- Station name Station name
- KNKX
- Description Description
- The station is owned by Pacific Public Media, a community-based non-profit organization. It operates from studios inside Suite 500 of the Madore Building on Western Avenue in downtown Seattle and inside the C.N. Gardner Building on Broadway in downtown Tacoma.
- Launch date Launch date
- 16 November 1966
- Owner Owner
- Pacific Public Media
- Contact Contact
- 1-877-677-5659
KNKX
United States
Format
128kbps • MP3
KNKX (88.5 MHz) is a public radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States. A member of National Public Radio (NPR), it airs a jazz and news format for the Seattle metropolitan area.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | knkx.org |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Broadcast band
FM
Primary frequency
88.5 MHz
Service type
FM
Transmitter coordinates
47.504, -121.976
Coverage area
Seattle metropolitan area
Owner / network
Pacific Public Media
First air date
16 November 1966
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Station details
Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 495510 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.6083959, -122.343939 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Branding | 88.5 KNKX |
| Owner | Pacific Public Media |
| Broadcast area | Seattle metropolitan area |
| Launched | 16 November 1966 |
| Website | knkx.org |
| Contact email | [email protected] |
| Contact phone | 1-877-677-5659 |
| Primary frequency | 88.5 MHz |
| Broadcast band | FM |
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| Last check | 3 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Stream host | knkx-live-a.edge.audiocdn.com |
| Final host | knkx-live-a.edge.audiocdn.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Server software | DAS |
| Latency | 763 ms |
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
|---|
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Stream checked
3 hours ago
Last successful stream
3 hours ago
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About station About KNKX
KNKX (88.5 MHz) is a public radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States. A member of National Public Radio (NPR), it airs a jazz and news format for the Seattle metropolitan area.
The station is owned by Pacific Public Media, a community-based non-profit organization. It operates from studios inside Suite 500 of the Madore Building on Western Avenue in downtown Seattle and inside the C.N. Gardner Building on Broadway in downtown Tacoma. KNKX broadcasts from West Tiger Mountain in the Issaquah Alps with a power of 68,000 watts. The station originally debuted in 1966 as KPLU-FM, owned by Parkland-based Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). It became a community licensee in 2016 after a proposed sale to the University of Washington, owner of fellow NPR station KUOW-FM in Seattle, resulted in opposition from station listeners. KNKX runs jazz programs middays, evenings and overnight, and carries a variety of NPR programs in other dayparts, including All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and Fresh Air. The locally produced BirdNote airs every morning.
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