KNPR
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| Broadcast area | Las Vegas metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 88.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | News 88.9 KNPR |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public Radio and talk |
| Subchannels | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nevada Public Radio |
| KCNV, KBGZ, KLNR, KTPH, KVNV, KWPR | |
| History | |
First air date | March 24, 1980 |
Former frequencies | 89.5 MHz (1980–2003) |
Call sign meaning | Nevada Public Radio |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 79047 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 22,000 watts |
| HAAT | 1,190 meters (3,900 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°57′55″N 115°30′02″W / 35.9652°N 115.5005°W |
| Translator | See § Translators |
| Repeater | See § Repeaters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | knpr |
KNPR (88.9 FM, "News 88.9") is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is owned by Nevada Public Radio, and it airs news and talk programming from NPR and other public radio networks. As a sister station to classical music station KCNV (89.7 FM), the two stations share studios at the Donald W. Reynolds Broadcast Center on the West Charleston campus of the College of Southern Nevada on South Torrey Pines Drive in west Las Vegas.
KNPR's transmitter is on Potosi Mountain in Blue Diamond. Programming is simulcast on a network of repeater stations and FM translators throughout Nevada. KNPR broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 subchannel carries the signal of KCNV and its HD3 subchannel carries jazz and other music from KUNV, owned by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and broadcast from its School of Journalism.