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{{short description|Public radio network in south-central Texas}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Texas Public Radio
| logo = Texas Public Radio logo 2021 (stacked).svg
| logo_alt = An outline of the state of Texas with the lower and right portion turned into a speech bubble, in purple, next to the words Texas Public Radio on three lines
| image = IrmaAndEmilioNicolasCenter TPRHQ 2023.jpg
| image_caption = Texas Public Radio is housed at the Irma & Emilio Nicolas Media Center in downtown San Antonio, Texas.
| trading_name = Texas Public Radio
| industry = [[Mass media]]
| genre = [[Public broadcasting|Public]] [[Radio broadcasting|radio]]
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| website = {{url|https://www.tpr.org|tpr.org}}
}}

'''Texas Public Radio''' ('''TPR''') is a [[public radio]] broadcaster based in [[San Antonio, Texas]], United States, providing [[NPR]] and other public radio programming to south-central and west Texas, including San Antonio, the [[Texas Hill Country]], and the [[Big Spring, Texas|Big Spring]] area. In San Antonio, TPR broadcasts two program services: [[classical music]] on '''KPAC''' (88.3&nbsp;FM) and talk and information on '''KSTX''' (89.1&nbsp;FM); most of the other stations air KSTX's lineup. TPR is funded by the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] and listener support. Its studios are located in the Irma & Emilio Nicolas Media Center in downtown San Antonio.

KPAC began broadcasting November 7, 1982, as a non-commercial, all-classical music station under the aegis of the Classical Broadcasting Society of San Antonio. Its founder, arts patron Wilford Stapp, sought to fill the void created when classical music slowly disappeared from San Antonio commercial station [[KXXM|KMFM]]. Meanwhile, attempts to bring a public radio station to San Antonio dated to the early 1970s. The construction permit for what became KSTX was issued in 1979, but construction was stymied by internal issues and difficulty receiving public support. Ultimately, the permitholders and KPAC agreed to merge, enabling KSTX to begin broadcasting NPR to San Antonio in 1988. The other stations in the TPR network were built or acquired between 1997 and 2017.

==History==
===KPAC: Filling the classical void===
Beginning in 1964, [[KXXM|KMFM 96.1]], founded by oilman Harry Pennington, had served as a commercial classical music station in the San Antonio area. After Pennington's death in 1975, his widow sold the station, which began to change to a more commercially lucrative format.<ref name="SAEN810419-Classical">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/classical-tale-radio-sa/gatypsolpfkhfinphinjjswiauzgdutl_ip-10-166-46-157_1735510366909|work=[[San Antonio Express-News]]|first=Mike|last=Greenberg|title=A classical tale of radio in S.A.|page=1-M|date=April 19, 1981}}</ref><ref name="SALi830814">{{Cite news|page=8W|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/bj-mcclain-kpac-fm-manager-adds-touch-class-work/teqyiodkxnrneyclsbeoxgbaywwpgojw_ip-10-166-46-75_1735511276153|work=[[San Antonio Light]]|date=August 14, 1983|title=B.J. McClain: KPAC-FM manager adds touch of class to work|first=Gail|last=Rosenblum}}</ref> Sensing that the sale would lead to the end of classical music on KMFM, supporters of classical music began planning for a new, non-commercial station to serve as its eventual replacement. In 1977, the Classical Broadcasting Society of San Antonio was chartered.<ref name="SALi830112">{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/art-air/gibdfnyitvlrsdhtdmgvrpjckiqshdii_ip-10-166-46-105_1735511095096|first=Dani|last=Presswood|pages=Magazine 12, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/art-air-2/vttpnqdaqpnhdvjdcdvssjgjotvbkpfk_ip-10-166-46-163_1735511147519 13], [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/art-air/chhlhmshqkrqucxozchsqefqglfijfsa_ip-10-166-46-186_1735511235505 14]|title=Art on the Air|work=San Antonio Light|date=January 12, 1983}}</ref> It took years to identify an available frequency for non-commercial use in San Antonio—90.9 MHz, at the time allocated to [[Seguin, Texas|Seguin]]—and have the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) and Mexican authorities agree to move it to San Antonio.{{r|SALi830112}} 

From a transmitter atop a ten-story office building on Nine Mile Hill, KPAC began broadcasting on November 7, 1982. It got on the air with donated equipment—including a transmitter from KMFM and the station's collection of classical records{{r|SALi830112}}—and had 2,000 members by August 1983.{{r|SALi830814}} Nearly from its start, it operated at a surplus, unusual for a listener-supported radio stations.<ref name="HouC881002">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/san-antonio-finally-tune-public-radio/mfalchjkurjjualhzusswnxhvnoalwgq_ip-10-166-46-91_1735509808416|title=San Antonio finally to tune in public radio|first=Dwight|last=Silverman|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=October 2, 1988|page=3E}}</ref>

===KSTX: NPR comes to San Antonio===
Efforts to get a public radio station for San Antonio stretched as far back as 1974. On January 21 of that year, the San Antonio Community Radio Corporation, headed by Pleas J. McNeel,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/radio-support-event-planned/urlwgspsdxgynfflcyufjcaxzinazgmb_ip-10-166-46-153_1735508353350|page=19-A|title=Radio Support Event Planned|work=San Antonio Light|date=July 10, 1974}}</ref> filed an application with the FCC for a station on 89.1&nbsp;MHz.<ref name="hc">{{Cite web|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=69779|title=History Cards for KSTX|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]}}</ref> A competing application was received soon after from the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council, the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]-based owner of [[KLRN]] (channel 9).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/educational-fm-permit-requested/wqvdijkrolmubwjnwyymvssiiaenyhsy_ip-10-166-46-85_1735508319446|page=16|title=Educational FM Permit Requested|work=San Antonio Express|date=March 5, 1974}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=Broadcasting|title=For the Record|page=103|date=March 18, 1974|id={{ProQuest|1014662363}} }}</ref> Though that group withdrew its application three months later.<ref>{{cite news|work=Broadcasting|page=72|title=For the Record|date=June 10, 1974|id={{ProQuest|1014683729}} }}</ref> a competing applicant again arose in October 1975: Yanaguana Radio Station, headed by Carlos Garcia.<ref>{{Cite news|page=60|work=Broadcasting|title=For the Record|id={{ProQuest|1014683729}}|date=October 13, 1975}}</ref> Though Yanaguana announced two months later it was joining forces with the San Antonio Community Radio bid,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/sa-will-have-public-radio/siuhhuumihxkwcyhyykydfggkavvfbrk_ip-10-166-46-165_1735508458097|first=Frank|last=Trejo|title=S.A. Will Have 'Public' Radio|date=December 12, 1975|page=2-B|work=San Antonio Light}}</ref> a formal settlement agreement between the parties was not filed with the FCC until August 1978, and the construction permit was granted October 23, 1979.{{r|hc}}

San Antonio Community Radio Corporation then won grants from the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] (CPB) and the [[National Telecommunications and Information Administration]] and began the process of seeking a studio and transmitter site. A general manager was hired in May 1980 with the intention of starting operations by the end of 1981. A broadly defined "bilingual" format was selected.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/utting-what-you-want-your-ear-long-last-public-radio-coming-fine-tuning-needs-check/zxgpdmxzvwaaqkocfkssppvvxhfimghc_ip-10-166-46-136_1735508717911|pages=1B, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/public-radio/tmxpjiqzmhnaftzrvzxtqajtsmgaedpi_ip-10-166-46-110_1735508803472 2B]|work=San Antonio Express-News|first=Mike|last=Greenberg|title=Putting what you want in your ear: At long last, public radio is coming, but the fine tuning needs a check|date=August 17, 1980}}</ref> After the call sign KAZZ was denied by the FCC at the petition of FM station [[KCYY|KZZY]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/new-not-key/zpqhpmenivkqnoxfattjykrrdalzuinp_ip-10-166-46-186_1735508844637|title= 'New' Not the Key|page=14-A|work=San Antonio Light|date=October 2, 1980|first=Bob|last=Stewart}}</ref> the station took the call sign KURU in January 1981.{{r|hc}} It secured studio space in a building owned by the San Antonio Museum Association on Jones Avenue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/sas-public-radio-station-finds-home/lvhvljgwczbczznujjzspsqqgpwjyaug_ip-10-166-46-72_1735508903948|page=7-D|first=Leona|last=Pappas|title=S.A.'s public radio station finds home|work=San Antonio Express|date=March 16, 1981}}</ref>

The museum space deal, like virtually all the effort expended at this stage into putting KURU together, never went anywhere. The cobbled-together leadership had competing priorities for programming. Transmitter site negotiations failed; the heavy antenna needed for broadcasting a Class C, 100,000-watt signal limited options, and the [[Tower of the Americas]] was already full, forcing the station to contemplate building its own tower and finding a site in rapidly growing San Antonio.<ref name="SAEN810419">{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/will-radio-go-public/bqsthnapzbkbszjwwdapylgqplbyckku_ip-10-166-46-89_1735510251046|first=Bill|last=Minutaglio|work=San Antonio Express-News|title=Will radio go public?|pages=1-M, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/radio/pmjwigekzdglefzgyqteafcqcnopibzb_ip-10-166-46-186_1735510587389 8-M]|date=April 19, 1981}}</ref> KURU managed to secure receiver equipment and lost it to the museum association in a payment dispute.{{r|HouC881002}} In late 1983, the board ceased fundraising operations. Former board chair Frances Hill told the ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'' that fundraising failed to occur "because the board got involved in personalities and other things instead of doing the job it was supposed to do".<ref name="SAEN840325">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/new-wavelength-citys-public-radio/ltysabexccyaojduqfjavleaffxtinhz_ip-10-166-46-107_1735509051194|date=March 25, 1984|work=San Antonio Express-News|first=David Anthony|last=Richelieu|page=4-N|title=New wavelength for city's public radio}}</ref>

In March 1984, San Antonio Community Radio experienced turnover on its board as San Francisco–based Western Community Bilingual Inc. (WCB) obtained control, filling 11 of the board's 21 seats.{{r|SAEN840325}} That September, the push to bring NPR to San Antonio was relaunched, with a new call sign, KSTX (for San Antonio, Texas<ref name="SALi840915">{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/financial-support-community-backing-are-vital-if-sa-will-get-national-public-radio/wmgxihyvbzohtvehvzhbhyaauwgkgbft_ip-10-166-46-151_1735509154351|first=Alissa|last=Schramm|title=Financial support, community backing are vital if S.A. will get National Public Radio|work=San Antonio Light|date=September 15, 1984|page=F6}}</ref>), and a new board chair: Mary Alice Cisneros, wife of San Antonio mayor [[Henry Cisneros]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/first-public-radio-station-near/tyiqueoawxcubbmyuenwzgtmfiuqdowg_ip-10-166-46-136_1735508977214|page=7-H|work=San Antonio Express|title=First public radio station near|date=September 12, 1984}}</ref> As in the KURU era, the proposed KSTX would be a bilingual station.{{r|SALi840915}} This effort, too, stalled out amid a mix of technical and economic struggles. A San Antonio TV station objected to the proposed technical facility, a deal for tower space was scuttled by the sale of the station that owned the tower, and a deal the station had for space in a new San Antonio skyscraper fell apart when the building's owner went bankrupt. Funds that had been raised were diverted to paying for lawyers and engineers, all as a new round of grants and the construction permit were set to expire, and San Antonio remained the largest city in the nation without NPR.{{r|HouC881002}}

===Texas Public Radio: Two stations for San Antonio===
The complications that had emerged in putting KSTX on the air attracted the attention of leadership at KPAC. Henry Muñoz III, the incoming president of the KPAC governing board, had heard of the problems snarling the second station effort and made a merger proposal to KSTX's board. KPAC applied for and won a grant from the CPB, which they unexpectedly received. Heading off concerns about keeping KPAC a classical station, the organizations merged and, with FCC approval, were able to own two non-commercial stations in the same area. To manage the combined operation, KPAC and KSTX hired Joe Gwathmey, a [[Brownwood, Texas|Brownwood]] native who had spent 16 years working at NPR in Washington, D.C., but prior to that worked at [[KUT]] in Austin.{{r|HouC881002}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/national-public-radio-possible-end-year/acainccdnhdalyjheffdhklrxoitzjgj_ip-10-166-46-89_1735509538772|page=F6|first=Oscar|last=Garza|title=KPAC-FM names general manager|work=San Antonio Light|date=March 1, 1988}}</ref> KSTX met a construction deadline and began broadcasting a test signal on July 29, 1988: it simulcast KPAC from midnight to 5 a.m. and then aired ''[[Morning Edition]]'' before going off the air again.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/national-public-radio-steps-closer-reality/pcvjieovpokfgbzlgwdhddsmppfjhopn_ip-10-166-46-85_1735509713893|title=National Public Radio steps closer to reality|page=2-G|first=Isabel|last=Valle|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=July 30, 1988}}</ref> KSTX began full program service on October 3, 1988.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/word-kstxtasy/bdtqubllhuduvukcdzqciwygjaekchbv_ip-10-166-46-74_1735510104077|page=1-H|title=The word is KSTXtasy|work=San Antonio Express-News|first=Mike|last=Greenberg|date=October 9, 1988}}</ref> From the start, it was primarily a news and information station with weekend music programming.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/local-radio-enters-new-era-monday/prexwyadhlfpfrtmiwrjwwwxjrudvhsf_ip-10-166-46-74_1735510158796|page=K1|title=Local radio enters new era on Monday|first=Oscar|last=Garza|work=San Antonio Light|date=October 2, 1988}}</ref>

In 1991, Texas Public Radio obtained a construction permit for a new facility for KPAC, broadcasting with 100,000 watts instead of 3,000 at 88.3 MHz.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Classical station KPAC to expand into a powerhouse|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=November 26, 1991|page=11A|first=Mike|last=Greenberg}}</ref> The new facility was activated on March 16, 1992.<ref>{{cite news|title=Powerhouse pianists marks KPAC's rise to 100,000 watts|first=Mike|last=Greenberg|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=March 16, 1992|page=14A}}</ref> The 90.9 facility was sold for $75,000 to the [[Bible Broadcasting Network]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Transactions|work=Radio & Records|page=8|id={{ProQuest|1017241038}} |date=August 16, 1991}}</ref> and became BBN station KYFS on April 8, 1992.<ref>{{cite news|page=TVnow 30|title=New gospel station, KYFS-FM, optimistic|first=Wiley|last=Alexander|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/new-gospel-station-kyfs-fm-optimistic/xlncmtqcvpfjinjfoyqfitujnjfengij_ip-10-166-46-144_1735511819363|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=June 7, 1992}}</ref>

===Expansion beyond San Antonio===
Some areas of the Hill Country could not get a clear signal from KSTX or any NPR news and information station. In 1997, Hill Country Friends of Texas Public Radio was formed to support the expansion of TPR to the area.<ref name="Aust980620">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-public-radio-s/161829564/|date=June 20, 1998|page=B7|title=Public radio set to debut in Hill Country|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|location=Austin, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat --> KTXI began broadcasting on October 8, 1998, airing a mix of NPR news from KSTX and classical music from KPAC. Its signal covers [[Fredericksburg, Texas|Fredericksburg]], [[Kerrville, Texas|Kerrville]], and other portions of the central Hill Country.<ref>{{Cite news|page=7G|work=San Antonio Express-News|title=Hill Country gets new public radio station|date=October 9, 1998|first=Jeanne|last=Jakle}}</ref> TPR made two other expansion attempts that failed to pan out. In 2009, a group in the [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|Rio Grande Valley]] that would have partnered with TPR was unable to obtain a station to start broadcasting there.<ref name="Moni091102">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-monitor-group-loses-bid-for-local-st/161846120/|date=November 2, 2009|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-monitor-radio/161846228/ 8B]|first=Steve|last=Clark|agency=The Brownsville Herald|title=Group loses bid for local station|newspaper=The Monitor|location=McAllen, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --> Two years later, TPR's bid to buy [[KXWT|KOCV-FM]] in [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]] from [[Odessa College]] was bypassed in favor of an offer from [[Marfa Public Radio]].<ref name="Odes110223">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-odessa-american-marfa-public-radio-w/161846331/|date=February 23, 2011|page=6B|first=Geoff|last=Folsom|title=Marfa Public Radio wins KOCV bid: Smaller operator beats out broadcasters from San Antonio and|newspaper=The Odessa American|location=Odessa, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed -->

KTPR was launched on January 20, 2013, 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 September 28, 2016. KTPR was upgraded in 2020 to increase coverage in the [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tpr.org/about-us|title=About Us|publisher=Texas Public Radio}}</ref>

===Alameda Theater relocation===
Joyce Slocum, a former NPR administrator, became the third leader in the history of Texas Public Radio in January 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Dru|last=Sefton|work=Current|title=Texas Public Radio selects NPR's Slocum to lead station|url=https://current.org/2013/11/texas-public-radio-selects-nprs-slocum-to-lead-station/|date=November 21, 2013}}</ref>

In 2016, TPR became part of the restoration project for San Antonio's historic Alameda Theater, a one-time Mexican-American movie house and entertainment venue, by agreeing to build a new headquarters behind it.{{r|SARe190106}}<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=Brian |last2=Martinez |first2=Norma |work=Texas Public Radio |date=2021-03-31 |title=Alameda Theater Renovations Delayed As Pandemic Chokes Fundraising Campaign |url=https://www.tpr.org/business/2021-03-31/alameda-theater-renovations-delayed-as-pandemic-chokes-fundraising-campaign |access-date=2024-12-30 |language=en}}</ref> The station had been headquartered in a building on Datapoint Drive.<ref name="SARe190106">{{Cite news |last=Biediger |first=Shari |date=2019-01-06 |title=Univision Founder's Son Makes Major Gift for TPR's Alameda Headquarters |url=https://sanantonioreport.org/univision-founders-son-makes-major-gift-for-tprs-alameda-headquarters/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |work=San Antonio Report |language=en-US}}</ref> The facilities were named for Emilio Nicolas, founder of [[KWEX-DT|KWEX-TV]] and what became [[Univision]], and his wife Irma after Emilio's son Guillermo made a gift to TPR.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Emilio-Nicolas-dead-at-88-gave-Spanish-language-14517690.php|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=October 12, 2019|first=Richard A.|last=Marini|title=Emilio Nicolas is dead at 88; gave Spanish-language media a voice in San Antonio and the nation}}</ref> TPR made the move to the new site in February 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sanantonioreport.org/alameda-theater-restoration-project/|work=San Antonio Report|title=Alameda intermission: Conservancy pauses restoration project|first=Shari|last=Biediger|date=March 30, 2021}}</ref>

After a decade leading Texas Public Radio, Slocum died in March 2024 of complications from colon cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://current.org/2024/03/joyce-slocum-ceo-of-texas-public-radio-dies-at-66/|date=March 4, 2024|title=Joyce Slocum, CEO of Texas Public Radio, dies at 66|first=Tyler|last=Falk|work=Current}}</ref> Less than a month after the naming of her replacement, Ashley Alvarado, TPR employees announced their intention to unionize with [[SAG-AFTRA]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://current.org/2024/11/texas-public-radio-employees-seek-to-unionize-amid-leadership-transition/|title=Texas Public Radio employees seek to unionize amid leadership transition|work=Current|date=November 12, 2024|first=Tyler|last=Falk}}</ref>

==Funding==
In fiscal year 2022, TPR had total revenue of $6.011 million. The [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] provided a $467,000 Community Service Grant to the station. The organization had 10,224 members, who donated $2.067 million, and received $1.04 million in gifts and bequests from 261 major individual donors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/0f/b8/c7e551384d6aa4cf6098d9085df9/cpb-annual-financial-report-fy-2022.pdf|title=Annual Financial Report (FY 2022)|publisher=Texas Public Radio|date=2022}}</ref>

==Programming==
===News/talk===
KSTX and other stations carrying the news-talk-information format run several national programs on weekdays, including ''[[Morning Edition]]'', ''[[All Things Considered]]'', ''[[Fresh Air]]'', ''[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here and Now]]'', and ''[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]''. TPR also co-produces and airs the regional program ''Texas Standard'', originating in Austin alongside [[KUT]] in Austin, [[KERA (FM)|KERA]] in Dallas, and [[KUHF|Houston Public Media]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://current.org/2015/01/kut-preps-ambitious-newsmag-texas-standard/|work=Current|date=January 27, 2015|title=KUT preps ambitious newsmag 'Texas Standard'|first=Tyler|last=Falk}}</ref> TPR produces its own daily one-hour interview and call-in show, ''The Source'', hosted by David Martin Davies. The [[BBC World Service]] runs overnight. On weekends, the station airs a range of specialty talk shows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tpr.org/kstx-89-1-fm-san-antonio#weekly-schedule|title=Weekly Schedule, KSTX 89.1 FM - San Antonio|publisher=Texas Public Radio}}</ref>

KPAC airs classical music, primarily from [[American Public Media]]'s [[Classical 24]] service, as well as a local afternoon show, ''Classical Connection'', and specialty programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tpr.org/kpac-88-3-fm-san-antonio#weekly-schedule|title=Weekly Schedule, KPAC 88.3 FM - San Antonio|publisher=Texas Public Radio}}</ref> KPAC has used Classical 24 since 2013, when it dismissed its five local weekday and weekend hosts to save money and bolster the more popular KSTX.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jakle |first=Jeanne |date=2013-08-08 |title=Classical KPAC cuts S.A. announcers |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/classical-kpac-cuts-s-a-announcers-4718015.php |access-date=2024-12-30 |work=San Antonio Express-News |language=en}}</ref>

== Transmitters ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Transmitters for TPR News
! scope="col" | [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]
! scope="col" | [[City of license]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Facility ID|FID]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Nominal power|Power]]<br />(W)
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />(W)
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[HAAT]]
! scope="col" | [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! scope="col" | First air date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | FCC info
|-
! scope="row" | [[KCTI]]
| 1450 AM || [[Gonzales, TX]] || style="text-align: right;" | 24564 || style="text-align: right;" | 1,000 || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}} || C || {{dts|1947|12|17}} || {{coord|29|30|36|N|97|24|50.40|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX_source:FCC|name=KCTI}} || [https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/KCTI Public file]<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|24564|3=LMS}}
|-
! scope="row" | KSTX
| 89.1 FM || [[San Antonio, TX]] || style="text-align: right;" | 65334 || {{sdash}} || style="text-align: right;" | 72,000 || {{Convert|240|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C1 || {{start date|1988|10|03}} || {{Coord|29|31|25.8|N|98|43|26.1|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX_source:FCC|name=KSTX}}|| [https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/KSTX Public file]<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|65334|3=LMS}}
|-
! scope="row" | KTPD
| 89.3 FM || [[Del Rio, TX]] || style="text-align: right;" | 173346 || {{sdash}} || style="text-align: right;" | 25,000 || {{Convert|83|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C3 || {{start date|2016|05|05}} || {{Coord|29|24|21.8|N|100|39|42.3|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX_source:FCC|name=KTPD}}|| [https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/KTPD Public file]<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|173346|3=LMS}}
|-
! scope="row" | KTPR
| 89.9 FM || [[Stanton, TX]] || style="text-align: right;" | 172898 || {{sdash}} || style="text-align: right;" | 100,000 || {{Convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C1 || {{start date|2012|12|03}} || {{Coord|32|10|58.8|N|101|27|55.8|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX_source:FCC|name=KTPR}}|| [https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/KTPR Public file]<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|172898|3=LMS}}
|-
! scope="row" | KVHL
| 91.7 FM || [[Llano, TX]] || style="text-align: right;" | 173366 || {{sdash}} || style="text-align: right;" | 1,500 || {{Convert|153|m|ft|abbr=on}} || A || {{start date|2013|10}} || {{Coord|30|40|36.6|N|98|34|0.1|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX_source:FCC|name=KVHL}}|| [https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/KVHL Public file]<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|173366|3=LMS}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Transmitter for TPR Music
! scope="col" | [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! scope="col" | [[Frequency]]
! scope="col" | [[City of license]]
! scope="col" | [[Facility ID|FID]]
! scope="col" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />(W)
! scope="col" | [[HAAT]]
! scope="col" | [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! scope="col" | First air date
! scope="col" | Transmitter coordinates
! scope="col" | FCC info
|-
! scope="row" | KPAC
| 88.3 FM || [[San Antonio, TX]] || style="text-align: right;" | 65335 || style="text-align: right;" | 69,000 || {{Convert|138|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C1 || {{start date|1982|11|7}}|| {{Coord|29|31|25.8|N|98|43|26.1|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX_source:FCC|name=KPAC}}|| [https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/KPAC Public file]<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|65335|3=LMS}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Transmitter for TPR News and Music
! scope="col" | [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! scope="col" | [[Frequency]]
! scope="col" | [[City of license]]
! scope="col" | [[Facility ID|FID]]
! scope="col" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />(W)
! scope="col" | [[HAAT]]
! scope="col" | [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! scope="col" | First air date
! scope="col" | Transmitter coordinates
! scope="col" | FCC info
|-
! scope="row" | KTXI
| 90.1 FM || [[Ingram, TX]] || style="text-align: right;" | 77699 || style="text-align: right;" | 50,000 || {{Convert|240|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C2 || {{start date|1998|10|8}}|| {{Coord|30|6|14.8|N|99|4|37.1|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX_source:FCC|name=KTXI}}|| [https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/KTXI Public file]<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|77699|3=LMS}}
|}

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FM station data|65334|KSTX}}
*{{FM station data|65335|KPAC}}
*{{FM station data|77699|KTXI}}
*{{FM station data|172898|KTPR}}
*{{FM station data|173346|KTPD}}
*{{AM station data|24564|KCTI}}
*{{FM station data|173366|KVHL}}

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{{NPR Texas}}

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[[Category:Texas classical music]]
[[Category:Mass media in San Antonio]]