Texas Public Radio

Public radio network in south-central Texas

For the unlicensed FM college radio station in Stockton, CA, see K-PAC (University of the Pacific).

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Texas Public Radio

Texas Public Radio is housed at the Irma & Emilio Nicolas Media Center in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

* KSTX, KPAC: San Antonio, Texas
KTXI: Ingram, Texas
KTPR: Stanton, Texas
KTPD: Del Rio, Texas
KCTI: Gonzales, Texas
KVHL: Llano, Texas

Broadcast area| San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country, and Stanton, Texas
Frequency| KSTX: 89.1 MHz
KPAC: 88.3 MHz
KTXI: 90.1 MHz
KTPR: 89.9 MHz
KTPD: 89.3 MHz
KCTI: 1450 kHz
KVHL: 91.7 MHz
Branding| Texas Public Radio
Programming
Format| KSTX, KTPR, KTPD, KCTI and KVHL: News/Talk
KPAC: Classical music
KTXI: News/talk/Classical music
Affiliations| National Public Radio
Ownership
Owner| Texas Public Radio
History

First air date

| KSTX: October 3, 1988
KPAC: November 7, 1982
KTXI: October 7, 1998
KTPR: December 3, 2012
KTPD: May 5, 2016
KCTI: December 17, 1947
KVHL: October 2013

Call sign meaning

| KSTX: San Antonio, Texas
KPAC: "Performing Arts Channel"
KTXI: "Texas Ingram"
KTPR: Texas Public Radio
KTPD: "Texas Public Radio Del Rio"
KCTI: "Cradle Texas Independence"
KVHL: "Voice Highland Lakes"
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| KSTX: 65334
KPAC: 65335
KTXI: 77699
KTPR: 172898
KTPD: 173346
KCTI: 24564
KVHL: 173366
Class| KSTX, KPAC, and KTPR: C1
KTXI: C2
KTPD: C3
KCTI: C
KVHL: A
Power| KCTI: 1,000 watts
ERP| KSTX: 72,000 watts
KPAC: 69,000 watts
KTXI: 50,000 watts
KTPR: 100,000 watts
KTPD: 25,000 watts
KVHL: 1,500 watts
HAAT| KSTX and KPAC: 240 meters
KTXI: 138 meters
KTPR: 200 meters
KTPD: 83 meters
KVHL: 153 meters
Links

Public license information

* Public Radio Public file
* KSTX: 65334
KPAC: 65335
KTXI: 77699
KTPR: 172898
KTPD: 173346
KCTI: 24564
KVHL: 173366 LMS

Webcast| Listen live
Website| tpr.org

Texas Public Radio, or TPR is the on-air name for a group of public radio stations serving south central Texas \- including San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country \- and the Big Country region of West Central Texas. All are affiliated with National Public Radio.

The group consists of six stations on the lower end of the FM dial: all-news station KSTX (89.1 MHz, San Antonio), all-classical music KPAC (88.3 MHz, San Antonio), news/classical KTXI (90.1 MHz, Ingram; serving the Hill Country), all-news KTPR (89.9 MHz, Stanton; serving portions of the Big Country and the Permian Basin), all-news KVHL (91.7 MHz, Llano; serving the Highland Lakes), all-news KTPD (89.3 MHz), Del Rio); and one AM station, all-news KCTI (1450 AM, Gonzales; serving the I-10 corridor).

## History

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KPAC, the oldest station in the group, signed on for the first time on November 7, 1982, as a 24-hour classical music station. It was owned by the Classical Broadcasting Society of San Antonio. As San Antonio's growth exploded during the 1980s, many of the city's new residents wanted more choices in NPR programming. A group called San Antonio Community Radio had won a construction permit for the second public radio frequency in San Antonio in 1981, but had not been able to get on the air. To solve this problem, the Classical Broadcasting Society and San Antonio Community Radio merged in the summer of 1988 to form Texas Public Radio. The new group was able to sign on KSTX for the first time on October 3, 1988, bringing a full-time NPR station to San Antonio. Before 1988, San Antonio was the largest city in Texas, as well as one of the largest in the nation, without a clear signal from an NPR station.

However, several portions of the Hill Country were still without a clear NPR signal. To fill in this gap, KTXI was brought online on October 7, 1998, airing a mix of NPR news and classical music. Its signal covers Fredericksburg, Kerrville and other portions of the central Hill Country.

KTPR was launched on December 3, 2012, to serve the Big Country region, and in October 2013, KVHL began broadcasting to the Highland Lakes area of Texas. KTPD began broadcasting to Del Rio on May 5, 2016, and TPR began broadcasting its programming on KCTI 1450 AM in Gonzales on January 2, 2017.

In September 2020, KTPR moved its city of license and transmitter from Snyder to Stanton and upgraded its transmitter power from 19,000 watts to 100,000 watts.[citation needed]

## Local programs

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Locally produced programs include Texas Matters, The Source, Fronteras, HearSA, and a popular music program, World Music with Deirdre Saravia.

The KPAC Blog features classical music news and analysis.

The Cinema Tuesdays series is a summertime weekly film event featuring a carefully selected film each week. TPR's Nathan Cone curates the series.

Think Science is a quarterly TPR-hosted panel discussion event that focuses on developments across a wide variety of scientific fields.

Online music programming includes the Lonesome Lounge Sessions and Summer Night City, featuring local bands.

## References

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1. ^ KSTX: 65334
KPAC: 65335
KTXI: 77699
KTPR: 172898
KTPD: 173346
KCTI: 24564
KVHL: 173366 "Facility Technical Data for Texas Public Radio". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. `{{cite web}}`: Check `|url=` value (help)

## External links

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*   * Facility details for Facility ID 65334 (KSTX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KSTX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 65335 (KPAC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KPAC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 77699 (KTXI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KTXI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 172898 (KTPR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KTPR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 173346 (KTPD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KTPD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 24564 (KCTI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KCTI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 173366 (KVHL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* KVHL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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Radio stations in the San Antonio metropolitan area (Texas)

By AM frequency|

* 550
* 630
* 680
* 720
* 760
* 810
* 860
* 930
* 990
* 10002
* 1100
* 1130
* 1160
* 12001
* 1250
* 1280
* 1310
* 1350
* 1380
* 1420
* 1450
* 1460
* 1480
* 1520
* 1540
* 1580

By FM frequency|

* 88.3
* 89.1
* 89.7
* 90.1
* 90.9
* 91.3
* 91.7
* 92.1
* KCAF-FM
* KNBT
* 92.5
* 92.9
* 94.1
* 95.1
* 95.7
* 96.1
* 97.3
* 97.7
* 98.5
* 98.9
* 99.5
* 100.3
* 101.1
* 101.9
* 102.3
* 102.7
* 103.1
* 103.7
* 104.1
* 104.5
* 105.3
* 105.9
* 106.3
* 106.7
* 107.5

| LPFM|

* 96.5
* 96.9
* KPPC-LP
* KXTJ-LP
* 97.9
* 98.1
* 99.1
* 101.5

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Translators|

* 88.7
* 90.5
* 91.5
* 92.1
* 92.5
* 93.3
* 93.7
* 94.5
* 95.5
* 99.9
* 100.7
* 100.7
* 102.3
* 103.3
* 103.9
* 104.9
* 105.7
* 105.9
* 106.3
* 107.1
* 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.45 (Kerrville)
* 162.475 (Seguin)
* 162.525 (D'Hanis)
* 162.55 (San Antonio)

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 92.9-1
* 92.9-2
* 92.9-3
* 94.1-1
* 94.1-2
* 94.1-3
* 96.1-1
* 96.1-2
* 97.3-1
* 98.5-1
* 98.5-2
* 99.5-1
* 99.5-2
* 100.3-1
* 100.3-2
* 101.1-1
* 101.1-2
* 101.1-3
* 101.9-1
* 101.9-3
* 104.5-1
* 104.5-2
* 104.5-3
* 105.3-1
* 105.3-2
* 106.7-1
* 106.7-2
* 107.5-1
* 107.5-2

By call sign|

* K204DX
* K213FJ
* K218CF
* K221GF
* K223CT
* K227BH
* K229BJ
* K233DB
* K238BZ
* K260CC
* K264CJ
* K272EK
* K277CX
* K280GR
* K285EU
* K289BN
* K290BO
* K292FF
* K296GK
* K300DY
* KAHL
* KAHL-FM
* KAJA
* KAML
* KBBT
* HD2
* KBIB2
* KCAF-FM
* KCHL
* KCJV-LP
* KCTI
* KCTC-LP
* KCWM
* KCYY
* HD2
* KDRY
* KEDA
* KEPJ-LP
* KGNB
* KHJS-LP
* KISS-FM
* HD2
* KJMA
* KJXK
* KKYX
* KLEY-FM
* KLMO-FM
* KLUP
* KMFR
* KMLR-FM
* KMYO
* KNBT
* KONO
* KONO-FM
* HD2
* HD3
* KPAC
* KPPC-LP
* KQQB
* KQXT-FM
* HD3
* KRDY
* KROM
* HD2
* HD3
* KRPT
* KRTU-FM
* KSAH
* KSAH-FM
* KSAQ
* KSLR
* KSMG
* HD2
* KSTX
* KSYM-FM
* KTFM
* HD2
* HD3
* KTKR
* KTKX
* HD2
* KTMR
* KTSA
* KVBH
* HD2
* KWED
* KWMF
* KXEP-LP
* KXXM
* KXTJ-LP
* KXTN
* KYFS
* KYTY
* KZAI
* KZAR
* KZDC
* KZEP-FM
* HD2
* HD3
* KZKV
* KZLV
* WNG600
* WNG641
* WOAI1
* WWF90
* WXK67

Radio stations in South Texas
Bay City-Freeport
Corpus Christi
Eagle Pass
Kingsville-Alice-Falfurrias
Laredo
McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen
San Antonio
Victoria

Other nearby regions
Austin
Houston
Kerrville–Fredericksburg

See also
List of radio stations in Texas

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Notes
1\. Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.
2\. Daytime-only AM radio station.

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NPR member stations in Texas

High Plains Public Radio stations|

* Amarillo KJJP
* Bushland KTXP
* Dalhart KTDH
* Spearman KTOT

Marfa Public Radio stations|

* Alpine KRTP
* Marathon KDKY
* Marfa KRTS
* Odessa KXWT
* Presidio KOJP

Red River Radio stations|

* Lufkin KLDN
* Tyler KTYK

Texas Public Radio stations|

* Del Rio KTPD
* Gonzales KCTI
* Ingram KTXI
* Llano KVHL
* San Antonio (KPAC
* KSTX)
* Stanton KTPR

Texas Tech Public Media stations|

* Lubbock KTTZ
* San Angelo KNCH

Other stations|

* Abilene KACU
* Amarillo KACV
* Austin (KUT
* KUTX)
* Beaumont KVLU
* College Station (KAMU-FM
* KEOS)
* Commerce KETR
* Corpus Christi KEDT-FM
* Dallas (KERA
* KKXT)
* El Paso KTEP
* Houston KUHF
* Prairie View KPVU
* Stephenville KTRL
* Texarkana KTXK
* Tyler KVUT
* Victoria KVRT
* Waco KWBU-FM
* Wichita Falls KMCU

See also List of NPR stations

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Texas
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