KPCC
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Template:Infobox Radio Station KPCC (89.3 FM) is a public radio station originating from the campus of Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. It airs three original programs (AirTalk with Larry Mantle, Patt Morrison, and Pacific Drift with Ben Adair) in addition to standard National Public Radio programming, as well as programs from Public Radio International, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the BBC World Service. It is the NPR news and talk station in the Los Angeles market, in contrast to KCRW which plays music for much of the broadcast day.
KPCC is operated by Southern California Public Radio, a group ultimately owned by American Public Media Group, the parent organization of Minnesota Public Radio, however the license remains in the hands of Pasadena City College. The contract permits either side to terminate the arrangement after giving sufficient notice, APM six months notice and PCC 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. As of December 2005, PCC has received more recognition than before, and the station is identified as a "public service of Pasadena City College" at the top of each hour.
Despite the SCPR name, which implies a network of stations, KPCC operates as itself with no radio translators or booster stations. Studios operate from an unspecified location in Orange County, 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 studios.
KPCC's news department has become the most honored in Southern California among large radio stations. It won nine Golden Mike awards for news coverage in 2005. Local news coverage often replaces stories in Morning Edition or All Things Considered. In addition, the station is the home of commentator Sandra Tsing Loh, who has a 60 second science feature on weekdays, and weekly longer-form commentaries on life in general.
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.
Not to be confused with KPPC FM, the former Pasadena underground station, nor KPPC AM, the religious station.