KPBS-FM

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KPBS-FM
Broadcast area	San Diego, California
Slogan	"Where News Matters."
Frequency	KPBS-FM: 89.5 (MHz) (Also on HD Radio) KQVO: 97.7 (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.

[edit] References

1. ^ KPBS > About Us > KPBS Pressroom
2. ^ KPBS > About Us > KPBS Pressroom

[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