verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message broadcast area greater puget sound area washington branding classical king fm format classical music erp 68 000 watts haat 707 meters class c facility id 11755 callsign meaning king county owner beethoven a nonprofit corporation classic radio inc. webcast listen live website king.org king fm 98.1 fm ; classical king fm is a classical music radio station in seattle washington . its transmitter is located near issaquah washington on tiger mountain . king fm broadcasts in hd . 1 history edit the station has been a non profit listener supported public radio station since may 2011 . king fm was once co owned with king 1090 am now kfnq and king tv channel 5 but was donated to a non profit partnership consisting of the seattle opera seattle symphony and artsfund by king broadcasting upon that company s sale to the providence journal company in 1992 . even after the sale the radio station was long co located with the television operation . king fm moved to an office building several blocks away in 1999 . king fm began broadcasting in seattle in 1948 originally at fm 94.9 owned by king broadcasting co owner dorothy bullitt . the year before bullitt had bought kevr and changed it to king . 2 3 seattle is located in king county for which its call letters were chosen . bullitt also owned krsc fm which had gone on the air around 1947 at fm 98.1 under different ownership and been acquired by bullitt in 1949 . 2 the classical music station king fm moved from 94.9 frequency to 98.1 in 1958 replacing krsc fm . the transmitter at the 94.9 frequency was donated to edison vocational school who used it to begin broadcasting kuow fm on that frequency . during the late 1970s king fm carried syndicated concert broadcasts by the philadelphia orchestra usually under direction of eugene ormandy the new york philharmonic and the boston symphony . many of the syndicated concert programs featured well known instrumentalists and conductors performing works which they never recorded commercially e.g. leonard bernstein conducting the new york philharmonic in a highly memorable 1976 reading of bruckner s sixth symphony in a major . in the mid 1970s king fm s schedule also included specialized programs showcasing quadraphonic lp recordings and historical recordings . in 1983 king fm was the first station in the seattle area to utilize compact disc technology for its recordings . citation needed in 1993 king fm relocated its transmitter from seattle s queen anne hill to tiger mountain near issaquah . this higher altitude transmitter location provided a vast improvement in the reception quality of king fm s signal throughout the puget sound area and the cascades . citation needed king fm was also one of the first radio stations to broadcast its programming online becoming one of the first internet radio stations . citation needed although king fm is owned by a non profit entity the station had continued to operate on a commercial basis . however on march 23 2010 king fm announced that it would transition to a public radio station in july 2011 citing reduced advertising revenue . 4 successful fundraising efforts led the station to announce on april 7 2011 that the transition will instead take place on may 2 two months ahead of schedule . 5 in 2011 classical king fm 98.1 made the successful transition from a commercial to a non commercial public radio station . now as a listener supported station classical king fm 98.1 has added new programming and increased on air music . references edit http hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 11 hd radio guide for seattle tacoma a b blecha peter march 6 2010 . krsc seattle s radio and tv pioneers . historylink . retrieved october 13 2013 . duncan don august 22 1990 . pioneers in broadcasting . the seattle times . retrieved october 13 2013 . classic music king fm to rely on listeners . puget sound business journal . american city business journals . march 23 2010 . retrieved march 23 2010 . rolph amy april 7 2011 . king fm will become listener supported sooner than thought . seattle post intelligencer . retrieved april 9 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for king fm radio locator information on king fm query nielsen audio s fm station database for king fm 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 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 king fm & oldid 737223226 categories radio stations in seattleclassical music radio stations in the united statespublic radio stations in the united stateshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2010all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2007coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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