KPLU-FM
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| KPLU-FM | |
| City of license | Tacoma, Washington |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Seattle metropolitan area |
| Branding | KPLU 88.5 |
| First air date | 1966 |
| Frequency | 88.5 MHz  88.5 HD-2 for 24-Hour Jazz |
| Format | Jazz/NPR |
| Power | 55,000 Watts |
| Callsign meaning | Pacific Lutheran University |
| Owner | Pacific Lutheran University |
| Website | KPLU.org |
KPLU-FM (88.5 MHz) is a National Public Radio broadcaster in Tacoma, Washington, USA, owned and operated by Pacific Lutheran University.
Founded in November 1966, KPLU broadcasts from West Tiger Mountain in the Issaquah Alps with a power of 55,000 watts. Studios are located in both Tacoma and Seattle. KPLU plays a wide variety of NPR programs, including All Things Considered, Car Talk, and Morning Edition. KPLU is best known for its great jazz programing. Those who listen online can choose either a regular station feed, or a jazz stream playing jazz programming 24 hours a day.
Jazz After Hours, a jazz show that broadcasts throughout the United States, is hosted and produced by Jim Wilke at KPLU.
KPLU's programming can also be heard on KVIX-FM 89.3 in Port Angeles, Washington, which also serves Victoria, British Columbia.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- KPLU Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KPLU
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KVIX
By frequency: 88.5/88.1 | 89.3³ | 89.5 | 89.9 | 89.9 | 90.1 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 91.3 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 92.9/94.5 | 92.9 | 93.3 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 96.1 | 96.5 | 97.3 | 97.7 | 98.1 | 98.9 | 99.3 | 99.9 | 100.7 | 101.5 | 102.5 | 102.9 | 103.7/103.3 | 104.5¹ | 104.5² | 104.5 | 104.9 | 105.3 | 106.1 | 106.5 | 106.9 | 107.7
By callsign: K225AX/K233BU | KASB | KBCS | KBKS | KBSG | KCFL-LP | KCMS | KDDS | KEXP | KFMY | KFNK | KGHP | KGRG | KING | KISM | KISW | KJAQ | KJR | KKWF | KMCQ | KMIH | KMPS | KMTT/K277AE | KNBQ | KNDD | KNHC | KPLU/K201AB | KPLZ | KQMV | KRWM | KSER | KUBE | KUOW | KUPS | KVTI | KWJZ | KWPZ | KXOT | KXXO | KZOK
Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 220 | Sirius Channel 156
1: Move-in starting in 2007. 2: Moving to 88.9. 3: Moving to 89.9
| FM radio stations in Vancouver, Victoria, B.C. and Bellingham, Washington |
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| Vancouver: CJSF 90.1 • CBUX 90.9 • CKYE 93.1 • CJJR 93.7 • CFBT 94.5 • CKZZ 95.3 • CHKG 96.1 • CKLG 96.9 • CBUF 97.7 • CFOX 99.3 • CFMI 101.1 • CITR 101.9 • CISW 102.7 • CFRO 102.7 • CHQM 103.5 • CKCL 104.9 • CBU 105.7 • CKAV-2 106.3 • CFML 107.9 • Abbotsford: CIVL 88.7 • CKQC 107.1 • Chilliwack: CBYF 91.7 • CKSR 98.3 • Hope: CFSR 100.5 • CBUE 101.7 • Squamish: CISQ 107.1 • Whistler: CBYW 100.1 • Victoria: CBUX 89.9 • CBCV 90.5 • CJZN 91.3 • CBU-1 92.1 • CIOC 98.5 • CKKQ 100.3 • CFUV 101.9 • CHTT 103.1 • CHBE 107.3 • Bellingham: KUGS 89.3 • KMWS 90.1 • KSVR 91.7 • KZAZ 91.7 • KISM 92.9 • KMRE 102.3 • KAVZ 102.5 • KWPA 103.1 • KAFE 104.3 • KWPZ 106.5 • Port Angeles/Forks: KVIX 89.3 • KNWP 90.1 • KBDB 103.9 |
