KPFK
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.
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| Broadcast area | Southern California |
| Frequency | 90.7 MHz |
| Branding | KPFK 90.7 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public Radio |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Pacifica Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | July 26, 1959 |
Call sign meaning | Pacifica |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51252 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 110,000 watts |
| HAAT | 863.0 meters (2,831.4 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′45″N 118°4′3″W |
| Translator(s) | See § Translators and booster |
| Repeater(s) | See § Translators and booster |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen LiveMP3 |
| Website | www |
KPFK 90.7 FM began broadcasting in April 1959, 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.