KRYN

For the airport near Tucson, Arizona, United States, assigned ICAO code KRYN, see Ryan Airfield.

KRYN (1230 AM) is a radio station licensed to Gresham, Oregon, and serving the Portland metropolitan area. The station is owned by Centro Familiar Cristiano and it airs a Spanish language Christian radio format. It is powered at 920 watts, using a non-directional antenna.

KRYN

Gresham, Oregon
Broadcast area	Portland metropolitan area
Frequency	1230 kHz
Branding	La Radio de la Familia
Programming
Format	Spanish language Christian radio
Ownership
Owner	Centro Familiar Cristiano
History
First air date	September 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-09-28) (as KGRO)
Former call signs	KGRO (1956–1963) KRDR (1963–1988) KKGR (1988–1992) KMUZ (1992–1994) KKBK (1994–1995) KMUZ (1995–2007) KSZN (2007–2009)
Call sign meaning	La ReYNa (previous format)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51210
Class	C
Power	920 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	45°29′03″N 122°24′40″W
Repeater(s)	1390 KZGD (Salem) 1460 KCKX (Stayton)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

The station signed on the air on September 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-09-28). The original call sign was KGRO. The station was assigned the call sign KRYN by the Federal Communications Commission on October 5, 2009.^[2]

In June 2011, Adelante Media sold KRYN and three Portland, Oregon, area sister stations to Bustos Media (through its license-holding subsidiary Bustos Media Holdings, LLC) for a combined sale price of $1,260,000. The FCC approved the transfer on August 16, 2011, and the deal was formally consummated on September 30, 2011.^[3]

Effective February 8, 2019, Bustos Media sold KRYN, two sister stations, and a translator to Centro Familiar Cristiano for $374,500.