KPAC 89.7 FM is the Central Valley’s premiere college radio station! KPAC broadcasts out of Stockton, California, at the University of the Pacific and is run entirely by members of the University community! Our signal comes from on top of Burns Tower and spans out about 2 miles from the campus. We are currently looking to increase our wattage, but quite honestly, we currently lack the necessary funds.

University of the Pacific once had a radio station called KUOP, and it was operated by a paid staff. Costs were high and the radio broadcasting degree program was cut, so in Fall 2000, the university sold KUOP. KUOP was first known as KCVN back in 1947, and was changed to KUOP in 1964. Read more about what happened to KUOP.

KPAC has been overseen primarily by Dr. Alan Ray of the Communication Department ever since its establishment in 1991, though it was run by ASuop for a brief period in the mid-to-late 1990's. Last Spring, KPAC's programming was mostly made up of students in Dr. Ray's broadcasting course, with a few others here and there who were personally or professionally interested in radio. This past Fall 2007, the broadcasting course was not offered, so we had to find people who wanted to be in the radio. After putting up flyers around campus and pulling as many of the people we knew into the station, we were able to achieve over 25 completely volunteer shows, totaling almost 40 hosts! Our automated playlist programming used to be heavy metal in Spring 2007, though it was changed to electronic in Fall 2007, and eventually became strictly House music during the Winter of 2007 into the near year. More of KPAC's history is currently being assembled and piece by piece will be posted here!

KPAC offers several different kinds of shows, such as:

• Talk Shows - Alumni Interviews, Strange/Odd News, Religious Affiliated, Music Industry News, and even shows from Risk Management and Public Safety!
• Music Shows - Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B, Rap, Jazz, Reggae; Pretty much college music!

KPAC's Spring 2008 semester is now underway! We have decided to split our programming 6 ways: Rock, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Classical, and Talk shows. This was to allow for more consistency and predictability in our programming, help in the growth of our show diversity, and was done per your requests!

Interested in becoming a KPAC host and having your own show? Refer to our Apply page for application information!

Upcoming Features - The KPAC website will soon host a live video stream of PAC2 TV and have KPAC radio show archives and podcasts available for download! Next year the Pacific Mixers will be producing their own music, and you'll be able to purchase their CD's and our KPAC promo gear right off the website! See below for our organization's complete list of goals for the next few semesters.

Live Remotes - KPAC Radio holds the ability to conduct live, remote broadcasts on- or off-campus to generate awareness about the station, or to broadcast an event/promotion we are running. We always give out free materials – so come grab your free swag! Just follow the loud music...we are generally somewhere in that direction. Live remotes generally occur either on a Friday or Saturday evening, or at major on-campus events such as Pacific Basketball games, Activity Fairs, Preview Days, or other large community activities.

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The Pacifican / KPAC Alliance

The Pacifican is University of the Pacific's Student Newspaper! The Pacifican and KPAC Radio are working a lot more closely this year to help promote each other. The Pacifican is the home of the KPAC Korner, your weekly KPAC news update and the KPAC Host of the Week!

11-15-07 -- Fest of the Best! - Download Issue (PDF)
11-08-07 -- Musical Fusion Club! - Download Issue (PDF)
10-31-07 -- Who Is In the Driver's Seat? - Download Issue (PDF)
10-24-07 -- Awesome Sweet Radio! - Download Issue (PDF)
10-18-07 -- Fest of the Best! - Download Issue (PDF)
10-18-07 -- Willie Gee HipHop Show! - Download Issue (PDF)
10-11-07 -- Top Gun Radio! - Download Issue (PDF)
10-03-07 -- Get Wet On Wednesdays! - Download Issue (PDF)
09-20-07 -- KPAC Radio: What's New? - Download Issue (PDF)

KPAC Radio is aspiring to continue to create a solidified and recognizable name and image for itself on the Pacific campus. With this said, we are progressing towards building a foundation upon which 89.7fm will be established with a few specific genres of music that will typify KPAC’s existence on this campus, while still allowing diverse content preferred by each different radio personality. We are interested in being a primary source of information, news, and advertising for student and non-student organizations and hope to give back to the university in the form of a qualitative broadcasting experience and coordinating small- to large-scale programming. We are also interested in building the much-needed bridge between the University of the Pacific and Stockton, California. We'll promote your cause in exchange for promoting ours!

Organization Goals for Spring 2008:
Show Programming:
• Offer at least 15 KPAC shows. Check!
• Begin PAC2 TV shows. Check!
• Invite more on-campus organizations to host shows within our programming. Still needs work.
• Offer consistent, predictable, quality programming 24/7 all year round. Check!

Membership:
• Increase number of officers to 15, and retain members/volunteers to at least 35. 15 officers, 33 staff.
• Obtain a total of at least 2 new sponsors. 1 new sponsor.
• Ensure KPAC will have a sufficient support staff to keep the organization growing next year and all organization components are self-sustained and maintained. Check!

Features:
• Begin producing music charts. Incomplete due to lack of staff.
• Begin to upgrade software/hardware components within the station. Check! Several upgrades have been made!
• Continue to change website theme for Spring, Summer, and Fall. Check!

Events:
• Host 1 large-scale event. Incomplete due to lack of staff and budget.

Presence on Campus:
• Redesign new logo for both KPAC Radio and PAC2 Television. Still working on it
• Obtain KPAC/PAC2 Promotional Tent. Need the new logo first!
• Have the KPAC tent set up on campus at least biweekly. Need the tent created first! We've moved the tent to Fall 2008.
• Conduct our first survey to obtain numbers of who listens and who knows about us. We've moved the tent to Fall 2008.

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Organization Goals for Academic Year 2008-2009:
Show Programming:
• Offer at least 20 KPAC’s show during both the Fall and during the Spring semester.
• Have 2 PAC2 shows during the Fall and 4 shows during the Spring semester.
• Have local not-for-profit organizations have shows within our programming.
• Offer consistent, predictable, quality programming 24/7 all year round.
• Produce unique playlists for holidays and other special events.

Membership:
• Increase number of officers to 20, and total members/volunteers to 50.
• Increase number of sponsors from 2 to 5 for both Fall and Spring semesters.
• Ensure upon graduation in May 2008, KPAC will have a sufficient support staff to keep the organization growing and all components are self-sustained and maintained.

Features:
• Begin joining music labels in September 2007 and begin producing music charts.
• Complete Renovation of Communication Building’s Lounge by October 2007.
• Show archiving feature added online by November 2007.
• Live video streaming on our website by January 2008.
• Replace much of the old radio equipment and software before January 2008.
• Obtain our own professional sound and light system for DJing on campus.
• Continue to change website theme for Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring.

Events:
• Host weekly KPAC events in the pub, a bimonthly dance party, and 1 large-scale event for Fall and one for Spring.
• Increase Fest of the Best turnout from 200 to 400 people.
• Bring a major label artist to campus in late Spring of 2008, open event to public

Presence on Campus:
• Have KPAC promotional table located at minimum of 5 campus events during both Fall and Spring semesters.
• Have the KPAC tent set up on campus at least once a week for Fall, and twice a week in the Spring.
• By December 2008, 15% of campus will regularly listen to KPAC and 30% will know we have a student radio and television. By May 2009, 25% of campus will regularly listen to KPAC and 50% will know we have a student radio and television. This will be measured by surveys conducted during these months.

Our annual fall event, The Fest of the Best, was hosted on November 4th, 2007 from 3:00-9:00pm on WPC Lawn, and was awesome! Click to watch the documentary!

We will soon be planning our second annual Fest of the Best and also a sidewalk sale for Fall 2008!

If you have any event feedback for Fest of the Best, or if you have some suggestions for next year's features/artists at the festival, please email us so we can improve next year's specifically for you!

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Page content updated 4-11-08.