KVTI

KVTI

City	Tacoma, Washington
Broadcast area	Seattle/Tacoma
Branding	Northwest Public Radio
Slogan	"Your NPR News & Classical Music Service"
Frequency	90.9 MHz FM
First air date	1955
Format	Classical
ERP	51,000 watts
HAAT	111 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	12068
Callsign meaning	Vocational Technical Institute
Owner	Clover Park Technical College (operated by Washington State University under outsourcing agreement)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	nwpr.org

KVTI (90.9 FM) is a National Public Radio affiliate station operated by Northwest Public Radio, licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and operates at 90.9 MHz with an ERP of 51 kW. As an "NPR & Classical Music" station, it broadcasts NPR news, local and syndicated classical music shows (switching to jazz music on weekends), and other public radio programming. The station is owned by Clover Park Technical College, but since 2010, has been operated by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.^[1]

History

KVTI is owned by Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) in Lakewood, Washington and can be heard in the Puget Sound region except major portions of Snohomish County due to signal coverage from KSER in Everett, which broadcasts adjacent at 90.7. The station began in 1955 as KCPS and also had the call letters KPEC-FM from 1972 until 1983. During this time instructors Bill Doane and Bob Piatt brought many radio professionals to speak to their classes and radio veteran Bill Glass claims this was a sound foundation for his career.

From March 1988 until June 2010 KVTI was known as i-91fm and featured Top 40 music (with news in the morning and afternoon), Tuesday nights featured live acoustic music from 7-10PM and Talk and Public Affairs from 10PM to Midnight. In 2006 and 2007, KVTI was recognized as the Top 40 Radio Station of the year by the New Music Awards.^[2] In the same ceremonies, music director Beth Valiant was recognized as Top 40 Music Director of the year. In 2008, program director John Mangan was recognized as New Music Weekly's Top 40 Program Director of the Year and music director Beth Valiant won Top 40 Music Director of the Year for the 5th consecutive year.

On April 7, 2010, CPTC announced that Northwest Public Radio would operate KVTI effective June 1, 2010. Washington State University had been looking for some time to enter the Seattle market, even though it would be going head-to-head with two of the highest-rated NPR stations in the country, KUOW-FM and KPLU-FM. Fifty-five years of programming and operation by Clover Park students and staff ended at the close of the broadcast day June 16, 2010.

CPTC no longer offers radio broadcasting classes.^[3]

References

↑ Champaco, Brent (2010-04-06). "WSU to take over Clover Park station June 1". The News Tribune (Tacoma). Retrieved 2012-05-25.
↑ "2007 New Music Awards". New Music Weekly. 2007-11-10.
↑ "Northwest Public Radio To Operate KVTI" from All-Access (April 7, 2010)

External links

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Radio stations in the Seattle–Tacoma market

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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 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

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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°09′40″N 122°34′41″W / 47.161°N 122.578°W / 47.161; -122.578

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