KXL-FM (101.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Portland, Oregon. It is owned by Alpha Media and broadcasts a news/talk radio format. The studios are on SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland. KXL-FM is the flagship station for the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show. In addition to news blocks in weekday AM and PM drive time, KXL-FM also carries syndicated shows from Chad Benson, Markley, Van Camp and Robbins, Red Eye Radio, First Light and America in the Morning. KXL-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations in the U.S. The transmitter is on Barnes Road, a tower site shared with KATU Channel 2. History KOIN-FM On , the station signed on as KOIN-FM. It was the FM counterpart to KOIN 970 AM (now KUFO). The power was originally 48,600 watts, less than half the current output. KOIN-AM-FM mostly simulcast their programming, carrying the CBS Radio schedule of dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio." As network programming moved from radio to television in the 1950s, KOIN-AM-FM switched to a full service, middle of the road format of news, sports and popular adult music, with the FM station sometimes airing classical concerts in the evening. In 1967, KOIN-FM ended the simulcast with 970 AM. It began playing classical music around the clock. The four-hour long KOIN Concert Hall was broadcast weekdays from 6 to 10 p.m., hosted first by Blaine Hanks, then Don Gay. Top 40, Country and Oldies In May 1977, the station changed its call sign to KYTE-FM and aired a Top 40 format as "The FM Kite". On January 5, 1979, KYTE-FM flipped to country music and changed the call letters to KLLB (as "Country Club 101"). On September 4, 1979, KLLB changed format to a mix of Top 40 and Album Rock as "KB-101 Rock Deluxe". Then, a year later, it changed to oldies, also calling itself "KB-101". Rock, Classical and Smooth Jazz On November 8, 1982, KLLB switched to an album rock format as "Rock 101". A few months later, in January 1983, the call letters changed to KRCK. On January 3, 1985, 101.1 returned to the same format it had in 1967. It became "Classical 101". And on February 18, 1985, the call letters changed back to KYTE-FM. On January 30, 1989, the station changed its call letters to KKCY and