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| Broadcast area | |
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| Frequency | 89.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format |
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| Subchannels | HD2: Eclectic-24 |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1947 |
Call sign meaning | College Radio Workshop[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 59086 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 6,900 watts |
| HAAT | 338 meters (1,109 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°7′8″N 118°23′30″W / 34.11889°N 118.39167°W |
| Repeater(s) | See § Stations |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | |
| Website | kcrw |
KCRW (89.9 FM) is a NPR member station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to programming from NPR and other affiliates. A network of repeaters and broadcast translators, as well as internet radio, allows the station to serve the Greater Los Angeles area and other communities in Southern California. The station's main transmitter is located in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon district, adjacent to Mulholland Drive at the end of Briarcrest Road, and broadcasts in the HD radio format.[3] It is one of two full NPR members in the Los Angeles area; Pasadena-based KPCC is the other.
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web. Archived from the original on 2016-02-18.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCRW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ KCRW – Los Angeles, California Archived 2017-08-08 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Los Angeles