City | Marfa, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Far West Texas |
Branding | Marfa Public Radio |
Slogan | Radio for a Wide Range |
Frequency | 93.5 MHz |
Format | Public radio |
ERP | 33,000 watts |
HAAT | 446 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 164217 |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°33′50.00″N 104°09′45.00″W / 30.5638889°N 104.1625000°W |
Callsign meaning | Given to station when KRTS calls were abandoned by 92.1 FM in Houston which was once branded on air as K-ARTS |
Affiliations |
National Public Radio Public Radio International |
Owner | Marfa Public Radio Corporation |
Sister stations | KXWT |
Webcast | Live feed |
Website | Marfa Public Radio |
KRTS, known by its on-air branding as Marfa Public Radio (93.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a public radio format. Licensed to Marfa, Texas, United States, it serves the Far West Texas area.
Marfa Public Radio broadcasts at three FM frequencies in the Big Bend region: KRTS 93.5 in Marfa and Fort Davis, Texas on KRTP 93.5 FM and also in Alpine, Texas on KDKY 91.7 FM and in Marathon, Texas at 91.5 FM.
The station features programming from National Public Radio plus local affairs and original music programs from the Big Bend.
In 2010/2011, approximately half of the station’s budget came from the CPB.
KRTS’s mountaintop transmitter site in the Davis Mountains.