KPCC
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KPCC is a public radio based in Pasadena, California
. The station has among the widest-reaching broadcast areas of all public radio stations in Southern California, with a signal that reaches through most of Los Angeles and Orange County
. The station is listened to by approximately 600,000 listeners each week.
KPCC is operated by Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a group owned by American Public Media
. The station's broadcast license is registered to Pasadena City College
. KPCC has two satellite stations, 89.1 FM KUOR in Redlands and 90.3 FM KVLA-FM in the Coachella Valley
. The station originally broadcasted from the campus of Pasadena City College in Pasadena. In February 2010, the station moved to a new 35000 square feet (3,251.6 m²) facility in a converted office building on Raymond Avenue in Pasadena.
In addition to syndicated shows from the National Public Radio
, American Public Media and Public Radio International
networks, KPCC also produces several original programs, including The Madeleine Brand Show, Air Talk, Patt Morrison and Off Ramp. The station also produces several regular shorter features, including The Loh Life, The Loh Down on Science and Dinner Party Download.
, Patt Morrison
, and Off-Ramp with John Rabe. The station also produces Sandra Tsing Loh
's The Loh Down on Science, a 60 second science
feature on weekdays, and The Loh Life on weekends, which features her commentary on various issues. Local news coverage is part of both Morning Edition
and All Things Considered
.
Syndicated weekday programming includes Morning Edition, Fresh Air
, Marketplace
, All Things Considered, The Story with Dick Gordon
, The World
, and Talk of the Nation
.
In addition to original and syndicated American public radio shows, KPCC also broadcasts programming from the BBC World Service
.
in Pasadena, California. In 2010, SCPR opened a new $24.5-million broadcast facility in Pasadena. The $27 million facility also houses administrative staff that were formerly headquartered in Los Angeles.
Formerly, the station operated from an unspecified location in Orange County
, from Downtown Los Angeles
(at the Frank Stanton
Studios), and on the PCC campus. Reporters are stationed in Orange County and in the Inland Empire
in addition to being dispatched from the KPCC studio.
(the parent organization of Minnesota Public Radio
); however the license remains in the hands of Pasadena City College. The station is usually identified as a "public service of Pasadena City College" at the top of each hour.
PCC's contract with American Public Media permits either side to terminate the arrangement after giving sufficient notice, APM with six months notice and PCC with five years notice after 2015 (effectively making it a 20 year contract with an unlimited option to renew). PCC gets on air recognition and funding for a broadcast internship program while APM controls the station and all the pledges, grants, and corporate underwriting
revenues.
in Redlands, and 90.3 FM KVLA-FM in the Coachella Valley
. KPCC reaches 600,000 listeners each week. KPCC broadcasts digitally with the HD Radio
system. As of March 2006, it is reportedly carrying the Spanish-language BBC Mundo
and KCMP
89.3 "The Current", an alternative music station from Minnesota Public Radio, in addition to the main KPCC signal.
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
. The station has among the widest-reaching broadcast areas of all public radio stations in Southern California, with a signal that reaches through most of Los Angeles and Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. The station is listened to by approximately 600,000 listeners each week.
KPCC is operated by Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a group owned by American Public Media
American Public Media
American Public Media is the second largest producer of public radio programs in the United States of America after NPR. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and operates radio stations in Minnesota, California, and Florida. Its station brands are Minnesota Public Radio,...
. The station's broadcast license is registered to Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College is a community college in Pasadena, California, USA, located on Colorado Boulevard. PCC is the third largest community college campus in the United States. PCC was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College. In 1954, Pasadena Junior College merged with another junior...
. KPCC has two satellite stations, 89.1 FM KUOR in Redlands and 90.3 FM KVLA-FM in the Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California. The valley extends for approximately 45 miles in Riverside County southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains to the saltwater Salton Sea, the largest lake in California...
. The station originally broadcasted from the campus of Pasadena City College in Pasadena. In February 2010, the station moved to a new 35000 square feet (3,251.6 m²) facility in a converted office building on Raymond Avenue in Pasadena.
In addition to syndicated shows from the National Public Radio
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, American Public Media and Public Radio International
Public Radio International
Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...
networks, KPCC also produces several original programs, including The Madeleine Brand Show, Air Talk, Patt Morrison and Off Ramp. The station also produces several regular shorter features, including The Loh Life, The Loh Down on Science and Dinner Party Download.
Programming
KPCC airs four original programs: The Madeleine Brand Show, AirTalk with Larry MantleLarry Mantle
Larry Mantle is a radio show host in Southern California. He has been the host of AirTalk on KPCC since 1985, making him the longest-tenured current radio host in Southern California. AirTalk has served as KPCC's flagship program for most of its tenure, and Mantle has received several awards for...
, Patt Morrison
Patt Morrison
Patt Morrison is a journalist, author, and radio—television personality based in Los Angeles and Southern California.-Media:Morrison is a writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the weekly 'Patt Morrison Asks' column, and received the Joseph M. Quinn award in 2000 from the Los Angeles Press Club...
, and Off-Ramp with John Rabe. The station also produces Sandra Tsing Loh
Sandra Tsing Loh
Sandra Tsing Loh is a Los Angeles, California-based writer, actress, performance-artist, pop-culture analyst, and radio commentator.-Biography:Loh is the daughter of a Chinese father and a German mother...
's The Loh Down on Science, a 60 second science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
feature on weekdays, and The Loh Life on weekends, which features her commentary on various issues. Local news coverage is part of both Morning Edition
Morning Edition
Morning Edition is an American radio news program produced and distributed by National Public Radio . It airs weekday mornings and runs for two hours, and many stations repeat one or both hours. The show feeds live from 05:00 to 09:00 ET, with feeds and updates as required until noon...
and All Things Considered
All Things Considered
All Things Considered is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio. It was the first news program on NPR, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets...
.
Syndicated weekday programming includes Morning Edition, Fresh Air
Fresh Air
Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States. The show is produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its longtime host is Terry Gross. , the show was syndicated to 450 stations and claimed 4.5 million listeners. The show...
, Marketplace
Marketplace (radio program)
Marketplace is a radio program that focuses on business, the economy, and events that influence them. Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, the show is produced and distributed by American Public Media, in association with the University of Southern California...
, All Things Considered, The Story with Dick Gordon
The Story with Dick Gordon
The Story with Dick Gordon is a weekday interview program hosted by Dick Gordon, former host of WBUR's The Connection and, before that, fill-in host for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's national radio program This Morning...
, The World
The World (radio program)
PRI's The World is a global news radio, audio and multi-platform program created by Public Radio International based on the program's congruence with PRI's mission, and in order to fulfill the critical need for more original global news created for and provided to Americans. This was partly a...
, and Talk of the Nation
Talk of the Nation
Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues....
.
In addition to original and syndicated American public radio shows, KPCC also broadcasts programming from the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
.
On-air staff
- Alex CohenAlex CohenAlex Cohen is an American radio journalist currently working for KPCC in Pasadena, California as a host and reporter. Prior to KPCC, she was a host and reporter for NPR's daily news program, Day to Day. Cohen has also reported for American Public Media's financial news program Marketplace and...
- host, All Things ConsideredAll Things ConsideredAll Things Considered is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio. It was the first news program on NPR, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets... - Sandra Tsing LohSandra Tsing LohSandra Tsing Loh is a Los Angeles, California-based writer, actress, performance-artist, pop-culture analyst, and radio commentator.-Biography:Loh is the daughter of a Chinese father and a German mother...
- host, The Loh Life and The Loh Down on Science - Steve JulianSteve JulianSteve Julian is the Morning Edition Host for Southern California National Public Radio affiliate 89.3 KPCC in Pasadena, California. He's on the air between 5AM and 10AM, Monday through Friday....
- host, Morning EditionMorning EditionMorning Edition is an American radio news program produced and distributed by National Public Radio . It airs weekday mornings and runs for two hours, and many stations repeat one or both hours. The show feeds live from 05:00 to 09:00 ET, with feeds and updates as required until noon... - Madeleine BrandMadeleine BrandMadeleine Brand is an American journalist best known for her work on National Public Radio as a co-host of radio news magazine Day to Day and a contributor to Morning Edition...
- host, The Madeleine Brand Show - Larry MantleLarry MantleLarry Mantle is a radio show host in Southern California. He has been the host of AirTalk on KPCC since 1985, making him the longest-tenured current radio host in Southern California. AirTalk has served as KPCC's flagship program for most of its tenure, and Mantle has received several awards for...
- host, AirTalk - Patt MorrisonPatt MorrisonPatt Morrison is a journalist, author, and radio—television personality based in Los Angeles and Southern California.-Media:Morrison is a writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the weekly 'Patt Morrison Asks' column, and received the Joseph M. Quinn award in 2000 from the Los Angeles Press Club...
- host, Patt Morrison - Hettie Lynne Hurtes - host, midday
- John Rabe - host, Off Ramp
Studios
KPCC originally broadcasted from the campus of Pasadena City CollegePasadena City College
Pasadena City College is a community college in Pasadena, California, USA, located on Colorado Boulevard. PCC is the third largest community college campus in the United States. PCC was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College. In 1954, Pasadena Junior College merged with another junior...
in Pasadena, California. In 2010, SCPR opened a new $24.5-million broadcast facility in Pasadena. The $27 million facility also houses administrative staff that were formerly headquartered in Los Angeles.
Formerly, the station operated from an unspecified location in Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, from Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...
(at the Frank Stanton
Frank Stanton
Frank Nicholas Stanton was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then vice chairman until 1973. He also served as the chairman of the Rand Corporation from 1961 until 1967.Along with William S. Paley, Stanton is credited with the...
Studios), and on the PCC campus. Reporters are stationed in Orange County and in the Inland Empire
Inland Empire (California)
The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...
in addition to being dispatched from the KPCC studio.
Ownership
The station is operated by Southern California Public Radio, a group owned by American Public Media GroupAmerican Public Media Group
American Public Media Group , formerly Minnesota Communications Group, is the non-profit organization that is the parent of non-profits Minnesota Public Radio, Southern California Public Radio , and Classical South Florida , along with the for-profit Greenspring Company, as well as MPR's Fitzgerald...
(the parent organization of Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio , is the flagship National Public Radio member network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services, News & Information, Classical Music and The Current, MPR operates a 42-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest serving over 8 million people...
); however the license remains in the hands of Pasadena City College. The station is usually identified as a "public service of Pasadena City College" at the top of each hour.
PCC's contract with American Public Media permits either side to terminate the arrangement after giving sufficient notice, APM with six months notice and PCC with five years notice after 2015 (effectively making it a 20 year contract with an unlimited option to renew). PCC gets on air recognition and funding for a broadcast internship program while APM controls the station and all the pledges, grants, and corporate underwriting
Underwriting
Underwriting refers to the process that a large financial service provider uses to assess the eligibility of a customer to receive their products . The name derives from the Lloyd's of London insurance market...
revenues.
Broadcast details
KPCC operates with two full powered satellite stations: 89.1 FM KUOR at the University of RedlandsUniversity of Redlands
The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. The land for the university was donated by...
in Redlands, and 90.3 FM KVLA-FM in the Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California. The valley extends for approximately 45 miles in Riverside County southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains to the saltwater Salton Sea, the largest lake in California...
. KPCC reaches 600,000 listeners each week. KPCC broadcasts digitally with the HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
system. As of March 2006, it is reportedly carrying the Spanish-language BBC Mundo
BBC Mundo
BBC Mundo is part of the BBC World Service's foreign language output, one of 33 languages it provides.- History :The BBC Mundo was broadcasting between 14 March 1938 and 25th February 2011...
and KCMP
KCMP
-WCAL:The station began with physics experiments in 1918 when five students and a professor built a small radio transmitter at St. Olaf College. Using a wire antenna strung between the campus chapel and the college's "Old Main" , signals from these experiments were picked up as far away as New...
89.3 "The Current", an alternative music station from Minnesota Public Radio, in addition to the main KPCC signal.