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| City of license | Pasadena, California |
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles-Orange County |
| Branding | 89.3 KPCC |
| Slogan | "FM with IQ" "No Rant No Slant"[1] |
| Frequency | 89.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Format | KPCC/KVLA-FM: Public Radio KPCC-HD2: Ahora KPCC-HD3: "The Current" (Alternative rock) |
| Language | English |
| ERP | 600 watts |
| HAAT | 891 meters (2,923 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 51701 |
| Callsign meaning | K Pasadena City College |
| Former callsigns | KPCS (?-1979)[2] |
| Affiliations | NPR American Public Media |
| Owner | Pasadena City College (Pasadena Area Community College District) |
| Sister stations | KUOR-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | scpr.org |
| City of license | Redlands, California |
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| Broadcast area | Riverside-San Bernardino, California |
| Frequency | 89.1 MHz |
| Format | Public Radio |
| Language | English |
| ERP | 35 watts |
| HAAT | 848 meters (2,782 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 69217 |
| Callsign meaning | K University Of Redlands |
| Former callsigns | KUOR (?-1978)[3] |
| Owner | University of Redlands |
| Sister stations | KPCC |
| Website | scpr.org |
| City of license | Coachella, California |
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| Broadcast area | Palm Springs, California |
| Frequency | 90.3 MHz |
| Affiliations | Southern California Public Radio, NPR |
| Owner | American Public Media Group |
| Sister stations | KPCC, KUOR |
| Website | scpr.org |
KPCC (89.3 MHz FM) is a public radio station based in Pasadena, California. The station has among the widest-reaching broadcast areas of all public radio stations in Southern California, with a signal that reaches through most of Los Angeles and Orange County. The station is listened to by approximately 600,000 listeners each week.[4]
KPCC is operated by Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a group owned by American Public Media. The station's broadcast license is registered to Pasadena City College. KPCC has two satellite stations, 89.1 FM KUOR in Redlands and 90.3 FM KVLA-FM in the Coachella Valley. The station originally broadcasted from the campus of Pasadena City College in Pasadena. In February 2010, the station moved to a new 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) facility in a converted office building on Raymond Avenue in Pasadena.
In addition to syndicated shows from the National Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio International networks, KPCC also produces several original programs, including The Madeleine Brand Show, Air Talk, Patt Morrison and Off Ramp. The station also produces several regular shorter features, including The Loh Life, The Loh Down on Science and Dinner Party Download.
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KPCC airs four original programs: The Madeleine Brand Show, AirTalk with Larry Mantle, Patt Morrison, and Off-Ramp with John Rabe. The station also produces Sandra Tsing Loh's The Loh Down on Science, a 60 second science feature on weekdays, and The Loh Life on weekends, which features her commentary on various issues. Local news coverage is part of both Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Syndicated weekday programming includes Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Marketplace, All Things Considered, The Story with Dick Gordon, The World, and Talk of the Nation.
In addition to original and syndicated American public radio shows, KPCC also broadcasts programming from the BBC World Service.
KPCC originally broadcasted from the campus of Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. In 2010, SCPR opened a new $24.5-million broadcast facility in Pasadena. The $27 million facility also houses administrative staff that were formerly headquartered in Los Angeles.
Formerly, the station operated from an unspecified location in Orange County, from Downtown Los Angeles (at the Frank Stanton Studios), and on the PCC campus. Reporters are stationed in Orange County and in the Inland Empire in addition to being dispatched from the KPCC studio.
The station is operated by Southern California Public Radio, a group owned by American Public Media Group (the parent organization of Minnesota Public Radio); however the license remains in the hands of Pasadena City College. The station is usually identified as a "public service of Pasadena City College" at the top of each hour.
PCC's contract with American Public Media permits either side to terminate the arrangement after giving sufficient notice, APM with six months notice and PCC with five years notice after 2015 (effectively making it a 20 year contract with an unlimited option to renew). PCC gets on air recognition and funding for a broadcast internship program while APM controls the station and all the pledges, grants, and corporate underwriting revenues.
KPCC operates with two full powered satellite stations: 89.1 FM KUOR at the University of Redlands in Redlands, and 90.3 FM KVLA-FM in the Coachella Valley. KPCC reaches 600,000 listeners each week.[4] KPCC broadcasts digitally with the HD Radio system. As of March 2006, it is reportedly carrying the Spanish-language BBC Mundo and KCMP 89.3 "The Current", an alternative music station from Minnesota Public Radio, in addition to the main KPCC signal.
KPCC's news department has become the most honored in Southern California among large radio stations. It won nine Golden Mike awards for news coverage in 2005.
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