KPOO
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
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| Frequency | 89.5 MHz |
| Branding | Community Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Variety |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Poor People's Radio, Inc. |
| History | |
Call sign meaning | POOr People's Radio |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 53008 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 270 watts |
| HAAT | 165 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°47′33.00″N 122°24′52.00″W / 37.7925000°N 122.4144444°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kpoo.com |
KPOO (89.5 FM) is a community radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, USA. The station is currently owned by Poor People's Radio.
Poor People's Radio was conceived of and named by a radio engineer, Meyer Gottesman. Meyer determined that the frequency was available and applied for a construction permit from the FCC. Upon the application, Meyer advertised for community involvement in the Berkeley Barb newspaper. After three community meetings, the concept had "legs" as shown by a turn out of over 100 community activists at a church at the corner of Oak and Baker Streets in San Francisco. It is one of the many stations operated by community broadcasters Lorenzo Milam and Jeremy Lansman on the premise that any community group with something to say should be able start a low powered radio station to serve that community. The station broadcasts meetings of various local governing bodies as well as different and varied music shows.
Points of interest
KPOO Community radio features music and talk radio from local community activists. The music originally featured was Jazz, Blues and R&B from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In the summer of 1982, KPOO started playing rap music on Sunday Afternoon, becoming the first Radio station on the West Coast with a radio show from 3pm-7pm with DJ LeBaron Lord King. For several years this was the only radio station in the Bay Area that played Rap music with live interviews. The rap music became a staple of choice music on some of the other programs on the Station and two years later other bay area Stations followed KPOO's lead. KPOO is the only place to hear local public commentaries and talk programs with community and national Black leaders discussing what's going on in the Black community locally and nationally. The focus on the Community continues with community commentaries with a variety of talk and music programs. Some of the featured music programming includes: Salsa, Jazz, Blues, Rap/Hip Hop, Latin, Gospel and Reggae, American Indian talk/music program. Local and national musicians host weekly music programs, and KPOO can be heard online at KPOO.com.
External links
- KPOO official website
- Facility details for Facility ID KPOO ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database