KNKX
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| Broadcast area | Seattle metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 88.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 88.5 KNKX |
| Programming | |
| Format | |
| Subchannels | HD2: Jazz24 |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Pacific Public Media |
| History | |
First air date | November 16, 1966 (as KPLU-FM) |
Former call signs | KPLU-FM (1966–2016) |
Call sign meaning | "Connects" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51199 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 68,000 watts |
| HAAT | 707 meters (2,320 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°30′14″N 121°58′34″W / 47.504°N 121.976°W |
| Translator | See § Translators |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | KNKX MP3 KNKX AAC+ Jazz24 MP3 Jazz24 AAC+(HD2) |
| Website | www |
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 Madre 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.