KPFK

KPFK
Broadcast areaSouthern California
Frequency90.7 MHz
BrandingKPFK 90.7 FM
Programming
FormatPublic Radio
AffiliationsPacifica Radio
Ownership
OwnerPacifica Foundation
History
First air date
July 26, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-07-26)
Call sign meaning
Pacifica
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51252
ClassB
ERP110,000 watts
HAAT863.0 meters (2,831.4 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
34°13′45″N 118°4′3″W / 34.22917°N 118.06750°W / 34.22917; -118.06750
Translator(s)See § Translators and booster
Repeater(s)See § Translators and booster
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen LiveMP3
Websitewww.kpfk.org Edit this at Wikidata

KPFK (90.7 FM) is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves Southern California, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet. It was the second of five stations in the non-commercial, listener-sponsored Pacifica Foundation network.

KPFK 90.7 FM began broadcasting in April 1959,[2][3] twelve years after the Pacifica Foundation was created by pacifist Lewis Hill, and ten years after the network's flagship station, KPFA, was founded in Berkeley. KPFK also broadcasts on booster KPFK-FM1 along the Malibu coast, K258BS (99.5 MHz) in China Lake, K254AH (98.7 MHz) in Isla Vista and K229BO 93.7 MHz in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego.

With its 110,000-watt main transmitter atop Mount Wilson, KPFK is one of the most powerful FM stations in the western United States. The station can be heard from the California/Mexico border to Santa Barbara to Ridgecrest/China Lake. A second 10-watt translator is licensed in Isla Vista, California, a census-designated place outside Santa Barbara. The transmitter for that station is located atop Gibraltar Peak, allowing its broadcast to be heard over a large portion of southern Santa Barbara County.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPFK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "About Pacifica - A Short History". Pacifica.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  3. ^ Blaine, John; Baker, Decia, eds. (1973). "Support Groups". Community Arts of Los Angeles (Report). Los Angeles Community Art Alliance. p. 49. hdl:10139/2728. OCLC 912321031.