KPIR

For the airport near Pierre, South Dakota, assigned ICAO code KPIR, see Pierre Regional Airport.

KPIR
City	Granbury, Texas
Broadcast area	Granbury/Glen Rose
Branding	The Pirate
Frequency	1420 kHz
First air date	1980 as KPAR
Format	Talk
Power	500 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Pirate
Former callsigns	KPAR (1980-2002)
Owner	Jerry Reynolds (KPIR Granbury, LLC)
Website	kpir.com

KPIR (1420 AM, "The Pirate") is a news talk radio station licensed to and serving the area around Granbury, Texas. The station transmits from a three tower array in the daytime and from two towers at night with 500 Watts.

History

When the station began broadcasting, it had a country music format. The station began broadcasting in 1980 as KPAR. The station suffered financial problems and became a daytime only station in 1986. The station changed its call letters to KPIR in 2002. The station is now a 24-hour news and talk operation.

External links

KPIR official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KPIR

Radio-Locator Information on KPIR

Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex market

By AM frequency	540 570 620 660 700 730 770 820¹ 850² 870² 890 910 970 990 1040² 1080¹ 1110² 1140 1160 1190 1220 1270 1310 1340 1360 1390 1420 1440 1460 1480 1540 1570 1600 1630 1700

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 89.1 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 (Dallas) 162.525 (Corsicana) 162.525 (Mineral Wells) 162.55 (Fort Worth)

Digital radio	570 1080 1270 1700 88.5-1 89.3-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 94.1-1 94.5-1 96.3-1 96.3-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.5-1 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 103.7-1 103.7-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 105.3-3 106.1-1 106.1-2 107.1-1 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1 107.9-2

By callsign	K273BJ KAAM KAND KATH KAWA KBEC KBFB KBOC KBXD KCBI KCLE KDFT KDGE KDKR KDMX KDXX KEC55 KEC56 KEGL KEOM KERA KESN KESS-FM KEXB KFCD KFJZ² KFLC KFWR KFXR KFZO KGGR² KHFX KHKS KHSE KHVN KHYI KJKK KJON² KJRN KKDA KKDA-FM KKGM KKLF KKXT KLAK KLIF KLIF-FM KLNO KLTY KLUV KMNY KMQX KMVK KNON KNOR KNTU KPIR KPLX KPYK KRLD¹ KRLD-FM KRNB KRVA KRVF KSCS KSKY KSOC KSQX KTCK KTCK-FM KTCU-FM KTFW-FM KTNO KTXG KTXV KVCE KVIL KVTT² KWRD-FM KXEZ KXI87 KYDA KYQX KZEE KZMP KZMP-FM KZPS KZZA WBAP¹ WNG651 WRR

Defunct	KTDK-FM 104.1 The Indie-Verse

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 225 Sirius Channel 154 Nearby radio markets Abilene Brownwood Killeen–Temple Lawton Oklahoma City Paris Sherman–Denison Tyler–Longview Waco Wichita Falls See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Coordinates: 32°27′43″N 97°47′20″W / 32.46194°N 97.78889°W / 32.46194; -97.78889

On April 1, 2013 the stations assets were sold to Jerry Reynolds. Reynolds is a nationally syndicated talk show host. The Car Pro Show is broadcast on WBAP radio in DFW, and on major stations in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Antonio, Lubbock, and Phoenix.

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