Yellowstone Public Radio
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Yellowstone Public Radio (YPR) is a regional radio network based in Billings, Montana with transmitters covering most of Montana, as well as northern Wyoming and eastern Idaho. It is operated by Montana State University Billings. It airs a mix of programming from National Public Radio, classical music, and jazz. Its headquarters are located inside the Joseph S. Sample Studios west of the MSU Billings campus on Mabara Lane off Normal Avenue in north-central Billings.
History
The network's first station, KEMC in Billings, signed on in 1972 as a 10-watt station owned by what was then Eastern Montana College. It boosted its power to 24,500 watts in 1978. It gradually transitioned from a college radio station to a more professional operation. This culminated in 1984, when it hired a professional station manager and joined National Public Radio, becoming the state's second NPR member. Over the next decade, it boosted its signal to 100,000 watts, and built a network of translators and repeaters across Montana, and now has one of the largest geographical coverage areas in the entire NPR system. Shortly after EMC merged with the Montana State University System, KEMC rebranded itself Yellowstone Public Radio, reflecting that its coverage area spanned across most of the area around Yellowstone National Park. In the same year, its home since 1983, a three-story house west of campus, was renamed the Joseph L. Sample Studios in honor of the Montana broadcasting pioneer.
Stations and translators
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Yellowstone Public Radio is broadcast by twelve full-power stations. The network is also relayed by an additional 28 translators to widen its broadcast area.[1]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | State | Facility ID | ERP W |
Height m (ft) |
Class | Transmitter coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Rh | KYPB | 89.3 FM | Big Timber | Montana | Template:FID | 500 | 126 m (413 ft) | A | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KEMC[a] | 91.7 FM | Billings | Montana | Template:FID | 100,000 | 158 m (518 ft) | C1 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KBMC | 102.1 FM | Bozeman | Montana | Template:FID | 20,500 | 222 m (728 ft) | C2 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPC | 89.9 FM | Colstrip | Montana | Template:FID | 3,500 | 357 m (1,171 ft) | C2 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KGLZ | 89.1 FM | East Helena | Montana | Template:FID | 140 vertical only | 668 m (2,192 ft) | C3 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPH | 88.5 FM | Helena | Montana | Template:FID | 5,200 | 576 m (1,890 ft) | C1 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPX | 106.5 FM | Helena Valley Southeast | Montana | Template:FID | 1,800 | 652 m (2,139 ft) | C2 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPM | 89.9 FM | Livingston | Montana | Template:FID | 1,900 | 265 m (869 ft) | C3 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPR | 90.7 FM | Miles City | Montana | Template:FID | 500 | 153 m (502 ft) | A | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPF | 89.5 FM | Stanford/Lewistown | Montana | Template:FID | 4,000 | 576 m (1,890 ft) | C1 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPW | 88.3 FM | Wolf Point | Montana | Template:FID | 730 | 59 m (194 ft) | A | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KPRQ | 88.1 FM | Sheridan | Wyoming | Template:FID | 450 | 341 m (1,119 ft) | A | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Template:Rh | KYPZ | 96.1 FM | Fort Benton | Montana | Template:FID | 100 | 7 m (23 ft) | C1 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
Notes:
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Listening Area". YPR. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Deal Digest: Memphis Jazz Station's Survival Ensured". Inside Radio. February 27, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
External links
- Yellowstone Public Radio
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- KEMC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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