WPFW
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Broadcast area | Washington metropolitan area |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 89.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| RDS | WPFW89.3 |
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| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Pacifica Foundation |
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Call sign meaning | Pacifica Foundation Washington |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 51255 | |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 125 meters (410 ft) |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wpfwfm |
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WPFW (89.3 FM) is a public radio and jazz music community radio station, serving the Washington metropolitan area. It is owned by the Pacifica Foundation, with studios located on K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The station's slogan is "Jazz and Justice."
History
WPFW launched at 8 pm on February 28, 1977,[2] with Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train".[3] The fifth station in the San Francisco-based Pacific Network, WPFW was different from the other Pacific stations in that it was established as a Black-staffed and -formatted station with a mission to serve as a community radio station for the largely African-American population of Washington, D.C.[4]
The Pacifica Foundation began seeking an FM license in Washington, D.C., as early as 1968, but it was not until 1977 that WPFW won a temporary license.[3] From its launch, WPFW was aggressive in promoting progressive voices and opinions. The station was accused of violating the Fairness Doctrine, which required broadcasters to provide time to opposing opinions, and the conservative American Legal Foundation (ALF) worked to block the station's license renewal in 1981. After a two-year delay, the Federal Communications Commission rejected the ALF's request and renewed the station's license in 1983.[5]
Soon after it launched, the station began building out a studio facility in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood,[6] which served as its home until 1996 when the station moved to Adams Morgan.[7] In 2013, the building the station shared with the Washington City Paper was slated for demolition, necessitating another move.[8] After a controversial attempt to relocate the station to Silver Spring, Maryland, WPFW relocated to a temporary facility on L Street NW[9] before establishing new studios on K Street NW.[10]
Programming
Aside from syndicated Pacifica programs such as Democracy Now!, much of its programming is locally produced and dedicated to jazz, blues, classic soul music and international or world music.[11]
As a public station, WPFW is commercial-free and listener-sponsored.[12]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WPFW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our History". wpfwfm.org. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lasar, Matthew (2006). Uneasy Listening: Pacifica Radio's Civil War. Cambridge, England: Black Apollo Press. pp. 128–131. ISBN 978-1-900355-45-2. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barlow, William (1999). Voice Over: The Making of Black Radio. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p. x. ISBN 978-1-56639-667-7. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Trescott, Jacqueline (November 11, 1993). "WPFW's License". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. C7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Trescott, Jacqueline (March 21, 1986). "WPFW: 9 and Growing". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. B7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yorke, Jeffrey (May 28, 1996). "Out of the 'Blue'; Teen's New Twist on Old Tune Excites Country Listeners". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. B7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Austermuhle, Martin (April 18, 2013). "City Paper, WPFW to Bid Farewell to Building That Housed Them For Two Decades". dcist. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fischer, Jonathan L. (April 30, 2013). "WPFW No Longer Moving to Silver Spring". Washington City Paper. Washington, D.C. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Laser, Matthew (April 7, 2015). "Updates: WPFW moves, Wizard Fests, rockathons, toilet radio explained". Radio Survivor. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Schedule Grid". WPFW. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Milloy, Courtland (March 29, 1987). "The Little Station that Could — and Did". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
External links
- Official website
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Cards for WPFW". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
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