KUNR (88.7 FM) is the flagship

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station in

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. Owned and operated by the

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, it is a typical full-service public radio outlet airing NPR news and talk. KUNR signed on in October 1963. It did not join NPR until 1981. It also serves as

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's NPR news affiliate.

Translators

The station operates a full-time satellite, KNCC in Elko, along with 12 translators across Nevada and

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. Nevada Translator's K210AK 89.9

Incline Village, NV Incline Village is a census-designated place (CDP) on the north shore of Lake Tahoe in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 8,777 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Reno− Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Until the 2 ...

K215CM 90.9 Eureka, NV K217AX 91.3

Winnemucca, NV Winnemucca () is the only incorporated city in, and is the county seat of, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 8,431, up 14.0 percent from the 2010 census figure of 7,396. Interst ...

K218AO 91.5 Hawthorne, NV K219AR 91.7

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K220BC 91.9

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K263AB 100.5 Battle Mountain, NV California Translator's K201FV 88.1

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K215BQ 90.9 Bishop, CA K220DB 91.9 Susanville, CA (Mono County) K237DA 95.3 Tom's Place, CA K248AT 97.5 Crestview, CA KUNR had a Translator on 101.5 in Crescent Valley, NV but was shutdown.

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