| Portland Radio Authority | |
| City: | Portland, Oregon |
| Last Airdate: | March 1, 2006[1] |
| Format: | Indie rock, Garage rock, Event broadcasting, Talk radio |
| Power: | 100 Watts |
Portland Radio Authority (PraRadio) was a listener supported pirate radio station originally broadcasting from a mobile, 100-watt transmitter in Portland, Oregon. Listeners and musicians were encouraged to send tracks to the station, with or without a recording contract, and PraRadio would add the music to its mix.[2] The station operated illegally from May 2002 until March 2006, when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ended the transmissions.[3]
PraRadio continued to broadcast as an Internet radio station until late September 2013.[4] Over 50 volunteer deejays in weekly two-hour shows featured a variety of music and programming.[5]
PraRadio sponsored a series of benefit concerts to raise money for the station,[6] [7] but eventually the costs of operating the station outpaced revenues, and Portland Radio Authority went silent in 2013.[4]