california assigned the icao code knkx see marine corps air station miramar . knkx city tacoma washington broadcast area seattle metropolitan area branding 88.5 knkx slogan jazz blues and npr news frequency 88.5 mhz fm also on hd radio 88.5 2 fm jazz jazz24 translator s see article first air date 1966 as kplu fm format jazz npr erp 68 000 watts haat 707 meters 2 320 ft class c facility id 51199 callsign meaning connects former callsigns kplu fm 1966 2016 affiliations npr owner friends of 88.5 fm webcast knkx web player aac pls jazz24 webstream hd2 website knkx.org knkx 88.5 mhz is a news and jazz format national public radio member community owned station in tacoma washington usa . the station is owned by friends of 88.5 fm a community based non profit group and was established in 1966 by pacific lutheran university plu . 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 kvti can t be heard in most of snohomish county washington because of kser . knkx broadcasts in hd . 1 logo prior to august 31 2016 founded on november 16 1966 as kplu fm 2 knkx broadcasts from west tiger mountain in the issaquah alps with a power of 68 000 watts . studios are located in both tacoma and seattle . knkx plays a variety of npr programs including all things considered car talk and morning edition . the locally produced birdnote airs every morning . knkx 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 . on november 12 2015 plu announced its intention to sell the station to the university of washington which also operates kuow . 3 the seattle times noted that plu spokeswoman donna gibbs denied reports that the sale was motivated by financial problems at plu although in september 2015 standard & poor s had reduced plu s bond rating status from bbb to bbb with a forecast of negative . 4 on november 23 the kplu advisory board voted unanimously to oppose the sale . 4 kplu was announced to be officially bought by kuow but by december public outcry encouraged license owners to negotiate with community based non profit group friends of 88.5 to raise 7 000 000 . 5 as of may 26 2016 some 17 000 supporters met the goal ; friends of 88.5 began negotiating with plu to purchase the station . 5 on august 12 2016 it was announced that the station would adopt the new call letters knkx pronounced as connects . the new call letters went into effect when the station officially changed hands from pacific lutheran university to friends of 88.5 on august 30 2016 6 7 contents 1 translators 2 see also 3 references 4 external links translators edit knkx 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 k221fr 92.1 fm west seattle k265dp 100.9 fm aberdeen k284bm 104.7 fm longview k288gg 105.5 fm mount vernon the west seattle translator serves portions of seattle that are shielded from the main knkx signal . see also edit list of jazz radio stations in the united states references edit falk tyler may 9 2016 . future of kplu s popular jazz stream hinges on fundraising campaign . current . retrieved august 31 2016 . radio kplu to begin broadcasting . morning mast . xliv 7 . pacific lutheran university . november 11 1966 . p. 1 . retrieved august 31 2016 . kuow staff . plu says it intends to sell kplu 88.5 fm to kuow public radio . kuow . retrieved november 12 2015 . a b kiley brendan november 23 2015 . a kick in the teeth kplu advisory board opposes sale to kuow . the seattle times . retrieved november 24 2015 . a b supporters of tacoma based kplu reach 7 million mark in bid to buy station . the olympian . retrieved june 8 2016 . connelly joel august 12 2016 . listener rescued kplu public radio dons new call letters knkx . seattle post intelligencer . retrieved august 31 2016 . kiley brendan august 31 2016 . kplu officially begins broadcasting as knkx . the seattle times . retrieved august 31 2016 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for knkx radio locator information on knkx query nielsen audio s fm station database for knkx 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 v t e radio stations in the seattle tacoma market by am frequency 5301 570 630 710 770 820 850 880 950 1000 1050 1090 1150 1180 1210 1230 1250 1300 1330 1360 1380 1400 1420 1450 1460 1490 1520 1540 1560 1590 1620 1680 by fm frequency 88.5 88.9 89.5 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.7 noaa weather radio frequency 162.425 162.475 162.55 by callsign karr kasb kbcs kbks fm kble kbro kcis kcms kdds fm kexp fm kfnq kfoo kghp kgnw kgrg kgrg fm khb60 khho khtp king fm kiro kiro fm kisw kitz kncl518 klfe kixi kjaq kjr kjr fm kkdz kkmo kknw kkol kkwf kkxa klay klsw kmia kmih kmps kndd knhc knts komo komo fm knkx fm kplz fm kpwk kqmv kriz krko krwm kser ksuh ktth kube kuow fm kups kvi kvrq kvti kwyz kxpa kxxo kyfq kyiz kziz kzok fm wwg24 wxm62 1 travelers information station for wsdot satellite radio local traffic weather xm channel 221 sirius channel 156 nearby radio markets northwest washington portland vancouver bc victoria & mid island wenatchee yakima see also list of radio stations in washington v t e radio stations in northwest washington whatcom county am kari 550 kgmi 790 kbai 930 kpug 1170 krpi 1550 kvri 1600 fm kugs 89.3 kzaz 91.7 kism 92.9 kzax lp 94.9 kmre lp 102.3 kavz lp 102.5 kafe 104.1 kwpz 106.5 nwr kad93 162.525 skagit county am kaps 660 kwle 1340 kbrc 1430 fm kmws 89.7 ksvr 91.7 clallam county am konp 1450 kfkb 1490 fm kvix 89.3 knwp 90.1 knwu 91.5 forks ksqm 91.5 sequim kbdb 96.7 ksti 102.1 nwr kxi27 162.425 kih36 162.550 jefferson county fm kroh 91.1 kptz 91.9 island and san juan counties am krpa 1110 fm kloi lp 102.9 kmcq 103.3 defunct kwpa lp 96.9 fm nearby radio markets seattle tacoma southwestern bc greater vancouver victoria & mid island wenatchee see also list of radio stations in washington v t e npr member stations and other public radio stations in the state of washington northwest public radio bellingham kzaz clarkston knwv ellensburg knwr moses lake klws mount vernon kmws omak kqws port angeles knwp pullman kwsu krfa richland kfae tacoma kvti walla walla kwws yakima knwy pacific public media olympia kpli seattle tacoma knkx port angeles kvix affiliated with university of washington seattle kexp seattle kuow spokane public radio spokane kpbx spokane kpbz spokane ksfc other stations seattle king see also list of npr stations see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in washington coordinates 47 30 14 n 121 58 34 w 47.504 n 121.976 w 47.504 ; 121.976 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title knkx & oldid 743765253 categories hd radio stationsradio stations in seattlenpr member stationsjazz radio stations in the united statespacific lutheran universityradio stations established in 1966college radio stations in washington state 1966 establishments in washington state hidden categories use mdy dates from august 2016coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a 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