KPEN-FM

KPEN-FM is a commercial radio station in Soldotna, Alaska, broadcasting to the Kenai, Alaska, area on 101.7 FM.

KPEN-FM

Soldotna, Alaska
Broadcast area	Kenai, Alaska
Frequency	101.7 (MHz)
Branding	FM 101.7 True Country
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Peninsula Communications, Inc.
History
First air date	1985
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52149
Class	C3
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	73 meters (240 ft)
Translator(s)	K257DB (99.3 MHz, Anchor Point, etc.) K257ER (99.3 MHz, Kenai) K265EX (100.9 MHz, Soldotna) K270CH (101.9 MHz, Homer) K271BF (102.1 MHz, Unalaska) K274AB (102.7 MHz, Kodiak) K274BO (102.7 MHz, Kachemak City K287CD (105.3 MHz, Seward-Woodrow
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KPEN-FM airs a country music format.

KPEN-FM was originally a San Francisco radio station which began broadcasting on October 27, 1957. Following a series of tests, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized KPEN to become the first station west of the Mississippi River to transmit in multiplex stereo, August 10, 1961. The station was later sold and became known as KIOI.

Another SF Bay Area station, originally known as KPGM, adopted the KPEN call letters in December 1969, one month after they became available. That station, located in Los Altos, CA, broadcasting on 97.7 FM, was not related to the San Francisco station. It had broadcast studios at the San Antonio center with transmitters west of El Monte avenue in Santa Clara county California in 1975 they moved out of the San Antonio center to the (now defunct) Old Mill Mall in Mountain View, CA.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 52149 (KPEN-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KPEN-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database