KPRI

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KPRI
Broadcast area San Diego, California
Frequency 91.3 MHz
Branding"Rez Radio 91.3"
Programming
Format Classic Hits
Affiliations Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
Owner Pala Band of Mission Indians
History
First air date
 2010
Former call signs
KUUP (2009)
KOPA (2009–2018)
Call sign meaning
Kupa Pala Rez Indians
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 173244
Class A
ERP 100 watts
HAAT −325 meters (−1,066 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°22′00″N117°04′05″W / 33.36667°N 117.06806°W / 33.36667; -117.06806
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website http://www.rezradio.fm

KPRI (91.3 FM) is a community radio station licensed to serve the community of Pala, California, United States. The station is owned by the Pala Band of Mission Indians. The station began operating under program test authority in December 2010 and received its broadcast license on February 3, 2011.

Contents

The station is branded and only referred to on-air as "Rez Radio 91.3". Rez Radio broadcasts a mixture of local public affairs programming and music for the community of Pala. The primary mission of Rez Radio is to be a contact point in case of an emergency to pass information to the listeners. The station has broadcast local softball games, Native American language lessons, and locally produced music, and other items of interest.

The station manager is John Fox, a veteran of the San Diego, and Los Angeles radio community at stations including B100, KCBQ, KEZY, KFWB, and KOLA.

History

The original push to build a radio station on the Pala Indian Reservation came about in 2007 in response to the need for better communication throughout the reservation during the wildfires (see Witch Fire) in San Diego. Pala Tribal Council leader Kilma S. Lattin approached the Tribal Council with the plan and secured funding. [2] The station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 29, 2009. [3]

The station was assigned the call sign KUUP by the Federal Communications Commission on March 30, 2009. [4] While still under construction, the station was assigned new call sign KOPA on May 6, 2009. [4] The call sign was changed to KPRI on March 23, 2018 with the initials standing for "Kupa Pala Rez Indians". Kupa is the name of the ancestral home near Warner Springs of the majority of the Pala tribe.

The station applied to the FCC for its license to cover on December 3, 2010, and the FCC accepted this application for filing on December 6, 2010. [5] This application was amended on January 12, 2011, and on February 3, 2011, the FCC issued the station its broadcast license. [5] KOPA signed on as "Pala Rez Radio 91.3" on February 3, 2011.

Initially the station featured a mix of music, talk radio, and cultural programs. Lattin hosted a talk show called "The Pala Nation" and hired John Fox as station master. [6]

Select programming and IDs, including hourly time checks are spoken in Pa'enexily, the traditional language of the Cupeños.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KPRI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Pala Band hits the airwaves with SoCal's first Indian owned station". Chicago Union Tribune. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BNPED-20071016AFG)". FCC Media Bureau. January 29, 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Call Sign History" . Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Application Search Details (BLED-20101203ABT)". FCC Media Bureau. February 3, 2011.
  6. ↑ "RezRadio reaches the world". San Diego Reader. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
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