KRTS

KRTS
City of license Marfa, Texas
Broadcast area Far West Texas
Branding Marfa Public Radio
Frequency 93.5 MHz
Format Public Radio
ERP 33,000 watts
HAAT 446 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 164217
Transmitter coordinates 30°33′50.00″N 104°09′45.00″W / 30.5638889°N 104.1625000°W / 30.5638889; -104.1625000
Callsign meaning Given to station when KRTS calls were abandoned by 92.1 FM in Houston which was once branded on air as K-ARTS
Affiliations National Public Radio
Public Radio International
Owner Marfa Public Radio Corporation
Sister stations KXWT
Webcast Listen Live
Website Marfa Public Radio

Marfa Public Radio (93.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a public radio format. Licensed to Marfa, Texas, USA, it serves the Far West Texas area.

Marfa Public Radio broadcasts at three FM frequencies in the Big Bend region: KRTS 93.5 in Marfa and Fort Davis, Texas on KRTP 93.5 FM and also in Alpine, Texas on KDKY 91.7 FM and in Marathon, Texas at 91.5 FM.

KRTS's mountaintop transmitter site in the Davis Mountains.

The station features programming from National Public Radio plus local affairs and original music programs from the Big Bend.

In 2010/2011 approximately half of its budget came from the CPB.[1]

References

  1. New York Times

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