Paul Allen to sell KXL-AM and KXTG-FM (The Game)

Didn't see this reported anywhere else, but Paul Allen is selling his two Portland-area radio properties--KXL NewsRadio 750 AM, and KTXG 95.5 FM, aka The Game, to radio mogul Larry Wilson.

As part of the deal, The Game will continue to serve as the flagship station of the Blazer Broadcasting network for at least the next 8 years; at which point (I imagine) the Blazers will be free to shop around should they choose. Wilson indicates that he has no plans to alter the format or programming of either station.

I don't really have any opinion--unless the Blazers are on, I don't listen to either station. It is nice that the station (and its non-Blazer Broadcasting programming) will have a bit more editorial independence from the team, I suppose--but then again, I don't listen to said programming.

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who cares, paul is smart

radio buz losing money

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare

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violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
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by BlazerFan1 on May 12, 2009 11:02 AM PDT reply actions

Internet killed the radio star....

The only use for talk radio, in my opinion, is a long drive somewhere—and even then I would ten times out of ten rather listen to some music; not to some idiot blather.

Actually, I’m glad to see Allen divest himself of that right-wing sewer that is KXL. I remember back when 750 was a respectable news station… :(

(And before anybody complains—I’m not objecting to conservative politics per se; I’m objecting to blatant bigots like Michael Savage and his ilk.)

I have not yet begun to defile myself.

by EngineerScotty on May 12, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions

i agree with you

dam internets he shouldn’t have invented the computer
:)

jk jk i know he didn’t INVENT it but you know what im sayin

sophia

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare

Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow

by BlazerFan1 on May 12, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree

The talk shows on KXL actually reflect many of my political views but Michael Savage is a freak. Any points that I even start to agree with quickly get lost in the next mound of trash out of his mouth.

Maybe basketball just isn't your game. I know, let's have a spelling contest.

by Sea Bass on May 12, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Used to listen to Savage...

until he started advocating nuclear attacks on the middle east and surrounding countries.

The interesting bit of information that most people don’t know is that Michael Savage isn’t actually the Michael Savage that started that show. He’s a replacement that assumed the name when the original guy had to leave suddenly. He’s pretty much nothing he portrays.

"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."

by Seijeff on May 12, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

What?

There’s just one Michael “Savage” Weiner, who’s nationally syndicated by Talk Radio Network.

Regardless, Weiner is a tool who’s managed to market himself successfully to his doltish fan base of far-right, ultraconservative wingnuts. Heck, followers of The Savage Nation make The Rush Limbaugh Program — which is nationally syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks — and its so-called “dittoheads” seem tame in comparison.

Then again, I’m a self-professed libertarian minarchist — for I’m a fiscal conservative, a social liberal, and a staunch non-interventionist apropos of foreign policy — therefore, I’m somewhat biased in this case.

by AK1984 on May 13, 2009 5:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Blazer broadcasts

This could have interesting implications for the Blazers on the radio. When Allen owned KXL/KXTG, there was no use negotiating for the games, but now that he’s out of that business we could see a bidding war the next time the Blazers rights come up

I believe in Greg Oden. To all the haters - get down with the program or stay off the wagon for all time. #52

by blazeraddict on May 12, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions