KPTQ
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| City of license | Spokane, Washington |
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| Broadcast area | Spokane area |
| Slogan | Spokane's Progressive Talk Station |
| Frequency | 1280 kHz |
| Format | Progressive Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 33 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 53149 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°36′27″N 117°21′40″W / 47.6075°N 117.36111°W |
| Callsign meaning | K Progressive Talk |
| Former callsigns | KUDY (1964-2002) KAQQ (2002-2005) |
| Affiliations | CNN Radio, Jones Radio Network |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications (Capstar TX) |
| Website | 1280kptq.com |
KPTQ is a progressive talk radio outlet. The station served as the Spokane, Washington affiliate of Air America Radio until Air America's demise in January 2010. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
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[edit] History
The station was originally known as KUDY and had a religious format until 2002 when it swapped signals with 590, with the latter's adult standards format occupying the 1280 signal. In 2005 it dropped the adult standards format for its current format.
[edit] Weekday programming
As of August 6, 2010, the weekday lineup is as follows:
- midnight - 3 am: Doc Block
- 3 am - 6 am: The Bill Press Show
- 6 am - 9 am: The Stephanie Miller Show (live)
- 9 am - noon: The Ed Schultz Show (live)
- noon - 3 pm: The Thom Hartmann (Three hour delay)
- 3 pm - 6 pm: The Randi Rhodes Show (Three hour delay)
- 6 pm - 9 pm: The Mike Malloy Show (live)
- 9 pm - midnight: The Leslie Marshall Show (five hour delay)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Progressive Talk 1280's website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KPTQ
- Radio-Locator Information on KPTQ
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KPTQ
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