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 Office in Louisville | |
| Broadcast area | Louisville |
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| Frequency | 91.9MHz |
| Branding | Independent Louisville |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult album alternative |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WUOL-FM,WFPL | |
| History | |
First air date | 1954 |
Call sign meaning | disambiguation of sister station WFPL's callsign |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 38621 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 6,800watts |
| HAAT | 236 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°21′55″N85°50′24″W / 38.36528°N 85.84000°W /38.36528; -85.84000 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live - direct streaming URL Listen Live - player |
| Website | lpm.org/music |
WFPK is a 24-hour listener-supported, noncommercialradio station inLouisville, Kentucky, United States, broadcasting at 91.9 MHz FM with anadult album alternative format. The station plays national and local alternative music. It is owned byLouisville Public Media.
The station was founded in 1954 by theLouisville Free Public Library as aclassical music station. It was a sister station toWFPL.
In 1975, the station received the entire inventory of classical music recordings from commercial outlet WHAS-FM (nowWAMZ-FM), which had discontinued the format after a nine-year run; that station, which carried little or no advertising, was mainly a public service by then-owners,the Bingham family. In 1993, the Free Public Library and theUniversity of Louisville'sWUOL-FM (which had competed against WFPK for classical listeners for some 17 years) joined forces to form the Public Radio Partnership, nowLouisville Public Media. At that time, WFPK adopted its current format, with a gradual evolution from traditional genres such as jazz, folk, and blues music toward the present AAA playlist heard most of the week.
WFPK hosts the weekly seriesLive Lunch, which features local and national acts performing live in front of a studio audience in the station's performance studio. Guests ofLive Lunch have includedTommy Emmanuel,Will Oldham,Alejandro Escovedo,The Subdudes,Jonatha Brooke,The Decemberists,Over the Rhine,The Derek Trucks Band,Amos Lee,Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and local Louisville bandsMy Morning Jacket,The Muckrakers andDigby. In 2007, the station releasedBest of WFPK Live Vol. 1, a limited-edition CD that contained recordings from the series; the disc was given away as an exclusive premium for new members during the spring 2007 membership drive. Since then, it has released 10 more member-exclusive CDs containing more live songs recorded duringLive Lunch and other in-studio performances.
A very popular weekend show,Woody's Roadhouse (12 mid-6am Saturday) specializes in heritage R&B, C&W, Blues, Rockabilly and classic Southern Quartet Gospel.
WFPK, along with its sister stationsWFPL andWUOL, presently broadcasts anHD radio signal.[2]