[18] The station is a prior employer of screenwriter Mike Rich (Nativity Story, Finding Forrester), who worked there as the morning newsman and co-host early in his career.

[19] In August 2009, CBS Radio sold its Portland cluster (including KINK) to Alpha Media, in an effort to focus on major market stations.

From its first broadcast in 1968 until August 2010, the studios and offices were co-located with KGW-TV on Southwest Jefferson Street, west of Downtown Portland.

[22] KINK plays a wide variety of music, including adult album alternative, rock, acoustic, folk, pop, blues, reggae and new age.

Beginning in 1973 and ending in the early 2000s KINK aired a late night program of mellow instrumental music known as "Lights Out".

These sessions are recorded, and annual compilations are released in the KINK Live CD series, a benefit for Start Making A Reader Today.

The Live Performance Lounge sessions are also videotaped, and are presented on the station's website with high quality audio.

These include the Lights Out CD compilation series, the annual KINK Christmas Concerts and the Waterfront Blues Festival.