KPBS-FM
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| Broadcast area | San Diego, California |
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| Slogan | "Where News Matters." |
| Frequency | KPBS-FM: 89.5 (MHz)
(Also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1960 as KEBS |
| Format | Public Radio |
| ERP | KPBS-FM: 2,700 watts KQVO: 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | KPBS-FM: 550 meters KQVO: 93 meters |
| Class | KPBS-FM: B KQVO: A |
| Facility ID | KPBS-FM: 58823 KQVO: 8175 |
| Callsign meaning | KPBS: K Public Broadcasting Service KQVO: unknown |
| Affiliations | NPR American Public Media PRI |
| Owner | San Diego State University |
| Sister stations | KPBS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kpbs.org/radio/ |
KPBS-FM is a non-commercial public radio station licensed to San Diego State University, broadcasting in San Diego on 89.5 MHz, 89.1 MHz K206AC in La Jolla, and on 97.7 MHz KQVO in Calexico, Imperial County. The station is affiliated with National Public Radio, with programming consisting of news and public affairs during daytime hours, and classical music in the evening and overnight hours.
The station first went on the air in 1960, being owned by what was then San Diego State College. KPBS changed their call letters from KEBS to KPBS-FM in 1970.
Appearing monthly on These Days, is the Film Club of the Air, which features local film critics Beth Accomando and Scott Marks discussing films showing locally in San Diego movie theaters.
KPBS has three HD Radio channels. KPBS-HD1 is the main channel that airs NPR news and talk and classical music, much like the analog KPBS-FM; KPBS-HD2 airs classical music; and KPBS-HD3 offers "Groove Salad" music.
The station offers a radio-reading service on one of the FM sidebands. This requires a special FM receiver.
[edit] San Diego wildfires
During the October 2007 wildfires in the San Diego area, KPBS-FM (89.5) lost power to the KPBS-FM/TV transmitter on Mount San Miguel[1].
Within three hours, alternative rock station FM 94/9 agreed to air KPBS' wildfire coverage until the station could return to a backup operation from its studios on the San Diego State University campus, which occurred the next day[2]. KPBS later restored full coverage from Mount San Miguel using a backup generator.
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[edit] External links
- KPBS-FM Website
- NPR: KPBS Radio Covers Wildfires Using Many Sources
- KPBS-FM stays on air, with help
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KPBS
- Radio Locator information on KPBS
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KPBS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KQVO
- Radio Locator information on KQVO
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KQVO
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