Texas Public Radio

Infobox Radio station
name = KSTX/KPAC/KTXI


city = KSTX and KPAC: San Antonio, Texas
KTXI: Ingram, Texas
area = San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country
branding = "Texas Public Radio"
slogan = Hear Yourself Think
airdate = KPAC: November 7 1982
KSTX: October 31 1988
KTXI: October 7 1998
share = 2.2
share as of = FALL 2007
share source = RRC [cite news |publisher=Arbitron |date=Fall 2007 |title=San Antonio Market Ratings |work =Radio Research Consortium |url=http://www.rrconline.org/arbitron]
frequency = KSTX 89.1 MHz
KPAC 88.3 MHz
KTXI 90.1 MHz
format = KSTX: News/talk
KPAC: Classical music
KTXI: News/talk/classical music
erp = KSTX and KPAC: 100,000 watts
KTXI: 50,000 watts
haat = 107.0 meters
class = C1
facility_id = 65335
coordinates = coord|29|31|25.00|N| 98|43|25.00|W|region:US_type:city (KSTX)
callsign_meaning =
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owner = Texas Public Radio
licensee =
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website = http://www.tpr.org
affiliations = National Public Radio

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, 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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*FM station data|KSTX
*FM station data|KPAC
*FM station data|KTXI