KERA (FM)

This article is about public radio station in Dallas, Texas which began broadcasting in 1973. For the station using this name in 1946 which later became WFAA-FM, see WFAA-TV § Radio.

KERA

City	Dallas, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Branding	KERA 90.1
Slogan	Go public.
Frequency	90.1 MHz
First air date	1973 as KZAG
Format	News/Talk (Public)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	388 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	49323
Callsign meaning	New era in broadcasting
Former callsigns	KZAG (1973-1974)
Affiliations	NPR PRI American Public Media BBC World Service
Owner	North Texas Public Broadcasting
Sister stations	KERA-TV, KKXT
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.kera.org/radio/

KERA (90.1 FM) is a National Public Radio member station serving North Texas. KERA FM reaches listeners across North Texas and beyond with in-depth news programs and thoughtful conversations unique to public radio. KERA FM features two award-winning local programs: Think with host Krys Boyd and Anything You Ever Wanted To Know with host Jeff Whittington. As a member-supported public radio station, KERA FM aims to educate, inspire, enrich, inform and entertain with unique, quality programming.^[1]

Programming

KERA FM has a news and information format that includes national programs, reports and specials from the KERA newsroom and other original productions. Local programs include Think, hosted by Krys Boyd, CEO, hosted by Lee Cullum and Anything You Ever Wanted to Know hosted by Jeff Whittington. CEO also has a television version that broadcasts on KERA-TV.

KERA FM's on-air staff includes Morning Edition host Sam Baker, All Things Considered host Justin Martin, and reporters Stella Chavez, Christopher Connelly, Lauren Silverman, Jerome Weeks and Bill Zeeble.

Anything You Ever Wanted To Know live broadcasting

Anything You Ever Wanted To Know hosted by Jeff Whittington live broadcasting at the State Fair of Texas on September 30, 2016.

KERA Radio's previous ident used from 2000 until January 2016.

Signature Series

KERA News Digital Storytelling projects provide an in-depth look at the people of Texas — the crises they endure, the issues they overcome and the triumphs they achieve.

KERA's ongoing One Crisis Away series focuses a spotlight on North Texans living on the financial edge.
The Class of '17 series follows students from Dallas-Fort Worth as they start to plan the rest of their lives.

Breakthroughs is a KERA News series devoted to the latest innovations in health, science and technology.

Art&Seek

Art&Seek connects North Texans to the local arts scene through award-winning arts journalism and the biggest calendar of arts events in the region. The stories, interviews, reports and videos on Art&Seek cover the people who create art in North Texas. Thousands of events from more than 3,000 arts groups and venues can be found on the Art&Seek calendar. Launched in 2008, Art&Seek has brought unprecedented attention to the arts in North Texas through the website artandseek.org, radio reports, public events and television presentations on KERA TV. Art&Seek is also active on social media through Facebook and Twitter.

NPR

KERA is an NPR member station and carries award-winning NPR programming including Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Fresh Air.

History

KERA FM went on the air in July 1974, serving Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton with a mix of news and music programming. The station has since expanded its broadcast into Wichita Falls (88.3), Tyler (100.1), and Sherman (99.3). KERA FM switched to a news and information format in 2000, with an emphasis on the in-depth news programs and thoughtful conversations that make make public radio unique. In 2014, KERA expanded its news department, leading to a surge in local reporting. Since this expansion, hundreds of KERA stories have broadcast nationally and internationally by NPR, PRI and the BBC.

KERA 90.1 logo used from the 1980s to 2000.

Prior to the launch of KXT 91.7 FM, KERA FM aired locally produced music program 90.1 at Night hosted by Paul Slavens, which aired Sunday nights from 8:00pm until 10:00pm. The program was moved to their newly acquired sister station KXT and was renamed The Paul Slavens Show.

Since 2012, KERA has enjoyed a news partnership with NBC-owned television station KXAS-Channel 5 in Fort Worth. This is a part of a larger partnership effort between all of the NBC O&Os and nonprofit news organizations in their communities, a byproduct of the Comcast-NBCUniversal merger which took place in 2011.

The station's call letters, which are said to represent a "new era in broadcasting," are shared with Dallas public television station KERA-TV channel 13; both are owned by North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc., a non-profit corporation registered in the state of Texas. While there is cross-promotion between stations, each operates its own pledge drives.

Transmitter

KERA is based in Dallas, and the station's main transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas with translators that serve Tyler (K261CW, 100.1 FM), the Sherman/Denison area (K257EV, 99.3 FM), and Wichita Falls (K202DR, 88.3 FM). It was also rebroadcast on the Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv channel, Irving Community Television Network during its off-air times prior to 2009.

Station slogans

Radio Worth Listening To (1990s-2001)
Radio Unlimited (2001–2009)
Go Public. (2016)

References

↑ "About | KERA". www.kera.org. Retrieved 2016-10-06.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KERA

Radio-Locator information on KERA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KERA; see also listing with map and translators at Recnet
Query the FCC's FM station database for K202DR
Query the FCC's FM station database for K257EV
Query the FCC's FM station database for K261CW
KERA Radio
Listen to KERA online via Windows Media Audio and MP3 streams.
DFW Radio Archives
DFW Radio/TV History

Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex market

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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.

News/Talk radio stations in Texas

All-News	KLIF – Dallas KRLD – Dallas

News & Talk	KBRA – Freer KCOX – Jasper KCRS – Midland/Odessa KDET – Center KERA – Dallas KEXB – Dallas KFNA – Winters KFJZ – Fort Worth KFXR – Dallas KFYO – Lubbock KGKL – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KIKK – Houston KIXZ – Amarillo KJCE – Rollingwood KJDL – Lubbock KJTV – Lubbock KKSA – San Angelo KKTX – Corpus Christi KLBJ – Austin KLUP – Terrell Hills KLVI – Beaumont KMNY – Hurst KNTH – Houston KPLT – Paris KPYN – Atlanta KSEV – Tomball KSFA – Nacogdoches KSKY – Balch Springs KTBB – Tyler KTBB-FM – Troup KTEK – Alvin KTMR – Edna KTRH – Houston KTSA – San Antonio KTSM – El Paso KUHF – Houston KURV – Edinburg KUTX – Leander KVCE – Highland Park KVNN – Victoria KVOP – Plainview KWEL – Midland/Odessa KWFS – Wichita Falls KWKC – Abilene KWTX – Waco KXYL – Brownwood KXYL-FM – Coleman WBAP – Fort Worth WOAI – San Antonio WTAW – College Station

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

NPR member stations in Texas

Houston Public Radio	KUHF

Texas Public Radio	Ingram KTXI San Antonio KSTX San Antonio KPAC

High Plains Public Radio	Amarillo KJJP Bushland KTXP Spearman KTOT

Other NPR stations	Abilene KACU Austin (KUT KUTX) Beaumont KVLU College Station (KAMU-FM KEOS) Commerce KETR Corpus Christi KEDT-FM Dallas (KERA-FM KKXT) El Paso KTEP Harlingen KJJF Houston KTSU Lubbock KTTZ-FM Lufkin KLDN Marfa KRTS McAllen KHID Odessa KXWT Prairie View KPVU San Angelo KNCH Stephenville KTRL Texarkana KTXK Victoria KVRT Waco KWBU-FM Wichita Falls KMCU

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

Coordinates: 32°34′43″N 96°57′13″W / 32.5787°N 96.9536°W / 32.5787; -96.9536

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