KPFT
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| City | Houston, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | "KPFT 90.1" |
| Slogan | Radio For Peace |
| Frequency | 90.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 90.1 HD-2 Other Programming |
| Translator(s) | 89.5 K208DG Galveston 91.9 K220KC Huntsville 90.3 K212FV (Goodrich/Livingston) |
| First air date |
90.1: March 1, 1970 89.5: March 6, 2001 90.3: September 20, 2011 91.9: November 24, 2014 |
| Format | Public Radio |
| Language(s) |
English Spanish (select programming) |
| ERP |
90.1: 100,000 watts 89.5: 250 watts 90.3: 125 watts 91.9: 110 watts |
| HAAT |
90.1: 205 m (673 ft) 89.5: 59 m (194 ft) 90.3: 30.5 m (100 ft) 91.9: 59 m (194 ft) |
| Class |
90.1: C1 89.5: D 90.3: D 91.9: D |
| Facility ID |
90.1: 51244 89.5: 91118 90.3: 122880 91.9: 122923 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°53′15″N 95°31′22″W / 29.88750°N 95.52278°W |
| Callsign meaning | K PaciFica Texas or possibly Peace For Texas |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio, PRI |
| Owner |
Pacifica Radio (Pacifica Foundation, Inc.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.kpft.org |
KPFT is a listener-sponsored community radio station in Houston, Texas, which began broadcasting March 1, 1970 as the fourth station in the Pacifica radio family. Larry Lee brought the idea to Pacifica to establish listener-supported radio in Houston as an alternative to mainstream broadcasting. The station airs a variety of music and Progressive news, talk and call-in programs. Prominent persons who have been regulars on KPFT include science educator David F. Duncan and humorist John Henry Faulk.
KPFT also broadcasts its signal live on their HD-1 channel (64k) and related alternate programming on HD-2. Notably, its HD-2 channel was home to student-run college radio station KTRU but after it signed on a new LPFM on the 96.1 frequency in southwest Houston in October 2015 (it now relies solely on internet streaming to reach listeners outside of that area), KTRU abandoned the HD-2 channel of KPFT, which subsequently fell silent. The now blank HD-2 channel was soon replaced with the programming of the HD-3 channel, which was shut down. Radio Maria Hispana (Houston) the local unit of Radio Maria USA, airs Spanish-language programming for the Hispanic Catholic community on KPFT's subcarrier.
KPFT was one of three US radio stations to introduce Al Jazeera English with Pacifica stations in Berkeley and New York December 7, 2010.
KPFT commenced broadcasting on the 90.1 FM frequency with the song "Here Comes the Sun" from the Abbey Road album by The Beatles. Currently, KPFT broadcasts over 20 programs, including "Growing Up in America" produced by the non-profit organization Children at Risk, "Wide Open Spaces," and "Democracy Now."
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