KPLU-FM (88.5 MHz) is a National Public Radio member station in Tacoma, Washington, USA, owned and operated by Pacific Lutheran University.

Founded in November 1966, KPLU broadcasts from West Tiger Mountain in the Issaquah Alps with a power of 55,000 watts. Studios are located in both Tacoma and Seattle. KPLU plays a variety of NPR programs, including All Things Considered, Car Talk, and Morning Edition. The locally produced BirdNote airs every morning. KPLU is best known for its jazz programing. Those who listen online can choose either a regular station feed, or a jazz stream playing jazz programming 24 hours a day.

"Jazz After Hours", a Public Radio International jazz show broadcast throughout the United States, is hosted and produced by Jim Wilke at his Hatchcover Studio in Seattle and heard on KPLU.

KPLU's programming can also be heard on KVIX 89.3 in Port Angeles, which also serves Victoria, British Columbia; and on KPLI 90.1 in Olympia.

External links

• KPLU 88.5