KPEN-FM

KPEN-FM
City of license	Soldotna, Alaska
Broadcast area	Kenai, Alaska
Branding	K-PEN
Slogan	True Country
Frequency	101.7 (MHz)
Format	Country
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	73 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	52149
Owner	Peninsula Communications

KPEN-FM is a commercial radio station in Soldotna, Alaska, broadcasting to the Kenai, Alaska, area on 101.7 FM.

KPEN-FM airs a country music format syndicated from Jones Radio Networks.

KPEN-FM was originally a San Francisco radio station which began broadcasting on October 27, 1957. Following a series of tests, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized KPEN to become the first station west of the Mississippi River to transmit in multiplex stereo, August 10, 1961. The station was later sold and became known as KIOI.^[1]

Note that another SF Bay Area station, originally known as KPGM, adopted the KPEN call letters in December 1969, one month after they became available. That station, located in Los Altos, CA, broadcasting on 97.7 FM, was not related to the San Francisco station. It had broadcast studios out of the (now defunct) Old Mill Mall in Mountain View, CA. ^[2]

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KPEN

Radio-Locator information on KPEN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KPEN

Kenai, Alaska radio stations

By FM frequency	88.9 89.5 91.5 91.9 93.3 96.5 99.3 100.1 101.7 103.5 106.1 106.9

By AM frequency	620 920 1140

By callsign	K257ER K291BH KABN-FM KDLL KFSE KGTL KKIS-FM KPEN-FM KSLD KSRM KWHQ-FM KWJG KWVV-FM KXBA

Defunct	KWMD (90.1 FM) KRAW (90.5 FM)

Alaska radio markets Anchorage Other Alaska radio regions Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Alaska Bush Alaska Interior Southeast Alaska South Central Alaska See also List of radio stations in Alaska

Country radio stations in the state of Alaska

Stations	KASH – Anchorage KAYO – Wasilla KBRJ – Anchorage KDJF – Ester KGTW – Ketchikan KIAK-FM – Fairbanks KLAM – Cordova KPEN-FM – Soldotna KRUP – Dillingham KTKU – Juneau KVAK – Valdez KVOK – Kodiak KWDD – Fairbanks KWHQ-FM – Kenai KXLW – Houston

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alaska

Coordinates: 60°30′40″N 151°16′19″W / 60.511°N 151.272°W / 60.511; -151.272

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