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The Regional Radio Stations You Need to Know Before Hitting the Road

Rediscover the radio dial—it’s that thing above the USB port—by tuning into Northwest stations with local flavor.

Allison Williams
Author: Allison Williams
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Preprogram these stations so you’re ready to hit the road (with tunes) at any time.

Portland

KBOO 90.7

Gotta love the indie spirit: The station once offered to ban “Stairway to Heaven” in return for a hefty pledge drive donation—and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin immediately paid up.

Bend

KOAB 91.3

As one of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s stations, they share whip-smart local reporting alongside syndicated shows from NPR and other public radio entities.

Spokane

KZZU 92.9

For a break from the region’s plethora of country radio, rely on the longtime pop provider for jams of the Kanye and Demi Lovato variety.

Tri-Cities

94.9 KIOK

The wide open spaces of Eastern Washington are ideal for the catchy, uncomplicated beats of modern country music.

Vancouver

CKPK 102.7

Alternative classics—your Weezers, your Radioheads—blend with Canuck flavors like the Tragically Hip and the Sheepdogs.

Published in the Road Trips issue of Seattle Met.




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Allison Williams
Allison Williams
Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, including deep dives into Olympic National Park, the Columbia River, and a Burger King drive-thru in Canada. She edits the travel-focused blog Tripster and contributes service, news, interview, and narrative pieces to the magazine, including long-form features about mountain mysteries and puppies in prison. She’s earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and been nominated for a City and Regional Magazine award.  Allison was raised here in Olympia and studied writing at Duke University, Oxford University, Columbia Journalism School, and University of Alaska. She began her career in New York City in the newsrooms of Metro newspaper and Time Out New York, then hightailed it back to her native habitat so she could write guidebooks and climb mountains.