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| Broadcast area | San Antonio, Texas |
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| Frequency | 92.5MHz |
| Branding | 92.5 and 93.3 The Bull |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Classic country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KAJA,KQXT-FM,KTKR,KXXM,KZEP-FM,WOAI | |
| History | |
First air date | 1982 (1982) (as KDCI) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Progressive talk (previous format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25904 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50,000watts |
| HAAT | 150 m (492 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°55′32.00″N99°2′53.00″W / 28.9255556°N 99.0480556°W /28.9255556; -99.0480556 |
| Repeater | 104.5 KZEP-FM HD3 (San Antonio) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | thebullcountry.iheart.com |
KRPT (92.5FM) is a commercialradio station broadcasting aclassic country format. Licensed toDevine, Texas, United States, the station serves theSan Antonio area. The station is owned byiHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications).[2] The KRPT studios are located in theStone Oak neighborhood in Far North San Antonio, and the transmitter site is inPearsall.
The station firstsigned on November 17, 1982 on the 92.1 FM frequency as KDCI with amiddle of the road music format.[3] The station changed itscall sign to KTXX in June 1985,[4] and later moved to 92.5 FM.
In August 1998, KTXX-FM Inc. president Kahn Hamon sold the station toSan Antonio-basedClear Channel Communications for $1.5 million; at the time of the sale, it aired acountry music format.[5] A month later, the station changed its call letters to KSJL-FM and flipped tourban adult contemporary as asimulcast of KCHG (810 AM) which both KTXX-FM and KCHG-AM call letters would change to KSJL-FM 92.5 and KSJL-AM 810. On February 20, 2004, KSJL-FM changed its format torhythmic contemporary with the branding "Hot 92.5";[6] new call letters KHTY followed on June 9, 2004.
On March 17, 2005, the station adopted the call sign KRPT to match its newprogressive talk format. The lineup featured a program hosted by television talk show personalityJerry Springer in mornings. This format lasted only until Thanksgiving weekend, when KRPT launched an all-Texas country music format known as "92.5 The Outlaw". On April 15, 2010, KRPT switched to aconservative talk radio format, branded as "92.5 The Patriot". KRPT restored most ofKPWT's lineup which was dropped when that station flipped toclassic rock on April 1.
On September 19, 2012, KRPT added anFM translator station, K289BN (105.7 MHz), and changed formats torhythmic contemporary as "Wild 92.5/105.7". K289BN previously carried the programming ofWOAI.[7]
On February 22, 2013, KRPT changed their format toclassic country, branded as "92.5 "K-BUC".[8] The "WiLD" format continued on 105.7 and 101.9-HD3 until being replaced by aregional Mexican format as "La Preciosa" on January 20, 2014.
On June 24, 2015, KRPT began simulcasting on sister stationKZEP-FM's HD3 subchannel and translatorK227BH (93.3 FM) in San Antonio.[9]
On October 29, 2015, KRPT and K227BH/KZEP-FM-HD3 rebranded as "92.5 and 93.3 The Bull", making no changes to music ordisc jockeys. This was a preemptive action by iHeartMedia following a report that rival companyAlpha Media had a website, nearly completed, indicating that a flip ofKHHL to country as "103.1 The Bull" was imminent.[10]