KPLU-FM

KPLU-FM

City of license	Tacoma, Washington
Broadcast area	Seattle metropolitan area
Branding	KPLU 88.5
Slogan	NPR News and All That Jazz
Frequency	88.5 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) 88.5-2 FM-"Jazz24"
Translator(s)	(see article)
First air date	1966
Format	Jazz/NPR
ERP	68,000 watts
HAAT	707 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	51199
Callsign meaning	Pacific Lutheran University
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	Pacific Lutheran University
Webcast	KPLU Web Player AAC+ PLS
Website	kplu.org

KPLU-FM (88.5 MHz) is a news & jazz format National Public Radio member station in Tacoma, Washington, USA, owned by Pacific Lutheran University. It is one of three full NPR members in the Seattle area, the others being KUOW-FM and KVTI, an outlet of Northwest Public Radio.

Founded in November 1966, KPLU broadcasts from West Tiger Mountain in the Issaquah Alps with a power of 68,000 watts. Studios are located in both Tacoma and Seattle. KPLU plays a variety of NPR programs, including All Things Considered, Car Talk, and Morning Edition. The locally produced BirdNote airs every morning. KPLU is known for its jazz programing and regional news coverage. Those who listen online can choose either a regular station feed, or listen to Jazz24, a 24/7 free online jazz station.

"Jazz After Hours", a Public Radio International jazz show broadcast throughout the United States, is hosted and produced by Jim Wilke at his Hatchcover Studio in Seattle and heard on KPLU.

Translators

KPLU is also carried on the following satellite and broadcast translator stations to improve reception of the station:

• KPLK 88.9 FM Sedro-Woolley
• KVIX 89.3 FM Port Angeles
• KPLI 90.1 FM Olympia
• K204BI 88.7 FM Bellingham
• K211AP 90.1 FM Centralia
• K212AG 90.3 FM Raymond
• K215DP 90.9 FM Port Angeles
• K221FR 92.1 FM West Seattle
• K221FR 88.1 FM West Seattle
• K265DP 100.9 FM Aberdeen
• K284BM 104.7 FM Longview
• K288GG 105.5 FM Mount Vernon

The two West Seattle translators serve portions of Seattle that are shielded from the main KPLU signal.

See also

• List of jazz radio stations in the USA

External links

• KPLU 88.5
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KPLU
• Radio-Locator information on KPLU
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KPLU
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KPLI
• Radio-Locator information on KPLI
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KPLI
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KPLK
• Radio-Locator information on KPLK
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KPLK
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KVIX
• Radio-Locator information on KVIX
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KVIX
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K204BI
• Radio-Locator information on K204BI
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K211AP
• Radio-Locator information on K211AP
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K212AG
• Radio-Locator information on K212AG
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K215DP
• Radio-Locator information on K215DP
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K221FR
• Radio-Locator information on K221FR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K265DP
• Radio-Locator information on K265DP
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K284BM
• Radio-Locator information on K284BM
• Query the FCC's FM station database for K288GG
• Radio-Locator information on K288GG