| Frequency | 90.3MHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | KEDT Public Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio (classical music;news–talk) |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | South Texas Public Broadcasting System |
| KEDT | |
| History | |
First air date | March 2, 1982; 43 years ago (1982-03-02) (as KKED) |
Former call signs | KKED (1982–1993) |
Call sign meaning | "Educational Television" (derived from sister station KEDT) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61172 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | KEDT-FM: 100,000watts KVRT: 30,000 watts |
| HAAT | KEDT-FM: 244 meters (801 ft) KVRT: 100 meters (330 ft) |
| Translator(s) | KVRT: 102.1 K271CL (Victoria) |
| Repeater(s) | 90.7 KVRT (Victoria) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kedt.org |
KEDT-FM (90.3MHz) branded as "KEDT Public Radio," is anon-commercialFMpublicradio station inCorpus Christi, Texas. It is owned by The South Texas Public Broadcasting System, which also ownsPBS stationKEDT-TV. KEDT-FM airs news programming fromNPR in morning and afternoondrive time and several hours on weekends. The rest of the schedule is made up ofclassical music, withjazz and other genres on weekends. Programming issimulcast onKVRT 90.7 FM inVictoria.
KEDT-FM is aClass C1 station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts, the maximum for most stations. Thetransmitter is inPetronila, southwest of Corpus Christi.[2] KEDT-FM broadcasts usingHD Radio technology. Its HD2subchannel carries a mostlynews-talk format of spoken word shows from NPR, thePublic Radio Exchange and theBBC World Service.
The stationsigned on the air on March 2, 1982.[3] Its originalcall sign was KKED-FM. The studios were on South Padre Island Drive. Then, as now, it aired some news programs from NPR with classical and other genres of music heard the rest of the day.
In 1993, it changed its callsign to KEDT-FM to match that ofsister stationKEDT channel 16. Also in 1993, it began simulcasting on 90.7 KVRT to provide Victoria-area listeners with public radio programming. There have also been talks to launch a simulcast station in theMcAllen -Brownsville area, which has no NPRaffiliate, but those plans have not been put into place.
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