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| image = KING-FM Logo.png | name = KING-FM | city = Seattle, Washington | area = Seattle-Tacoma - Puget Sound area | branding = Classical KING-FM | slogan = | frequency = 98.1 MHz {{HD Radio}} | airdate = December 1947 | format = FM/HD1: Classical music HD2: Evergreen Channel HD3: Seattle Symphony Channel | erp = 66,000 watts 68,000 with beam tilt | haat = 707 meters (2320 ft) | class = C | facility_id = 11755 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = King County | former_callsigns = | affiliations = | owner = Beethoven, a Nonprofit Corporation | licensee = Classic Radio, Inc. | sister_stations = | webcast = Listen Live | website = king.org }} KING-FM (98.1 MHz; "Classical King FM") is a non-commercial classical music radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is owned by Classic Radio, a nonprofit organization.[1] The studios and offices are on Harrison Street in Seattle.[2] KING-FM holds periodic on-air fundraisers to help support the station through listener contributions. KING-FM's transmitter is located in Issaquah on Tiger Mountain.[3] Its effective radiated power (ERP) is 66,000 watts (68,000 with beam tilt). KING-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format, using two subchannels for alternate classical programming.[4] HistoryEarly YearsThe station that today is KING-FM first signed on the air in December 1947, originally at FM 94.9.[5] It was owned by King Broadcasting, whose co-owner and president was a woman, Dorothy Bullitt. The year before, Bullitt had purchased AM 1090 KEVR and changed it to KING (now KFNQ).[6][7] (Seattle is located in King County, for which its call letters were chosen.) In 1949, King Broadcasting bought 98.1 KRSC-FM, which had gone on the air in February 1947 under different ownership.[6] KING-FM moved from 94.9 to 98.1 MHz in 1958, replacing KRSC-FM. The 94.9 transmitter was donated to Edison Vocational School, which used it to broadcast educational programming on that frequency. 94.9 eventually became KUOW-FM, owned by the University of Washington, and now a public news-talk station affiliated with NPR. Also in 1949, King Broadcasting bought Channel 5 KRSC-TV, which had signed on the previous year. The call letters were changed to KING-TV.[8] The three stations, KING-AM-FM-TV, had their studios and offices at 320 Aurora Avenue North in Seattle. Classical KING-FMAt first, KING-FM simulcast its AM counterpart. But over time, it began airing classical programs separate from the AM station, and by the late 1960s, it was exclusively a classical outlet. During the late 1970s, KING-FM carried syndicated concert broadcasts by the Philadelphia Orchestra, usually under direction of Eugene Ormandy, the New York Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony. Many of the syndicated concert programs featured well-known instrumentalists and conductors performing works which they never recorded commercially - e.g. Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic in a highly memorable 1976 reading of Bruckner's Sixth Symphony in A major. In the mid-1970s, KING-FM's schedule also included specialized programs showcasing Quadraphonic LP recordings and historical recordings. In 1983, KING-FM was the first station in the Seattle area to utilize compact disc (CD) technology for its recordings.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} Sale to Non-Profit GroupIn 1992, King Broadcasting was acquired by the parent company of The Providence Journal, a Rhode Island publishing and broadcasting company. While the new owner wanted the TV station, the radio stations were sold to Classic Radio for $9.75 million.[9] The AM station was, in turn, sold to EZ Communications. KING-FM was run by a non-profit partnership, consisting of the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, and the Arts Fund. Although KING-FM was owned by a non-profit entity, the station continued to operate for a time on a commercial basis, selling advertising as before. Even after the sale, the radio station was co-located with KING-TV Channel 5 for several more years. KING-FM moved to an office building several blocks away in 1999. In 1993, KING-FM relocated its transmitter from Seattle's Queen Anne Hill to Tiger Mountain in Issaquah. This higher-elevation transmitter location provided a significant improvement in KING-FM's reception quality throughout the Seattle-Tacoma radio market, and sections of Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} KING-FM also began broadcasting its programming online, becoming one of the first internet radio stations.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} Switch to Public RadioOn March 23, 2010, KING-FM announced that it would transition to a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station in July 2011, citing reduced advertising revenue.[10] Several other commercial classical radio stations have made similar transitions to public radio status, including WQXR-FM New York City, WCRB Boston and KDFC San Francisco. Successful fundraising efforts led KING-FM to announce on April 7, 2011, that the transition would instead take place on May 2, two months ahead of schedule.[11] In 2011, Classical KING FM 98.1 made the successful transition from a commercial to a non-commercial public radio station. As a listener-supported station, Classical KING FM 98.1 has added new programming and added two additional channels of classical music using HD Radio technology. KING-FM is one a handful of non-commercial FM radio stations to broadcast outside the standard band for FM stations of its type (88-92 MHz). References1. ^[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=king-fm&arn=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=&vac=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KING-FM] 2. ^[https://www.king.org/contact-us/ KING.org/contact-us] 3. ^[https://radio-locator.com/info/KING-FM Radio-Locator.com/KING-FM] 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=11 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722064640/http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=11 |archivedate=2015-07-22 |df= }} HD Radio Guide for Seattle-Tacoma 5. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1949/301-400%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201949-4.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 315] 6. ^1 {{cite web|last=Blecha|first=Peter|title=KRSC: Seattle's Radio and TV Pioneers|work=HistoryLink|date=March 6, 2010|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=9342|accessdate=October 13, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Duncan|first=Don|title=Pioneers In Broadcasting|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900822&slug=1089112|accessdate=October 13, 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=August 22, 1990}} 8. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1950/RADIO%20&%20TV%20NE-Ter%20YB%201950%20B&W-11.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 314] 9. ^[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1994/B-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1994-B&W.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994 page B-399] 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/03/22/daily16.html|title=Classic-music KING FM to rely on listeners|date=March 23, 2010|work=Puget Sound Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|accessdate=March 23, 2010}} 11. ^{{cite news|last=Rolph|first=Amy|title=KING FM will become listener-supported sooner than thought|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/KING-FM-will-become-listener-supported-sooner-1327856.php|accessdate=April 9, 2011|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=April 7, 2011}} External links
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