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History of Capital Public Radio
Beginning in 1970 as student-operated KERS at Sacramento State,
the organization has seen many changes over the years. In 1979,
KERS became KXPR, broadcasting classical music, jazz, news and
public affairs programming to central valley residents at 23,000
watts. In the 1980's, KXPR built a new tower, increased their
signal power to 40,000 watts, and was the #8 station out of 255
nation wide broadcasting 24 hours a day. In 1991, KXJZ signed on at
50,000 watts, broadcasting jazz, news, public affairs and
locally-produced specialty programs. Also in the 1990's, the
organization added KXSR in Groveland and KKTO in Tahoe City, and
joined all of its stations under Capital Public Radio, Inc.
After 2000, Capital Public Radio added KUOP in Stockton, KXJS in
Sutter, and KQNC in Quincy. In March of 2004, Capital Public Radio
moved in to its new state-of-the-art broadcast studios and offices
on the campus of Sacramento State. Over 300,000 listeners tune into
classical, jazz, news and public affairs programming each week on
one of Capital Public Radio's 7 stations serving California's
Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada.
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Jeff Browne operates KXPR in the
early 1980's.
The KXPR tower is hoisted into
place
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