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In 1986, Sacramento State University applied for a second radio station on 88.9 MHz. That frequency had formerly been occupied by KERS in the 1960s and KXPR in the late 1970s and early 1980s. [ 23 ] The July 1, 1991, launch of KXJZ (88.9 FM) created a second station focused on jazz and freed up more time on KXPR for classical music. [ 26 ]
The 10-watt station grew in power to 5,000 watts by the late 1960s. However, a decade later, Sacramento was still without a public radio station, and Sacramento State embarked on a campaign to transform KERS into such an outlet. On April 2, 1979, KXPR signed on at 88.9 FM airing a mix of classical music, jazz, and NPR news programming.
Capital Public Radio’s new performance space, CapRadio Live, at the corner of Eighth and J streets in downtown Sacramento is pictured on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.
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Sac State owns the license for CapRadio’s two stations — KXJZ-FM (90.9) and KXPR-FM (88.9) — and CapRadio also operates North State Public Radio, which has two stations owned by Chico State.
The following is a list of full-power non-commercial educational radio stations in the United States broadcasting programming from National Public Radio (NPR), which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, band, city of license and state.
In the Americas (defined as International Telecommunication Union (ITU) region 2), the FM broadcast band consists of 101 channels, each 200 kHz wide, in the frequency range from 87.8 to 108.0 MHz, with "center frequencies" running from 87.9 MHz to 107.9 MHz. For most purposes an FM station is associated with its center frequency.
KXPR (88.9 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station in Sacramento, California, airing a classical music format.Along with sister station KXJZ 90.9 FM, they are known as Capital Public Radio or "CapRadio."