Colorado Public Radio

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Colorado Public Radio
Type Public Radio Network
Country  United States
Founded 1991
Broadcast area
 Colorado
Affiliation National Public Radio
Official website
Colorado Public Radio
The Colorado Public Radio studios in Centennial, Colorado.

Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is a public radio state network based in Denver, Colorado that broadcasts three services: news, classical music and OpenAir, which plays adult album alternative music. CPR operates a 30-signal, statewide radio network accessible to 80 percent of Coloradans.[1] As of 2013, CPR had 440,000 weekly listeners, 47,000 contributing members and annual revenue of $14 million.[1]

CPR is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. Private support from listeners, corporations, foundations and partners accounts for approximately 95 percent of CPR’s total budget.

History

The first station in what would become Colorado Public Radio, KCFR (90.1 FM) in Denver, went on the air in 1970. The station was initially licensed to the University of Denver. In 1973, KCFR began carrying programming from National Public Radio (NPR), beginning with "All Things Considered." "Morning Edition" was added in 1979. More NPR programming was added the following year when the network began to distribute programming via satellite.

KCFR separated from the University of Denver in 1984, becoming a community-licensed public radio station. That same year, KPRN in Grand Junction signed on the air. In 1991, KPRN merged with KCFR, forming the new entity Colorado Public Radio. The original plan was to tailor some of the programming for Western Slope listeners, but within a few years all the KPRN volunteers and news staff were gone and it became a satellite station of KCFR.[2][3]

CPR added more satellite stations in the following years, including KPRE Vail in 1994, KCFP Pueblo in 1996 and KPRH Montrose in 1998. CPR also began adding other low-power translators, sometimes in competition with existing public radio stations. Stations in other areas not served by CPR, like KDNK in Carbondale, complained that CPR would also send out fundraising solicitation letters to KDNK listeners leaving the impression that they could thank CPR for receiving popular NPR programs like All Things Considered or Morning Edition, sometimes resulting in misdirected donations.[2]

Until 2001, CPR's format was a mix of NPR programming and classical music. However, in 1999, CPR bought Denver classical music station KVOD, a prelude to providing both a 24-hour news format and a 24-hour classical format[4]

In 2001, KCFC Boulder, KKPC Pueblo and KPRU on the Western Slope joined the CPR network. In 2004, CPR brought KVOV in Glenwood Springs on the air as part of its statewide network. In 2008, CPR’s news service moved to 90.1 FM, and 88.1 FM carried CPR’s classical service in Denver. In 2011, CPR launched the new-music station OpenAir on 1340 AM as KVOQ, and in 2015, OpenAir switched to broadcasting as KVOQ-FM on 102.3 FM in Denver/Boulder, and KVXQ on 88.3 FM in Fort Collins.

CPR News

CPR News includes a locally produced program called “Colorado Matters,” local newscasts throughout the day and national/international news from sources like NPR and the BBC. As of 2015, 13 signals broadcast CPR News throughout the state of Colorado. Over the years, Colorado Public Radio’s newsroom has received a number of journalism awards, including RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards,[5] Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Awards[6] and Colorado Broadcasters Association (CBA) Awards.[7]

Stations

*NOTE: Italics denote low-power translator stations. Many of the listed translators are owned by county cooperatives, and may change stations and/or frequencies with little notice.

Location Frequency Call sign Format
Aspen 101.5 FM K268BJ (KVOV) Classical
Boulder 1490 AM KCFC News
99.9 FM K260AL (KVOD) Classical
Carbondale 90.5 FM KVOV Classical
Colorado Springs 94.7 FM K234AJ (KCFP) Classical
Cortez 102.5 FM K273AE (KVOD) Classical
Craig 88.3 FM KPYR News
Delta 103.3 FM KPRU Classical
Denver 90.1 FM KCFR News
88.1 FM KVOD Classical
Dove Creek 88.7 FM K204DZ (KVOD) Classical
Fort Collins 88.3 FM KVXQ "OpenAir"
Glenwood Springs 100.1 FM K261AI (KVOV) Classical
Grand Junction 89.5 FM KPRN News
Gunnison 88.5 FM K203BB (KPRN) News
89.1 FM K206BE (KVOD) Classical
Meeker 91.1 FM K216BP (KPRN) News
Montrose 88.3 FM KPRH News
Ouray 91.5 FM K218BE (KPRN) News
Parachute 88.3 FM K202BI (KPRN) News
Pueblo 1230 AM KKPC News
91.9 FM KCFP Classical
Rangely 91.1 FM K216BO (KPRN) News
Old Snowmass 93.9 FM K234BJ (KVOV) Classical
Thomasville 93.7 FM K229AI (KVOV) Classical
Vail 89.9 FM KPRE News

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