Portland Radio Authority

Portland Radio Authority (PraRadio) was a listener supported pirate radio station originally broadcasting from a mobile, 100-watt transmitter in Portland, Oregon. Listeners and musicians were encouraged to send tracks to the station, with or without a recording contract, and PraRadio would add the music to its mix.^[1] The station operated illegally from May 2002 until March 2006, when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ended the transmissions.^[2]

Portland Radio Authority

Portland, Oregon
Frequency	96.7 MHz
Programming
Format	Indie rock, Garage rock, Event broadcasting, Talk radio
History
First air date	May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)
Last air date	March 1, 2006[note 1]
Technical information
Power	100 Watts
Links
Website	www.praradio.org

PraRadio continued to broadcast as an Internet radio station until late September 2013.^[3] Over 50 volunteer deejays in weekly two-hour shows featured a variety of music and programming.^[4]

PraRadio sponsored a series of benefit concerts to raise money for the station,^[5][6] but eventually the costs of operating the station outpaced revenues, and Portland Radio Authority closed in 2013.^[3]

Notes

1. The station ceased transmitting, but it continued as an Internet radio station until 2013.