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WPFW
City of license	Washington, D.C.
Broadcast area	Washington, D.C.
Frequency	89. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 3 MHz
Format	Jazz
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	125 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	51255
Callsign meaning	Pacifica Foundation Washington
Owner	Pacifica Foundation, Inc. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wpfw.org

WPFW, an FM station at 89. A webcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using Streaming media technology A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that 3 MHz, is the Washington, DC affiliate of Pacifica Radio. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Pacifica Radio is a network of five independently operated non-commercial listener-supported Radio stations in the United States that is known for its progressive The station first went on the air in 1977. Aside from syndicated Pacifica programs such as Democracy Now!, much of its programming is locally produced and dedicated to jazz, blues, classic soul music and international or world music. Democracy Now! is a syndicated program of news analysis and opinion aired by more than 700 Radio and Television, satellite Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians WPFW is currently the only station in the DC area that plays jazz.

As a public station, WPFW is entirely commercial-free and listener-sponsored.

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