KPRC (AM)
KPRC (950 kHz) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Houston, Texas, KPRC has a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia. A Fox News Radio affiliate, KPRC broadcasts mostly conservative talk radio shows and originates Walton & Johnson and The Jesse Kelly Show. Additionally, KPRC broadcasts University of Houston sports.
| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
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| Frequency | 950 kHz |
| Branding | KPRC 950 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
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Sister stations | KBME, KODA, KQBT, KTBZ-FM, KTRH, KXYZ |
| History | |
First air date | May 9, 1925 |
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| Facility ID | 9644 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 29°48′19″N 95°16′43″W |
| Repeater(s) | 94.5 KTBZ-HD3 (Houston) |
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| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | kprcradio |
KPRC first signed on in 1925 as the radio station of the Houston Post-Dispatch. For much of its history, KPRC was a full service station featuring news, music, sports and entertainment. KPRC was also the flagship station for the Houston Astros baseball team from its 1962 founding to 1980 and again from 1990 to 1995. After decades of being a MOR music station for much of the 1970s, KPRC became a full-time news and talk station in 1977. The station was owned by the family of Houston Post-Dispatch founder William P. Hobby before being sold to Sunbelt Broadcasting, a company partially owned by future lieutenant governor Dan Patrick, in 1992. Sunbelt then sold KPRC to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in 1995.