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Article: KOPT sale may silence progressive talk radio.(General News)(Oregon Public Broadcasting is buying the AM station, which featured Air America)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- November 28, 2007
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Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard
Progressive talk radio may be slipping away from Eugene, despite interest from a national radio talk show host to keep it alive.
Oregon Public Broadcasting announced on Tuesday that it will buy KOPT from Churchill Media. The AM station offers Air America's lineup of liberal talk shows.
The details of the sale are still being finalized, but OPB expects to pay close to $500,000 for the station, president and CEO Steve Bass said.
The sale must still be approved by the Federal Communications Commission.
Talk radio host Ed Schultz, whose nationally syndicated show airs on many stations that ...