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: "Public Access" KTXI: "Texas Ingram" KTPR: Texas Public Radio KTPD: "Texas Public Radio Del Rio" KCTI: "Cradle Texas Independence" KVHL: "Voice Highland Lakes"
Technical information
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
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

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

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.