a progressive, listener-sponsored radio station providing quality news, music, public affairs and arts programming

KPFA (94.1 FM) is a radio station in Berkeley, California, USA. Launched in 1949, three years after the Pacifica Foundation was created by pacifist Lewis Hill, KPFA became the first station in the Pacifica Radio network and the first listener-supported radio broadcaster in the United States. Previously, non-commercial stations were licensed only to serve educational functions as extensions of high schools, colleges, and universities.