KWJJ and KPRA records

Collection

Identifier: Coll 978

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of records relating to the AM radio station KWJJ and the FM radio station KPRA, both based in Portland, Oregon. The bulk of the collection consists of photocopies of records sent or forwarded to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for construction permits relating to the stations. These include financial records, programming schedules, inventories, correspondence to and from KWJJ owner Wilbur J. Jerman, meeting minutes, affidavits, personnel information, and antenna diagrams. The collection also includes an original blank KWJJ transcription disc label.

Dates

Creation: 1947-1948

Creator

KWJJ Broadcast Company, Inc. (Portland, Or.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative History

Wilbur J. Jerman (1901-2004) founded the AM radio station KWJJ in 1927 in Portland, Oregon; the call sign was based on his initials. In 1947, KWJJ founded KPRA to serve as an FM sister station; it was the third FM radio station established in Portland. Jerman sold KWJJ to Rod Johnson in 1951.

Sources: articles and advertisements in the Oregon Journal, 1947-1951; vital records on Ancestry.com.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Records relating to the AM radio station KWJJ and the FM radio station KPRA, both of Portland, Oregon. KWJJ was founded in 1927 by Wilbur J. Jerman (1901-2004). KPRA was an FM station that KWJJ owned, and which operated in the late 1940s and early 1950s; it was the third FM station established in Portland.