| City of license | KSTX and KPAC: San Antonio, Texas KTXI: Ingram, Texas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country |
| Branding | Texas Public Radio |
| Slogan | Hear Yourself Think |
| Frequency | KSTX: 89.1 MHz KPAC: 88.3 MHz KTXI: 90.1 MHz |
| First air date | KPAC: November 7, 1982 KSTX: October 31, 1988 KTXI: October 7, 1998 |
| Format | KSTX: News/talk KPAC: Classical music KTXI: News/talk/classical music |
| Audience share | 2.2 (FALL 2007, RRC[1]) |
| ERP | KSTX: 100,000 watts KPAC: 100,000 watts KTXI: 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | KSTX: 200 meters KPAC: 200 meters KTXI: 138 meters |
| Class | KSTX: C1 KPAC: C1 KTXI: C2 |
| Facility ID | KSTX: 65334 KPAC: 65335 KTXI: 77699 |
| Transmitter coordinates | (KSTX) |
| Callsign meaning | KSTX: San Antonio, TeXas KPAC: Public ACcess KTXI: TeXas Ingram |
| 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 the San Antonio, Texas area. All are affiliated with National Public Radio.
The group consists of three 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) and news/classical KTXI (90.1 MHz, Ingram; serving the Texas Hill Country).
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.
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 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.
Local shows on KSTX include a weekly newsmagazine, Texas Matters, and a popular music program, World Music with Deirdre Saravia.
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