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.jpg) KPOO headquarters (2021) | |
| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
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| Frequency | 89.5 MHz |
| Branding | Community Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Variety |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Poor People's Radio, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | June 6, 1972[1] |
Call sign meaning | POOr People's Radio |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 53008 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 270 watts |
| HAAT | 165 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°47′33.00″N 122°24′52.00″W / 37.7925000°N 122.4144444°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kpoo.com |
KPOO (89.5 FM) is a community radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States. The station is owned by Poor People's Radio. It broadcasts from a building in the Fillmore district.[2]
Poor People's Radio was conceived of and named by a radio engineer, Meyer Gottesman.[1] Meyer determined that the frequency was available and applied for a construction permit from the FCC. Upon the application, Meyer advertised for community involvement in the Berkeley Barb newspaper.[1] After three community meetings, the concept had "legs" as shown by a turn out of over 100 community activists at a church at the corner of Oak and Baker Streets in San Francisco. It is[when?] one of the many stations operated by community broadcasters Lorenzo Milam and Jeremy Lansman.[citation needed] The station broadcasts meetings of various local governing bodies as well as different and varied music shows.
- ^ a b c Lorenzo, Milam (1986). The Radio Papers: From KRAB to KCHU (PDF). San Diego, California: MHO & MHO Works. p. 105. ISBN 9780917320187. Retrieved 2021-12-26. chapter "KPOO" (reproducing a 1973 article in Bay Guardian)
- ^ "KPOO radio in S.F. remains an enduring voice for community". SFGate. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-09.