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KKRZ is a commercial FM radio station in Portland, Oregon, known as Z100. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a Top 40/CHR radio format. The studios and offices are SW 68th Parkway in Tigard. Z100 carries two syndicated shows on weekdays, Johnjay and Rich in morning drive time and Ryan Seacrest in late mornings. Local DJs are heard in the afternoon and evening.
On May 7, 1946, the station first signed on as KGW-FM, originally on 95.3 MHz. It moved to its current dial position, 100.3 MHz, on September 22, 1947. KGW-FM mostly simulcast its AM counterpart, KGW (now KPOJ). The two stations were owned by Portland's top daily newspaper, The Oregonian. KGW-AM-FM were network affiliates of the NBC Red Network, carrying its dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."