KSPC

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KSPC
City of license	Claremont, California
Broadcast area	Riverside-San Bernardino, California
Branding	The Space
Slogan	Underground Alternative Radio
First air date	February 12, 1956
Frequency	88.7 (MHz)
Format	College Radio
ERP	3,000 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Originally K Students of Pomona College. Now, affiliated with the entire Claremont Colleges, it is K SPaCe.
Owner	Pomona College
Website	www.kspc.org

KSPC is a non-commercial radio station in Claremont, California, broadcasting on 88.7 FM.

KSPC airs college radio programming similar to other college radio stations across the country. The programming is divided into blocks by music genre: Underground, Classical, Americana, World, Jazz, and Hip-hop.

KSPC is funded by public donations and the Claremont Colleges' Student Associations.

[edit] History

The station's first broadcast occurred on February 12, 1956 on the campus of Pomona College. Ron McDonald (station manager) and Terry Drinkwater (program director) launched the station with an anonymous donation of $4,000. In his inaugural address, McDonald laid out the station's mission: “We don’t feel that it is the purpose of KSPC merely to duplicate programming already available on other radio stations, but rather to provide our listeners with a desirable type of programming not readily available in the area.”

KSPC was located in Pomona College's Replica House from 1956 until the mid-1970s, when the station received a major anonymous donation and constructed upgraded studios in the basement of Pomona's Thatcher Music Building. It remains there today.

[edit] Support and Supporters

KSPC is an active organizaion at the Claremont Colleges, and often works in cooperation with other students groups in support of social events, speakers, and special opportunities. In the past, KSPC has either supported or been supported by (or both) the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC), The Student Life newspaper, the Women's Union, and the Pomona college organic farm.

[edit] External links

• KSPC Claremont 88.7 FM website
• Pomona College website
• Pitzer College website
• Scripps College website
• Harvey Mudd College website
• Claremont McKenna College website