High Plains Public Radio (HPPR) is a network of public radio stations serving the High Plains region of western Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, the Oklahoma Panhandle and eastern Colorado. Operated by the Kanza Society, it is headquartered on North Seventh Street in Garden City, Kansas and operates an additional studio at Arts in the Sunset in Amarillo, Texas.
History The Kanza Society was founded in 1977. The network's flagship station, KANZ (91.1 FM) in Garden City, signed on in 1980 from a studio at a converted elementary school in nearby Pierceville. Since then, HPPR has added eleven other full-power stations in Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas, as well as low-powered translators in Kansas and Texas. Most of these areas had never been previously served by an NPR station.
HPPR's coverage area is one of the largest in the NPR system. It comprises mostly rural areas and small towns; by far the largest urban center is Amarillo.
The network offers two HD Radio subchannels. HD1 is a simulcast of the analog signal's NPR/classical/jazz format. HD2 is "HPPR Connect," which provides an extended schedule of news programming. Both channels are streamed live on the Internet.
Stations Call sign Frequency City of license State Class ERP(W) Height(m (ft)) FCC info KCSE 90.7 FM Lamar Colorado A 4,000 KZNK 90.1 FM Brewster Kansas C1 90,000 KONQ 91.9 FM Dodge City Kansas A 670 KZNZ 91.5 FM Elkhart Kansas A 250 KANZ 91.1 FM Garden City Kansas C1 100,000 KZAN 91.7 FM Hays Kansas C3 7,500 KZNA 90.5 FM Hill City Kansas C1 100,000 KGUY 91.3 FM Guymon Oklahoma A 800 KJJP 105.7 FM Amarillo Texas C2 43,000 KTXP 91.5 FM Bushland Texas A 1,000 KTDH 89.3 FM Dalhart Texas A 500 KTOT 89.5 FM Spearman Texas C0 100,000
Low power translators High Plains Public Radio also has low-powered repeaters throughout western Kansas, as well as the northern panhandle of Texas.
Call sign Frequency(MHz) City of license State Class ERP(W) Height(m (ft)) FCC info Rebroadcasts K224FX 92.7 Ashland Kansas D 250 KANZ K237CN 95.3 Atwood Kansas D 250 KZNK K242AK 96.3 Liberal Kansas D 250 KANZ K242AP 96.3 St. Francis Kansas D 92 KZNK K208CL 89.5 Tribune Kansas D 250 KANZ K235AL 94.9 Amarillo Texas D 62 KTXP
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