KALW
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| City | San Francisco, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Slogan | Local Public Radio |
| Frequency | 91.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Format | Public Radio |
| ERP | 1,900 watts |
| HAAT | 280 meters |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 58830 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°45′17″N 122°26′44″W / 37.754722°N 122.445556°WCoordinates: 37°45′17″N 122°26′44″W / 37.754722°N 122.445556°W |
| Affiliations |
National Public Radio Public Radio International American Public Media |
| Owner | San Francisco Unified School District |
| Webcast | Listen Live Alt. |
| Website | kalw.org |
KALW is a public radio station based in San Francisco, California. Its FM radio broadcast signal is broadcast over the immediate San Francisco Bay Area at 91.7 MHz, and is webcast with live streaming audio.
KALW's license is held by the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The station is an independently operated National Public Radio affiliate, carrying content from NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International and the BBC World Service. In addition, KALW produces its own local news, music and interview shows, including the live weekday call-in program, Your Call, the evening news magazine, Crosscurrents, and the weekly two-hour live variety program, West Coast Live!, broadcast each Saturday morning. As KALW is affiliated with the San Francisco Unified School District, it also carries broadcasts of the monthly SFUSD Board meetings and daily listings of school lunch menus, with said menus occasionally read by celebrities who have come to the station for interview shows. The KALW studios are located at Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School off Mansell Avenue in San Francisco.
KALW is the oldest FM station west of the Mississippi, having launched as an experimental station for a demonstration exhibit by owner General Electric at San Francisco's world's fair at Treasure Island in 1939–40. The license was transferred to the SFUSD at the close of the fair. KALW originally operated on 42.1 MHz in the old FM band, which was reassigned to police and fire departments after World War II.
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