KPBX
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KPBX is a public radio station serving Spokane, Washington. They broadcast at 91.1MHz with an ERP of 56kW and is one of two stations operated by Spokane Public Radio. KSFC is the other.
[edit] History
The station traces its history to a ten-watt transmitter erected in the early 1970s in the home of George Cole in the South Hill neighborhood of Spokane. It broadcast various kinds of music eight hours a day from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.. In 1974, David Shoengold, a record store owner and law school student, took over the station from Cole and expanded its broadcast schedule to 24 hours a day. It became very popular, with people waiting at all hours of the day to go on the air. It also gained the attention of National Public Radio, which sent tapes of All Things Considered.
Shoengold wanted a better station for the area, so he formed the Spokane Public Broadcasting Association to raise funding for a full-power public radio station. The 10-watt transmitter went off the air at the suggestion of one of Shoengold's friends in order to make it easier to raise the money. After several years of fundraising and several delays in the on-air date, KPBX finally went on the air on January 20, 1980. The station had to postpone its first pledge drive because it was scheduled a few months after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, and Pacific Northwest Bell requested that phone lines be used for emergencies only.
Today, the station broadcasts a mix of NPR news, classical music and jazz. Through a full-power repeater, KIBX in Bonners Ferry, Idaho and ten translators, it reaches 50,000 listeners in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana and southern British Columbia.
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| Spokane/Coeur d'Alene FM radio stations (Arbitron #93) KHQ 87.7¹ | KAGU 88.7 | K206CQ 89.1 | KEWU 89.5 | KWRS 90.3 | KPBX 91.1/K214AR 90.7/K220BX 91.9 | KSFC 91.9 | KZZU 92.9/K223AN 92.5 | KDRK 93.7 | KHTQ 94.5 | KPND 95.3 | KIXZ 96.1 | KEZE 96.9 | KKRS 97.3 | KISC 98.1 | KKZX 98.9 | KXLY 99.9/K262AG 100.3 | KEYF 101.1 | KTSL 101.9 | KICR 102.3 | KCDA 103.1 | KBBD 103.9 | KQQB 104.5 | KEEH 104.9 | KZBD 105.7 | KSPO 106.5 | KAZZ 107.1 | KMBI 107.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KHQ-TV/NBC) |
