KOHI

Not to be confused with Kohi language.

Radio station in Oregon, United States

KOHI

* St. Helens, Oregon
* United States

Broadcast area| Columbia County, Oregon
Frequency| 1600 (kHz)
Branding| AM 1600 KOHI
Programming
Format| News–talk–sports
Affiliations|

* TalkStar Radio Network
* AccentRadioNetwork
* Liberty News Radio Network
* The Liberty Radio Network]

Ownership
Owner| The Mountain Broadcasting LLC
History

First air date

| March 2, 1960 (1960-03-02)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 70467
Class| D
Power|

* 1,000 watts (day)
* 12 watts (night)

Transmitter coordinates

| 45°51′14.41″N 122°49′15.37″W﻿ / ﻿45.8540028°N 122.8209361°W﻿ / 45.8540028; -122.8209361
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Website| www.am1600kohi.com

KOHI (1600 AM) is a radio station in St. Helens, 29 miles (47 km) north of Portland, Oregon, on U.S. Route 30. It serves the cities of St. Helens, Scappoose, Salmon Creek, La Center, Woodland, and Kalama, the last four of which are located in Washington.[2] The station is owned by The Mountain Broadcasting and is also affiliated with Liberty News Radio Network, Talkstar Talk Radio Network and Accent Radio Network;[3] it is also broadcast live on radiotime.com.[3]

First put on the air in 1960, AM-1600 KOHI has been serving eastern Columbia County for over 50 years. It also airs in part of western Cowlitz County, Washington.[2]

KOHI features local news, weather, information about school closings,[3] and information about upcoming events; programs it airs include The Alex Jones Show, Liberty Roundtable and locally produced Sports Talk Saturday at 9 am. It airs the internationally syndicated program The X-Zone with Rob McConnell, which deals with paranormal topics including parapsychology and UFOs.[3][4] KOHI's local news program is called Columbia County Magazine, it is hosted by Marty Rowe and features community information and discussions on topics including volunteerism.[5] In 2009, KOHI ran "Lucky Jim's Fishing Show", a fictitious radio sitcom written and directed by local Hillsboro policeman Michael Rouches and producer Alex Rowe somewhat based on Rouches personal experiences. As of August 2011, the station also runs meetings of the Columbia County Board of Commissioners.[6] KOHI also broadcasts old time radio shows under the label KOHI Radio Theatre.[4]

It also broadcasts Clean Columbia County's Odd Friday every Friday from 9 am to 10 am. Odd Friday is a local call in talk show with Tammy Maygra, Brady Preheim discussing local political, environmental and other odd topics. Nancy Ward left the show in January 2021.

It is the only AM broadcast station in Columbia County.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOHI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ a b "Coverage Map". KOHI. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
3. ^ a b c d "Main Page". KOHI. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
4. ^ a b "Program Schedule". Retrieved September 14, 2010.
5. ^ "What's Happening". Volunteer Columbia. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
6. ^ "Columbia County Board of Commissioners Board Meeting" (PDF). Columbia County Board of Commissioners. Retrieved September 14, 2010.[permanent dead link]

## External links

[edit]

* KOHI official website
* Facility details for Facility ID 70467 (KOHI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KOHI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database