Keller Broadcasting is an American

Radio in the United States

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 radio network

Radio network

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. It is the smallest independent syndication company in the United States. It is based in Salem

Salem, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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. The subsidiary is wholly owned by the private-firm Mitchell Keller Enterprises LLC.

Keller syndicates Barbara Ficarra and Mitchell Keller.

History

The company was founded by Mitchell Keller in September 2009. Keller began working in radio in 1997, he voluntarily hosted a local music show for the community radio station 90.7 KBOO

KBOO

KBOO is a non-profit organization, listener-funded FM Community radio station broadcasting from Portland, Oregon. The station's mission is to serve groups in its listening area who are underrepresented on other local radio stations and to provide access to the airwaves for people who have...

 FM in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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 from 1998 to 2000. He later worked as a disc jockey for KFIR

KFIR

KFIR is a radio station licensed to Sweet Home, Oregon, USA, the station serves the Willamette Valley. Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Salem, Sweet Home. News/Talk with Dennis Miller, Glenn Beck, Lars Larson, & Coast to Coast weekdays. The station is currently owned by Radio Fiesta Network,...

 AM, a Sweet Home, Oregon

Sweet Home, Oregon

Sweet Home is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. The population was 8,016 at the 2000 census. Sweet Home is sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to the Santiam Playground", due to its proximity to nearby lakes, rivers and the Cascade Mountains....

 radio station. In late 2009, Keller Broadcasting was purchased by Mitchell Keller Enterprises LLC as a subsidiary

Subsidiary

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. Keller Broadcasting obtained construction permits for two AM radio stations in Blue Mountains (Australia) on January 2, 2010.

Mitchell Keller Enterprises provides financial support for Keller Broadcasting.

Notable programming

Radio programs distributed by Keller Broadcasting include Country Gold Weekend

Country Gold Weekend

Country Gold Weekend, formerly known as The Back Porch Show, is a weekly nationally syndicated country music and entertainment radio program based in Portland, Oregon, and hosted by Mitchell Keller. Keller has featured several high profile celebrity guests George Jones, Taylor Swift, Alabama,...

, Harmonic Lounge with Bill Harmon and Classic Country First with Doug Davis

Doug Davis

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External links

• Keller Broadcasting official site