KONP
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| Broadcast area | Port Angeles, Washington |
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| Branding | Newsradio 1450 KONP |
| Slogan | Radio You Can Rely On |
| First air date | February 3, 1945 |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Format | News, Talk radio |
| ERP | 1000 watts |
| Callsign meaning | K Olympic National Park (See: Olympic National Park) |
| Owner | Radio Pacific, Inc. |
| Website | http://www.konp.com |
KONP is a radio station based in Port Angeles, Washington. It signed on the air at 6:30 a.m. local time February 3, 1945.
[edit] History
Evening Press Inc., a subsidiary of the Port Angeles Evening News Inc., first sought an AM radio license for the city of Port Angeles in 1937. Final FCC approval was delayed nearly 8 years due to international reallocation of frequencies, then suspension of all newspaper applications, and finally wartime suspension of all new construction. The station's first radio tower was a locally-cut 180-foot Douglas fir.
For many years, KONP provided Top 40 music. This music programming, which started with the sounds of the big band era and popular artists of the time, progressed well into the 1990s. It was then that KONP changed it's on-air moniker to "Newsradio 1450 KONP" and switched to a news and talk format.
[edit] References
KONP. Retrieved on October 20, 2005.
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