KPRC (AM)

KPRC

Houston, Texas
Broadcast area	Greater Houston
Frequency	950 kHz
Branding	KPRC 950 AM
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Houston Cougars Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KBME, KODA, KQBT, KTBZ-FM, KTRH, KXYZ
History
First air date	May 9, 1925; 99 years ago (1925-05-09)
Call sign meaning	Post Radio Company K(C)otton Port Rail Center
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9644
Class	B
Power	7,000 watts day 4,300 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	29°48′19″N 95°16′43″W / 29.80528°N 95.27861°W / 29.80528; -95.27861
Repeater(s)	94.5 KTBZ-HD3 (Houston)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	kprcradio.iheart.com

KPRC (950 kHz) is a broadcast radio station in the United States licensed to Houston, Texas, KPRC has a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia. KPRC broadcasts mostly conservative talk radio shows and originates Walton & Johnson and The Jesse Kelly Show and most hours begin with Fox News Radio. Additionally, KPRC broadcasts University of Houston sports.

KPRC first signed on in 1925 as the radio station of the Houston Post-Dispatch. For much of its history, KPRC was a full service station featuring news, music, sports and entertainment. KPRC was also the flagship station for the Houston Astros baseball team from its 1962 founding to 1980 and again from 1990 to 1995. After decades of being a MOR music station for much of the 1970s, KPRC became a full-time news and talk station in 1977. The station was owned by the family of Houston Post-Dispatch founder William P. Hobby before being sold to Sunbelt Broadcasting, a company partially owned by future lieutenant governor Dan Patrick, in 1992. Sunbelt then sold KPRC to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in 1995.