area inland empire branding spokane public radio frequency see table below translator s see table below first air date january 20 1980 originally experimental c. 1971 1980 format npr classical music jazz callsign meaning public broadcasting affiliations npr owner spokane public radio inc. sister stations ksfc kpbz webcast listen live website kpbx.org kpbx fm is a public radio station serving spokane washington . it broadcasts at 91.1 mhz with an erp of 56 000 watts and is one of three stations operated by spokane public radio . ksfc and kpbz are the others . through seven full power repeaters and six translators it reaches 70 000 listeners in eastern washington northeastern oregon northern idaho western montana and southern british columbia . contents 1 history 2 stations 2.1 translators 3 references 4 external links 4.1 other station data history edit the station traces its history to a ten watt transmitter erected in the early 1970s in the home of george cole in the south hill neighborhood of spokane . it broadcast various kinds of music eight hours a day from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. . in 1974 david schoengold a record store owner and law school student took over the station from cole and expanded its broadcast schedule to 24 hours a day . it became very popular with people waiting at all hours of the day to go on the air . it also gained the attention of national public radio which sent tapes of all things considered . the nearest npr station in the area was kwsu in pullman which was all but unlistenable in most of the city despite being only an hour south . schoengold wanted a better station for the area so he formed the spokane public broadcasting association to raise funding for a full power public radio station . the 10 watt transmitter went off the air at the suggestion of one of schoengold s friends in order to make it easier to raise the money . after several years of fundraising and several delays in the on air date kpbx finally went on the air on january 20 1980 . the station had to postpone its first pledge drive because it was scheduled for may 18 the date mount st. helens erupted and pacific northwest bell requested that phone lines be used for emergencies only . today the station broadcasts a mix of npr news and entertainment classical music and jazz . kpbx also airs birdnote a two minute show about birds and nature produced in washington state . it is one of seven local spokane fm radio stations heard across canada to subscribers of the shaw direct satellite tv service . 1 kpbx also broadcast the washington talking book & braille library s evergreen radio reading service to blind and handicapped listeners on its 67khz subcarrier until the service s closure on 2014 august 15 . 2 kpbx was one of three major fm stations in washington to do so ; kuow fm in seattle and kfae fm in yakima were the others . 3 this service could be freely and legally listened to by the public . however this required a special fm radio capable of receiving such broadcasts ; it could not be received on a standard fm radio . stations edit call sign frequency city of license facility id erp power w height m ft class transmitter coordinates kibx 92.1 fm hd bonners ferry id 77383 74 838 m 2 749 ft a 48 36 37 n 116 15 24 w 48.61028 n 116.25667 w 48.61028 ; 116.25667 kibx klgg 89.3 fm kellogg id 172927 100 782 m 2 566 ft c3 47 29 32 n 116 08 33 w 47.49222 n 116.14250 w 47.49222 ; 116.14250 klgg komq 88.5 fm omak wa 173719 100 777.1 m 2 550 ft c3 48 27 15 n 119 18 30 w 48.45417 n 119.30833 w 48.45417 ; 119.30833 komq kpbg 90.9 fm oroville wa 173880 1 000 4.7 m 15 ft a 48 46 59.1 n 119 22 56.1 w 48.783083 n 119.382250 w 48.783083 ; 119.382250 kpbg kpbw 91.9 fm brewster wa 173803 1 000 755.2 m 2 478 ft c2 48 02 14 n 119 59 7 w 48.03722 n 119.98528 w 48.03722 ; 119.98528 kpbw kpbx fm 91.1 fm hd spokane wa 61942 56 000 725 m 2 379 ft c 47 34 13 n 117 05 0 w 47.57028 n 117.08333 w 47.57028 ; 117.08333 kpbx fm ktwp 91.1 fm twisp wa 173815 110 511 m 1 677 ft a 48 19 3 n 120 06 53 w 48.31750 n 120.11472 w 48.31750 ; 120.11472 ktwp kxjo 92.1 fm st. maries id 164128 200 6.8 m 22 ft a 47 20 8.4 n 116 34 18.2 w 47.335667 n 116.571722 w 47.335667 ; 116.571722 kxjo translators edit broadcast translators of kpbx fm call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info k214ar 90.7 fm spokane wa 48 28 m 92 ft d fcc k220cq 91.9 fm brewster wa 46 630 m 2 070 ft d fcc k220dv 91.9 fm grand coulee wa 46 2 m 6.6 ft d fcc k269du 101.7 fm sandpoint id 50 875 m 2 871 ft d fcc map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf references edit http www.starchoice.com english documents channel listing 09 22 08 e.pdf http www.wtbbl.org evergreen radio reading service ending.aspx http web.archive.org web 20120220041456 http www.wtbbl.org errshow.aspx external links edit spokane public radio s website query the fcc s fm station database for kpbx radio locator information on kpbx query nielsen audio s fm station database for kpbx how do i receive the evergreen radio reading service other station data edit query the fcc s fm station database for kibx radio locator information on kibx query nielsen audio s fm station database for kibx query the fcc s fm station database for klgg radio locator information on klgg query nielsen audio s fm station database for klgg query the fcc s fm station database for komq radio locator information on komq query nielsen audio s fm station database for komq query the fcc s fm station database for kpbg radio locator information on kpbg query nielsen audio s fm station database for kpbg query the fcc s fm station database for kpbw radio locator information on kpbw query nielsen audio s fm station database for kpbw query the fcc s fm station database for ktwp radio locator information on ktwp query nielsen audio s fm station database for ktwp query the fcc s fm station database for kxjo radio locator information on kxjo query nielsen audio s fm station database for kxjo v t e spokane radio stations by am frequency 590 630 700 790 920 970 1050 1080 1230 1280 1330 1510 by fm frequency 88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.9 92.3 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.1 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.4 by callsign kagu kbbd kcda kdrk fm keeh kewu fm keyf fm keze kfio kga khtq kicr kiix fm kisc kjrb kkrs kkzx kmbi kmbi fm knhk fm kpbx fm k214ar k220bx kpbz kpkl kpnd kqnt ksbn ksfc kspo ktrw ktsl ktto kvfs lp kvni kyms kxlx kxly k262ag kxly fm k206cq kyrs k222bg kzbd kzfs k257fx kzzu fm k223an wxl86 defunct kwrs nearby radio markets kalispell flathead valley lewiston pullman moscow richland kennewick pasco wenatchee see also list of radio stations in washington list of radio stations in idaho 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 v t e npr member stations in the state of idaho boise state radio boise kbsu fm boise kbsx burley kbsy mccall kbsk mccall kbsm mccall kbsq twin falls kbsw other stations bonners ferry kibx cottonwood knwo moscow krfa fm pocatello kisu fm rexburg kbyi sun valley kbss sun valley kwrv 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 idaho retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kpbx fm & oldid 742498723 categories hd radio stationsradio stations in spokane washingtonradio stations in coeur d alene idahonpr member stationsradio stations established in 1971hidden categories lists of coordinatesgeographic coordinate listsarticles with geoofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 02 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view