KEX (AM)

KEX
Portland, Oregon;
Broadcast area	Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington
Frequency	1190 kHz
Branding	NewsRadio 1190 KEX
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	ABC News Radio; Bloomberg Radio; NBC News Radio; Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks; KATU (News and Weather);
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc.; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	KKRZ, KKCW, KFBW, KLTH, KXJM, KPOJ
History
First air date	December 23, 1926; 97 years ago
Former frequencies	670 kHz (1926–1927); 1240 kHz (1927); 1250 kHz (1927–1928); 1080 kHz (1928); 1180 kHz (1928–1941);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11271
Class	A
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	45°25′20″N 122°33′57″W / 45.42222°N 122.56583°W
Repeater(s)	106.7 KLTH-HD2 (Lake Oswego)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1190kex.iheart.com

KEX (1190 kHz) is a clear channel AM radio station licensed to Portland, Oregon. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a news/talk format known as NewsRadio 1190. The station's studios and offices are on SW 68th Parkway, off Interstate 5 in Tigard, Oregon.^[2]

Because KEX is a 50,000-watt Class A station, it reaches all of the Portland metropolitan area and beyond, providing grade B coverage as far south as Corvallis and as far east as The Dalles. At night, KEX can be heard around the Western United States and Western Canada. The transmitter is located off SE Lawnfield Road in Sunnyside.^[3] It uses a non-directional antenna in the daytime, but at night, to protect other stations on 1190 AM, it switches to a directional antenna with a three-tower array.