Texas Public Radio

For the unlicensed FM college radio station in Stockton, CA, see K-PAC (University of the Pacific).
Texas Public Radio
Texas Public Radio is housed at the Irma & Emilio Nicolas Media Center in downtown San Antonio, Texas.
Broadcast areaSan Antonio, Texas Hill Country, West Central Texas
FrequencyKSTX: 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
BrandingTexas Public Radio
Programming
FormatKSTX, KTPR, KTPD, KCTI and KVHL: News-Talk-Information
KPAC: Classical music
KTXI: News-Talk-Classical Music
AffiliationsNational Public Radio
Ownership
OwnerTexas 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 IDKSTX: 65334
KPAC: 65335
KTXI: 77699
KTPR: 172898
KTPD: 173346
KCTI: 24564
KVHL: 173366
ClassKSTX, KPAC, and KTPR: C1
KTXI: C2
KTPD: C3
KCTI: C
KVHL: A
PowerKCTI: 1,000 watts
ERPKSTX: 72,000 watts
KPAC: 69,000 watts
KTXI: 50,000 watts
KTPR: 100,000 watts
KTPD: 25,000 watts
KVHL: 1,500 watts
HAATKSTX and KPAC: 240 meters
KTXI: 138 meters
KTPR: 200 meters
KTPD: 83 meters
KVHL: 153 meters
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitetpr.org

Texas Public Radio, or TPR is the on-air name for a group of non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio stations serving South Central Texas - including San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and the Big Country region of West Central Texas. All are members of National Public Radio.

The group consists of six stations on the lower end of the FM dial. Several stations have a format of news, talk and information: KSTX (89.1 MHz, San Antonio), KTPR (89.9 MHz, Stanton, serving portions of the Big Country and the Permian Basin); KVHL (91.7 MHz, Llano, serving the Highland Lakes); KTPD (89.3 MHz, Del Rio); and one AM station, KCTI (1450 AM, Gonzales, serving the I-10 corridor). In addition, KTXI at 90.1 MHz in Ingram, serving the Hill Country, airs a mix of classical music and news-talk-information. And all-classical KPAC is heard at 88.3 MHz in San Antonio.

Programming

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On weekdays, KSTX and other stations carrying the news-talk-information format run several national programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Here and Now and Marketplace. Two Texas-oriented shows are also heard, Think from KERA-FM Dallas and Texas Standard, produced at KUT-FM Austin. TPR also produces its own one-hour interview and call-in show, The Source, hosted by David Martin Davies. It airs Monday to Thursday at 12 noon (Central) and is repeated at 7 p.m.(Central) The BBC World Service runs overnight.

Weekends feature public radio shows on a variety of topics, including This American Life, Hidden Brain, Latino USA, Science Friday, Travel with Rick Steves, A Way with Words, On The Media, Freakonomics Radio, Radiolab, The New Yorker Radio Hour, The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Saturday evenings feature shows on World Music with Deidre Saravia and The Music Archive Showcase with Paul Ingles.

KPAC 88.3 MHz in San Antonio mostly carries programming from Classical 24, a music service from American Public Media. Weekends feature shows on classical music including From The Top, Sunday Baroque and Classical Guitar Alive. KTXI 90.1 MHz in Ingram airs news and information shows during the day, with classical music evenings and overnights.

The KPAC Blog features classical music news and analysis. Cinema Tuesdays is a summertime weekly film event featuring a selected movie each week. TPR's Nathan Cone curates the series. Think Science is a quarterly TPR-hosted panel discussion event focusing on developments in science.

History

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KPAC is the oldest station in the group. It signed on the air on November 7, 1982; 41 years ago (November 7, 1982). KPAC was a 24-hour classical music station, 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 public radio programming. A group called "San Antonio Community Radio" won a construction permit in 1981. The want to build a second public radio frequency in San Antonio but had not been able to get it 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 news and information 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 member station.

However, several portions of the Hill Country could not get a clear signal from KSTX or any NPR news and info station. To fill in this gap, KTXI began broadcasting 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 airing 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 power from 19,000 watts to 100,000 watts.[citation needed]


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)
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