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{{short description|Radio station in Dallas–Salem, Oregon}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name               = KWIP
| logo               = KWIP LaCampeona880-103.9 logo.png
| logo_size          =
| city               = [[Dallas, Oregon]]
| area               = [[Salem, Oregon]], [[Portland, Oregon]]
| branding           = ''La Campeona''
| frequency          = 880 [[kHz]]
| translator         = {{Radio Relay|103.9|K280GS|Salem}}
| airdate            = April 15, [[1955 in radio|1955]] (as KPLK at 1460)
| format             = [[Regional Mexican]]
| power              = {{ubl|5,000 [[watt]]s day|1,000 [[watt]]s night}}
| class              = B
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id        = 32965
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|55|45|N|123|17|22|W|region:US-OR_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning   =
| former_callsigns   = {{ubl|KPLK (1955–1962)|KROW (1962–1980)}}
| former_frequencies = 1460 kHz (1955–1983)
| affiliations       =
| owner              = Jupiter Communications Corporation
| licensee           =
| sister_stations    =
| webcast            = {{listen live|http://www.kwip.com}}
| website            = [http://www.kwip.com kwip.com]
}}
'''KWIP''' (880 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[regional Mexican]] format. Licensed to [[Dallas, Oregon]], United States, it serves the [[Salem, Oregon]], area.  The station is owned by Jupiter Communications Corporation.
==History==
KWIP once had the call letters KROW.<ref name="sj1">{{cite news |last1=Cowan |first1=Ron |title=So, what's an announcer like Roger Carroll doing in a town like Dallas? Very well, thank you |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73943081/roger-carroll/ |access-date=March 20, 2021 |work=Statesman Journal |date=September 18, 1981 |location=Oregon, Salem |page=48|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> KWIP was the call sign held by a Merced, California, station operating on 1580&nbsp;kHz (1950s and 1960s)
In the early 1980s, KWIP was owned by radio and TV announcer [[Roger Carroll]].<ref name=sj1/>
==Translator==
KWIP is also broadcast on the following translator:
{{RadioTranslators
| call1    = K280GS
| freq1    = 103.9
| watts1   = 100
| fid1     = 24673
| class1   = D
| city1    = Salem, Oregon
}}
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|32965|KWIP}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|24673|K280GS}}
*{{FXL|K280GS}}
{{Salem Albany Corvallis Radio}}
{{Portland, Oregon Radio}}
{{Spanish Radio Stations in Oregon}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Oregon|WIP]]
[[Category:Spanish-language radio stations in Oregon|WIP]]
[[Category:Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Dallas, Oregon]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1955]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Oregon]]