KRPT
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KRPT is a radio station
broadcasting a talk radio
format. Licensed to Devine, Texas
, USA, the station serves the San Antonio area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications
.
Until Thanksgiving weekend 2005, it was a progressive talk station featuring Jerry Springer
in the mornings. KRPT became a talk station in March 2005 "92.5 Progessive Talk". Before then, it was Hip Hop and R&B station KHTY, "Hot 92.5" From 2003-2005. Before that from mid September 1998 to 2003 it played Urban R&B in a simulcast with KSJL-AM, the call sign was KSJL-FM. Before KSJL they were KTXX a station licensed in Devine, Texas.
From 2005 to April 2010, KRPT ran an all Texas country music format known as "92.5 The Outlaw."
On April 15, 2010 KRPT changed their format to talk, branded as "92.5 The Patriot", picking up the majority of the station's lineup from KPWT, which carried most of the programs until changing formats to classic rock
on April 1 of the same year.
Radio station
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broadcasting a talk radio
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
format. Licensed to Devine, Texas
Devine, Texas
Devine is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,140 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Devine is located at ....
, USA, the station serves the San Antonio area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
.
Until Thanksgiving weekend 2005, it was a progressive talk station featuring Jerry Springer
Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer is a British-born American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991...
in the mornings. KRPT became a talk station in March 2005 "92.5 Progessive Talk". Before then, it was Hip Hop and R&B station KHTY, "Hot 92.5" From 2003-2005. Before that from mid September 1998 to 2003 it played Urban R&B in a simulcast with KSJL-AM, the call sign was KSJL-FM. Before KSJL they were KTXX a station licensed in Devine, Texas.
From 2005 to April 2010, KRPT ran an all Texas country music format known as "92.5 The Outlaw."
On April 15, 2010 KRPT changed their format to talk, branded as "92.5 The Patriot", picking up the majority of the station's lineup from KPWT, which carried most of the programs until changing formats to classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
on April 1 of the same year.