Pacifica's KPFK/L.A. Plans Spanish Stream, AM Part 15 Stations

Launching New Stream En Espanol

PACIFICA noncommercial Variety KPFK/LOS ANGELES will add a Spanish-language service for AM, and LA OBSERVED's KEVIN RODERICK reports that the service will be launched as a Internet stream but ultimately offered on AM via a string of Part 15 low-power stations. 

"(W)e can relay the signal as far and wide as we can, so long as each transmission complies with Part 15 regulations," a memo to staff from PD ALAN MINSKY said. "Of course, once we establish ourselves at a place on the dial, it should make things much easier if we choose to raise money to have a more powerful signal."

MINSKY said that the Spanish-language programming on KPFK's primary FM signal will remain in place "at least until the Spanish-language station's listenership exceeds that of KPFK in the hours that KPFK is also broadcasting in Spanish."

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