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radio station owned by Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. KTRL broadcasts to a 10–county area of the Cross Timbers just southwest of Fort Worth, Texas. Its signal covers a population of about 200,000. The station is partnered with Texas A&M's KAMU-FM 90.9 FM, bringing a mix of public radio and student programming to the region.
KTRL and its sister station, KXTR-LP 100.7 FM, are operated by Tarleton State students under the supervision of a full-time instructor and manager. The radio studio, studios and offices are in the Mathematics Building on the Tarleton campus. Tarleton State is one of three universities in Texas to own and operate two radio stations, the other institutions being Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Austin.
Programming
KTRL's schedule includes programming from National Public Radio and American Public Media. On weekday morning and afternoon drive time, KTRL carries ''Morning Edition'' and ''All Things Considered'', two news and information shows from NPR. Classical music is heard in late mornings and overnight.
Specialty music shows are featured in middays and evenings, including jazz, blues, folk music and world music. Nationally radio syndication, syndicated music shows on weekdays include ''Acoustic Café'', ''Folk Alley'', ''Beatles and Beyond'' and ''Undercurrents''.
On weekends, KTRL airs ''Fresh Air Weekend with Terry Gross'', ''Wait Wait Don't Tell Me'', ''Le Show with Harry Shearer'', ''Travel with Rick Steves'', ''To the Best of Our Knowledge'', ''The Moth Radio Hour'', ''Ozark Folk Center, Ozark Highlands'', ''Bluegrass Breakdown'', ''Beale Street Caravan'' and ''Sunday Baroque''.
History
KTRL first sign-on, signed on the air in 2008.
Information
from Broadcasting & Cable, Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 page D-546 The original call sign, used until 2010, was KWEV. It was originally powered at 3,800 watts.
References
External links
KTRL Official Website
NPR member stations
Texas classical music
Radio stations in Texas, TRL
Tarleton State University
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