Texas Public Radio

For the unlicensed FM college radio station in Stockton, CA, see K-PAC (University of the Pacific).
KSTX/KPAC/KTXI/KTPR/KVHL
City KSTX and KPAC: San Antonio, Texas
KTXI: Ingram, Texas
KTPR: Snyder, Texas
KVHL: Llano, Texas
Broadcast area San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country, and Snyder, Texas
Branding Texas Public Radio
Slogan Hear Yourself Think
Frequency KSTX: 89.1 MHz
KPAC: 88.3 MHz
KTXI: 90.1 MHz
KTPR: 89.9 MHz
KVHL: 91.7 MHz
First air date KPAC: November 7, 1982
KSTX: October 31, 1988
KTXI: October 7, 1998
KTPR: December 3, 2012
KVHL: October 2013
Format KSTX, KTPR and KVHL: News/talk
KPAC: Classical music
KTXI: News/talk/classical music
ERP KSTX: 72,000 watts
KPAC: 69,000 watts
KTXI: 50,000 watts
KTPR: 19,000
KVHL: 1,500 watts
HAAT KSTX: 240 meters
KPAC: 240 meters
KTXI: 138 meters
KTPR: 139 meters
Class KSTX: C1
KPAC: C1
KTXI: C2
Facility ID KSTX: 65334
KPAC: 65335
KTXI: 77699
Transmitter coordinates 29°31′25.00″N 98°43′25.00″W / 29.5236111°N 98.7236111°W / 29.5236111; -98.7236111 (KSTX)
Callsign meaning KSTX: San Antonio, TeXas
KPAC: Public ACcess
KTXI: TeXas Ingram
KTPR: Texas Public Radio
Affiliations National Public Radio
Owner Texas Public Radio
Webcast Listen Live PLS
Website http://www.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 five 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 radio|news/classical KTXI (90.1 MHz, Ingram; serving the Hill Country), all-news KTPR (89.9 MHz, Snyder; serving the Big Country), and all-news KVHL (91.7 MHz, Llano; serving the Highland Lakes).

History

KPAC, the oldest station in the group, signed on for the first time on November 7, 1982 as the first NPR station in the San Antonio area. It was owned by the Classical Broadcasting Society of San Antonio. Before 1982, 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.

Texas Public Radio logo used from late 1990s to 2008.

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 hadn't 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 31, 1988. The new station picked up all of KPAC's NPR news programming, allowing KPAC to concentrate solely on classical music.

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.

Local programs

Local shows on KSTX 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. Silver Solutions is an annual Resource Fair for seniors and their families. Sponsors and vendors are available to provide information on life enrichment, care-giving, community support services, living options, health care options, cognitive matters, planning ahead, and mobility, among others.

Views & Brews is a TPR-hosted event that discusses topics relevant to TPR listeners. Past Views & Brews topics included Microbreweries, Urban Homesteading, Placemaking, Cycling, among others.

References

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