KPFK

KPFK

Los Angeles, California
Broadcast area	Southern California
Frequency	90.7 MHz
Branding	KPFK 90.7 FM
Programming
Format	Public Radio
Affiliations	Pacifica Radio
Ownership
Owner	Pacifica Foundation
History
First air date	July 26, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-07-26)
Call sign meaning	Pacifica
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51252
Class	B
ERP	110,000 watts
HAAT	863.0 meters (2,831.4 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°13′45″N 118°4′3″W / 34.22917°N 118.06750°W / 34.22917; -118.06750
Translator(s)	See § Translators and booster
Repeater(s)	See § Translators and booster
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen LiveMP3
Website	www.kpfk.org

KPFK (90.7 FM) is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves Southern California, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet. It was the second of five stations in the non-commercial, listener-sponsored Pacifica Foundation network.

KPFK 90.7 FM began broadcasting in April 1959,^[2][3] twelve years after the Pacifica Foundation was created by pacifist Lewis Hill, and ten years after the network's flagship station, KPFA, was founded in Berkeley. KPFK also broadcasts on booster KPFK-FM1 along the Malibu coast, K258BS (99.5 MHz) in China Lake, K254AH (98.7 MHz) in Isla Vista and K229BO 93.7 MHz in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego.

With its 110,000-watt main transmitter atop Mount Wilson, KPFK is one of the most powerful FM stations in the western United States. The station can be heard from the California/Mexico border to Santa Barbara to Ridgecrest/China Lake. A second 10-watt translator is licensed in Isla Vista, California, a census-designated place outside Santa Barbara. The transmitter for that station is located atop Gibraltar Peak, allowing its broadcast to be heard over a large portion of southern Santa Barbara County.