CapRadio (Capital Public Radio) is the
public radio
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service of
California State University, Sacramento. It consists of two full-power stations and five repeaters, all members of
National Public Radio. It is the NPR member for
Sacramento and much of the surrounding area, including
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The group is headquartered on Folsom Boulevard on the Sacramento State campus.
Stations
KXJZ (90.9 FM) in Sacramento airs news and talk programming from NPR, as well as jazz and blues programming on weekends. KXJZ's programming is repeated on
KUOP in Stockton at 91.3 FM, KKTO in
Tahoe City at 90.5 FM, and KQNC in
Quincy at 88.1 FM. KKTO's signal also reaches
Reno and
Carson City, Nevada
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, giving much of northern Nevada a second choice for NPR programming alongside that area's flagship station,
KUNR.
KXPR (88.9 FM) in Sacramento airs mostly classical music programming, and
Opera along with blues and jazz on weeknights and Sundays. It is also Sacramento's home for ''
Live From Here'' (formerly ''
A Prairie Home Companion
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''). KXPR's programming is repeated on KXSR in
Groveland at 91.7 FM (serving the central Sierra Nevada) and KXJS in
Sutter at 88.7 FM.
History
Capital Public Radio traces its roots to KERS, a student radio station that signed on from Sacramento State in 1964. The 10-watt station grew in power to 5,000 watts by the late 1960s. However, a decade later, Sacramento was still without a public radio station, and Sacramento State embarked on a campaign to transform KERS into such an outlet. On April 2, 1979, KXPR signed on at 88.9 FM airing a mix of classical music, jazz, and NPR news programming. It originally operated at 20,000 watts. In 1984, it moved to 90.9 FM from a new, more powerful transmitter, operating at 50,000 watts. By 1985, it was the eighth most listened-to NPR station in the country.
[History page]
at archive of Capital Public Radio Website
Amid the expansion of NPR's schedule in the 1980s, Sacramento State sought and was granted a second station. That station, KXJZ, signed on in 1991 at 88.9 FM. By 1996, it had taken all NPR news programming from KXPR. The first full-power satellite, KXSR, signed on in 1992. KKTO followed in 1996, taking over from a low-powered translator that had operated from
South Lake Tahoe
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since 1985.
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In 2006, KXPR and KXJZ swapped frequencies. KXJZ moved to 90.9, while KXPR returned to 88.9.
]
References
External links
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{{NPR California
NPR member stations