Prairie Public Radio

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Prairie Public
Type Public radio network
Country
United States
Headquarters Fargo, North Dakota
Programming
Affiliations National Public Radio, American Public Media, Public Radio International, Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner Prairie Public Broadcasting, North Dakota State University (KDSU)
Prairie Public Television (PBS)
Key people
Bill Thomas, Director of Radio [1]
History
Launch dateFebruary 1, 1999 (February 1, 1999)
Former names
Prairie Public Radio, North Dakota Public Radio
Coverage
Availability North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, eastern Montana
Links
Webcast Listen
Website PrairiePublic.org/radio

Prairie Public's radio service is a network of ten radio frequencies in North Dakota. It is a service of Prairie Public Broadcasting based in Fargo.

Contents

Prairie Public maintains active studios in Fargo and Bismarck. It is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR) and provides NPR news and programming, local and regional news, and two distinct music formats: the News and Classical network, and the adult album alternative formatted Roots, Rock, and Jazz network.

Programming

Prairie Public produces and broadcasts Main Street, a weekday interview show hosted by Ashley Thornberg and Craig Blumenshine, [2] [3] Dakota Datebook, Into the Music with Mike Olson, Prebys on Classics, and Why?, hosted by UND philosophy professor Dr. Jack Weinstein. [4] Prairie Public is also the distributor for Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson.

Prairie Public offers news programming on weekday mornings and afternoons from its newsrooms in Bismarck and Fargo. It also airs news from NPR.

Prairie Public is a member station of National Public Radio, airing programs such as All Things Considered , and also carries programming from Public Radio International (such as The World ) and American Public Media, as well as from Public Radio Exchange (such as This American Life).

Prairie Public's radio network offers two programming services. The primary News and Classical network originating from KCND in Bismarck is carried on most stations, and split into eastern and western schedules. The adult album alternative formatted Roots, Rock, and Jazz network originating from KFJM in Grand Forks has gradually expanded its programming to additional stations since its launch in 2002. KDSU in Fargo carries a combination of both networks, airing Roots, Rock and Jazz programming when the rest of the main network airs classical music.

News and Classical network

Most news and classical programming is produced at the Bismarck studio. Prairie Public Bismarck.jpg
Most news and classical programming is produced at the Bismarck studio.

The primary network of Prairie Public airs classical music, news, talk, and weekend specialty shows, including jazz.

Roots, Rock, and Jazz network

KFJM originates Prairie Public's second music format, a mixture of adult album alternative, blues, folk, and jazz. The network is rebroadcast full-time on KPPR Williston and the HD-2 channel of Prairie Public's other full-power News and Classical stations. KDSU of Fargo broadcasts the network midday weekdays and overnights. [5]

Stations

Prairie Public has 10 full power stations and 5 low-power translators broadcasting across North Dakota, northwest Minnesota, and eastern Montana.

News and Classical stations

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
KCND 90.5 FM Bismarck, North Dakota 5331750000371  m (1,217  ft)C1 46°35′22.8″N100°48′3.5″W / 46.589667°N 100.800972°W / 46.589667; -100.800972 (KCND) LMS
KPPD91.7 FM Devils Lake, North Dakota 16589124000214.3 m (703 ft)C2 48°3′47.8″N99°20′10.2″W / 48.063278°N 99.336167°W / 48.063278; -99.336167 (KPPD) LMS
KDPR89.9 FM Dickinson, North Dakota 5332612500150 m (492 ft)C2 46°43′34″N102°54′57.6″W / 46.72611°N 102.916000°W / 46.72611; -102.916000 (KDPR) LMS
KDSU 91.9 FM Fargo, North Dakota 49213100000302 m (991 ft)C 47°0′47.9″N97°11′38.3″W / 47.013306°N 97.193972°W / 47.013306; -97.193972 (KDSU) LMS
KUND-FM 89.3 FM Grand Forks, North Dakota 691275000089 m (292 ft)C2 48°11′39.7″N97°11′29.7″W / 48.194361°N 97.191583°W / 48.194361; -97.191583 (KUND-FM) LMS
KPRJ91.5 FM Jamestown, North Dakota 5331418500108 m (354 ft)B1 46°46′35.9″N98°31′21.3″W / 46.776639°N 98.522583°W / 46.776639; -98.522583 (KPRJ) LMS
KMPR88.9 FM Minot, North Dakota 5331950000283 m (928 ft)C1 48°3′3″N101°23′25.6″W / 48.05083°N 101.390444°W / 48.05083; -101.390444 (KMPR) LMS
KPPW88.7 FM Williston, North Dakota 17436350000237.4 m (779 ft)C1 48°8′30.1″N103°53′35.7″W / 48.141694°N 103.893250°W / 48.141694; -103.893250 (KPPW) LMS
Broadcast translators for KDPR
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
K218FO91.5 FM Beach, North Dakota 533411932  m (105  ft)D 46°54′33″N104°0′25.7″W / 46.90917°N 104.007139°W / 46.90917; -104.007139 (K218FO) LMS
K220FJ91.9 FM Bowman, North Dakota 90955824 m (79 ft)D 46°11′6″N103°23′38.7″W / 46.18500°N 103.394083°W / 46.18500; -103.394083 (K220FJ) LMS
K220FG91.9 FM Hettinger, North Dakota 53338936 m (118 ft)D 46°0′9″N102°37′51.6″W / 46.00250°N 102.631000°W / 46.00250; -102.631000 (K220FG) LMS
Broadcast translator for KPPW
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
K220FE91.9 FM Plentywood, Montana 533378−27  m (−89  ft)D 48°46′23.1″N104°33′36.8″W / 48.773083°N 104.560222°W / 48.773083; -104.560222 (K220FE) LMS

Roots, Rock and Jazz stations

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
KFJM 90.7 FM Grand Forks, North Dakota 69406400034  m (112  ft)A 47°54′16.9″N97°6′54.2″W / 47.904694°N 97.115056°W / 47.904694; -97.115056 (KFJM) LMS
KPPR89.5 FM Williston, North Dakota 5332710500150 m (492 ft)C3 48°8′30.1″N103°53′35.7″W / 48.141694°N 103.893250°W / 48.141694; -103.893250 (KPPR) LMS

HD Radio

Prairie Public's full power stations broadcast HD Radio signals, adding full-digital simulcasts of their analog channel, plus the Roots, Rock, and Jazz network on subchannel "HD-2" of the News and Classical stations.

Cable systems

Shaw Cable's Winnipeg system carried Prairie Public's News and Classical service at 107.9 FM (via KUND-FM), until Shaw discontinued FM distribution in 2012. [6]

Prairie Public's News and Classical network is carried on MTS Ultimate TV across Manitoba, on channel 733. [7]

History

Prairie Public was established on February 1, 1999 as the North Dakota Public Radio network. It consisted of three partners — Prairie Public Broadcasting, the North Dakota State University, and the University of North Dakota [8] — with the goal of providing a full public radio service to all of North Dakota.

At the time of North Dakota Public Radio's formation, the University of North Dakota operated three stations in Grand Forks: KUND (AM), KUND-FM (89.3 FM) which dated to 1976, and KFJM (90.7 FM) which started in 1995. KUND (AM) had been established, as KFJM, in 1923 as one of the first college radio stations in the United States. It left the network after it was sold in 2004. North Dakota State University's station, KDSU (91.9 FM) in Fargo dated to 1966. These stations were early members of NPR, but this left western North Dakota without public radio. Prairie Public Television had broadened its mission to include radio in the late 1970s, and in 1981 KCND in Bismarck signed on as the first public radio station in the western part of the state, under the on-air name of Prairie Public Radio. Between 1981 and 1993, four more stations signed on.

On September 26, 2006, North Dakota Public Radio was renamed Prairie Public, chosen to achieve brand consistency with Prairie Public Broadcasting's television and other operations. [9]

In 2009, KPPD signed on as a full-power station for the Devils Lake region, and HD Radio was rolled out to all Prairie Public full-power stations. In 2012, KPPW signed on as the new full-power News and Classical network station for Williston, with KPPR moving to the Roots, Rock, and Jazz network. [10]

In September 2018, KFJM and KUND-FM were sold by the University of North Dakota to Prairie Public Broadcasting. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "About Prairie Radio: Executive Staff and Board". www.prairiepublic.org.
  2. ↑ "Prairie Public Pressroom". www.prairiepublic.org. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Main Street". news.prairiepublic.org. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday life". news.prairiepublic.org. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Non-Commercial Radio Stations". www.gumbopages.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  6. ↑ "FM Discontinuation". Shaw.ca. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  7. ↑ MTS Ultimate TV Quick Guide (November 2016)
  8. ↑ "Community Advisory Board Profile: North Dakota Public Radio (srg.org)
  9. ↑ "Prairie Public Broadcasting » 2000s". www.prairiepublic.org. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Kinney, Jim (2023-08-30). "New England Public Media will move classical music off main stations, focusing on news and talk". masslive. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  11. ↑ "Station Sales Week Of 9/14: UND Exits Radio" by Lance Venta, September 14, 2018 (radioinsight.com)
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