 KXL", with the AM's dial position not as prominent. This is the second FM station in Portland to use the name KXL-FM. Those call letters were used on FM 95.5 starting in 1965 when it carried a beautiful music format. That station is now KBFF. On May 25, 2011, at 4 p.m., KXL-FM ended its simulcast with KXL 750 AM. That station flipped to sports as KXTG, "750 The Game". On May 6, 2013, KXL-FM announced it had dropped its affiliation with Fox News Radio. It picked up CBS Radio News as its world and national news source. It also has a news and weather partnership with NBC-TV affiliate KGW Channel 8. References External links KUFO's goodbye message to listeners Radio stations established in 1948 XL-FM News and talk radio stations in the United States 1948 establishments in Oregon Alpha Media radio stations