FM News 101 KXL 101.1 FM live

FM News 101 KXL is Portland's news and talk station. It broadcasts as KXL-FM on 101.1 FM and serves the Portland metropolitan area with the slogan "Portland's News & Talk". The station is owned by Connoisseur Media, with the licence held by Alpha Media, and on this page you can listen to KXL live online, free.

News and talk

KXL airs news blocks in weekday morning and afternoon drive time, with ABC News Radio for national news and a news and weather partnership with KGW. The studios are on SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland.

Lars Larson

KXL-FM is the flagship station of the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show. It also carries syndicated programs from Chad Benson, Markley, Van Camp and Robbins, Red Eye Radio, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal and America in the Morning, from networks including Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks, Radio America and Westwood One.

History

The station signed on on September 12, 1948, as KOIN-FM and changed call letters many times — among them KYTE-FM, KRCK, KKCY and KUFO — before becoming KXL-FM.

Sister stations

In Portland, KXL-FM's sisters are KBFF, KINK, KUFO, KUPL-FM and KXTG.

How to listen

You can hear KXL on the radio on 101.1 FM across the Portland area, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for the morning news or the drive home, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find KXL's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

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