The station, owned by Alpha Media, calls itself "Freedom 970" and airs a conservative talk radio format.

KUFO features mostly nationally syndicated talk shows, including Brian Kilmeade, Dave Ramsey, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Dana Loesch and Lars Larson, who is also heard on co-owned 101.1 KXL-FM.

Syndicated weekend hosts include Guy Benson, Ben Ferguson, Jason Chaffetz and Bret Baier.

[3] It was given the randomly assigned call letters KQP, awarded to the Blue Diamond Electric Company in Hood River, Oregon.

It broadcast from a studio in the Portland Hotel that was connected by private telephone line to the transmitter located "one mile north of Sylvan".

In the 1950s, as network programming moved from radio to television, KOIN began airing a full service middle-of-the-road format, featuring popular music, news, sports and talk.

In July 1996, KBBT began simulcasting on KDBX 107.5 FM (now KXJM), and tweaked its format to Modern AC.

Hosts featured on "Extreme Radio" include Bob Rivers, Don & Mike, Opie & Anthony, The Sports Junkies and Ron & Fez.

Management switched KCMD to syndicated hot talk programming, including Tom Leykis, Phil Hendrie and Don & Mike, shows that had previously aired on MAX 910.

By early 2006, CBS Radio asked Rick Emerson to take over as program director and return on-air after being dropped from "MAX 910."

[citation needed] Within months, Johnson 970 became "AM 970 Solid State Radio," and took on new syndicated talk shows from around the country, including Dennis Miller.

[citation needed] In August 2009, CBS Radio sold its Portland cluster, including KCMD, to Alpha Media in an effort to focus on major market stations.