WKPX
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| WKPX | |
| City of license | Sunrise, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood |
| Branding | WKPX Radio X, "WNSU" |
| Slogan | South Florida's Radio Alternative |
| Frequency | 88.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1982 |
| Format | Educational |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Owner | Broward County Public Schools (off-hours programmed by Nova Southeastern University) |
WKPX 88.5 FM is a non-commercial, educational radio station owned and operated by the Broward District School Board and is located at Piper High School in Sunrise, Florida. The station broadcasts with the talent of Piper High students, school days from 7:30AM to 6PM. After hours, broadcast students from Nova Southeastern University man the station, under the name Radio X and the fake calls WNSU.
[edit] History
The music format on WKPX was originally Top 40, but they altered their format in the late 80's to primarily Techno, Alternative and Punk rock, among a wide variety of genres.
In 2002 WKPX went to an Audiovault system, in which the DJ portions were pre-recorded in advance, and the music is played from a computer. The station also changed its music focus to the more popular Alternative and Punk formats.
Programming on WKPX included Not Real, which focused on alternative rock with comedy; and Halon 121, a Heavy Metal program, billed as the longest running show in WKPX's history (1982-2003).
[edit] External links
- WKPX Website
- WKPX-FM Web Site at Piper High School
- Radio X (Nova Southeastern University)
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKPX
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