KPLU (FM)
KPLU may refer to: * KNKX (previously KPLU-FM), a public radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington * Pierce County Airport Pierce County Airport, , also known as Thun Field, is a county-owned public-use airport located south of the central business district of Puyallup, Washington, a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is located in the CDP South ...

KNKX
KNKX (88.5 MHz) is a public radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States. A member of National Public Radio (NPR), it airs a jazz and news format for the Seattle metropolitan area. The station is owned by Pacific Public Media, a community-based non-profit organization. It operates from studios in downtown Seattle and downtown Tacoma. KNKX broadcasts from West Tiger Mountain in the Issaquah Alps with a power of 68,000 watts. The station originally debuted in 1966 as KPLU-FM, owned by Parkland-based Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). It became a community licensee in 2016 after a proposed sale to the University of Washington, owner of fellow NPR station KUOW-FM in Seattle, resulted in opposition from station listeners. KNKX runs jazz programs middays, evenings and overnight, and carries a variety of NPR programs in other dayparts, including ''All Things Considered'', ''Morning Edition'', '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' and ''Fresh Air''. The locally prod ...
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