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KPBS-FM
KPBS-FM (89.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned by San Diego State University (SDSU) as part of KPBS Public Media, and is a sister station to PBS member KPBS (channel 15). The two outlets share studios at The Conrad Prebys Media Complex in Copley Center (formerly the Copley Telecommunications Center) on Campanile Drive, part of the SDSU campus.
KPBS-FM is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 26,000 watts. The station's transmitter is on Mount Soledad in La Jolla. In addition, KPBS-FM is simulcast on two other transmitters: 89.1 MHz K206AC in La Jolla, and on 97.7 MHz KQVO in Calexico.
KPBS-FM and KQVO have a public radio news-talk format. Weekdays begin with Morning Edition from National Public Radio, with local news updates from the KPBS-FM staff. Most of the other programs are also supplied by NPR and other public radio networks: All Things Considered, Marketplace, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now and The World. Monday through Thursday, KPBS-FM produces a one-hour San Diego-focused interview and call-in show, Midday Edition, hosted by Jade Hindmon. It airs live at noon and is repeated at 8 p.m.
Weekends feature one-hour specialty shows on a variety of topics: The Moth Radio Hour, This American Life, Latino USA, A Way with Words, Snap Judgment, Travel with Rick Steves, Hidden Brain, This Old House Radio Hour, It's Been A Minute, Reveal, Throughline, Freakonomics Radio, The TED Radio Hour, Code Switch and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Overnight, the BBC World Service is heard.
The station signed on the air on September 12, 1960. The original call sign was KEBS-FM. It was owned by what was then San Diego State College. KEBS-FM was a college radio station, used for students to train for careers in broadcasting. In its first decade, the station was powered at 2,000 watts, a fraction of its current output.
It changed its call letters to the current KPBS-FM in 1970. When National Public Radio was launched in 1971, KPBS-FM became one of the network's three charter members in California, along with KCRW in Los Angeles and KQED-FM in San Francisco. KPBS-FM was one of the 90 stations that aired the initial broadcast of All Things Considered when it premiered on May 3, 1971.
In 2005, San Diego State University bought a commercial FM radio station in an underserved part of Southern California. It paid $1.1 million for 97.7 KQVO, a Class A station in Calexico. KQVO first signed on the air in March 1984. Over the years, it aired a variety of formats.
KPBS-FM wanted to give Imperial County its first public radio station. KQVO began simulcasting KPBS-FM, airing news, talk and NPR programming. The station switched to non-commercial status.
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KPBS-FM
KPBS-FM (89.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in San Diego, California. It is owned by San Diego State University (SDSU) as part of KPBS Public Media, and is a sister station to PBS member KPBS (channel 15). The two outlets share studios at The Conrad Prebys Media Complex in Copley Center (formerly the Copley Telecommunications Center) on Campanile Drive, part of the SDSU campus.
KPBS-FM is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 26,000 watts. The station's transmitter is on Mount Soledad in La Jolla. In addition, KPBS-FM is simulcast on two other transmitters: 89.1 MHz K206AC in La Jolla, and on 97.7 MHz KQVO in Calexico.
KPBS-FM and KQVO have a public radio news-talk format. Weekdays begin with Morning Edition from National Public Radio, with local news updates from the KPBS-FM staff. Most of the other programs are also supplied by NPR and other public radio networks: All Things Considered, Marketplace, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now and The World. Monday through Thursday, KPBS-FM produces a one-hour San Diego-focused interview and call-in show, Midday Edition, hosted by Jade Hindmon. It airs live at noon and is repeated at 8 p.m.
Weekends feature one-hour specialty shows on a variety of topics: The Moth Radio Hour, This American Life, Latino USA, A Way with Words, Snap Judgment, Travel with Rick Steves, Hidden Brain, This Old House Radio Hour, It's Been A Minute, Reveal, Throughline, Freakonomics Radio, The TED Radio Hour, Code Switch and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Overnight, the BBC World Service is heard.
The station signed on the air on September 12, 1960. The original call sign was KEBS-FM. It was owned by what was then San Diego State College. KEBS-FM was a college radio station, used for students to train for careers in broadcasting. In its first decade, the station was powered at 2,000 watts, a fraction of its current output.
It changed its call letters to the current KPBS-FM in 1970. When National Public Radio was launched in 1971, KPBS-FM became one of the network's three charter members in California, along with KCRW in Los Angeles and KQED-FM in San Francisco. KPBS-FM was one of the 90 stations that aired the initial broadcast of All Things Considered when it premiered on May 3, 1971.
In 2005, San Diego State University bought a commercial FM radio station in an underserved part of Southern California. It paid $1.1 million for 97.7 KQVO, a Class A station in Calexico. KQVO first signed on the air in March 1984. Over the years, it aired a variety of formats.
KPBS-FM wanted to give Imperial County its first public radio station. KQVO began simulcasting KPBS-FM, airing news, talk and NPR programming. The station switched to non-commercial status.