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KPRT (1590AM) is anUrban Gospel music formattedradio station that broadcasts fromKansas City. It is owned by Carter Broadcast Group, owner of sister station and flagshipKPRS ("Hot 103 Jamz"). The station's studios are located in South Kansas City, and the transmitter is in the city's East Side.

KPRT began operations as KPRS in 1949. The Johnson County Broadcasting Group applied for a license for 1590 kHz on July 1, 1948. In 1949, they sought to move to 1550 kHz with 1,000 watts, but retracted the frequency change request. It would try again to change frequency & boost its power in 1951, to 1380 kHz with 1,000 watts.^[1]

Andrew "Skip" Carter began operating KPRS as the nation's first Black radio station west of theMississippi River although it was still owned by formerKansas governor, Alf Landon. KPRS/1590 debuted as a 500-watt daytimer with a playlist that consisted ofR&B andsoul. In 1951, KPRS opened its first studio at 12th and Walnut street, Kansas City, Missouri. By 1952, Carter and Ed and Psyche Pate became business partners and purchased the station for $40,000 from the Johnson County Broadcasting Corporation. They moved KPRS to a new site at 2814 East 23rd Street inKansas City.

In 1969, the Carters had controlling interest in the station. In 1971,KPRS moved its programming to the 103.3 frequency on theFM dial and becameKPRS-FM,"Hot 103 Jamz" and the 1590 frequency becameKPRT,"Gospel 1590, The Gospel Source" anurban gospel-formatted station. The studios and offices moved to theCrown Center and the Carters moved to Florida to open a new corporate headquarters. Four years later in 1975, KPRS Broadcasting Corporation, later renamed Carter Broadcasting Group, became one of the first fully automated radio stations in theMidwest. Now as KPRT, the station's playlist mostly consists of contemporarygospel music 24 hours a day.

In 2017 KPRT began rebroadcasting on FM translator K291CN.

• Official Gospel 1590 Website
• Facility details for Facility ID 9168 (KPRT) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• KPRT inNielsen Audio's AM station database
• FCC History Cards for KPRT
• Facility details for Facility ID 142032 (K291CN) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• K291CN inNielsen Audio's FM station database

• Radio stations in Kansas City, Missouri
• Gospel radio stations in the United States
• Radio stations established in 1950
• Christian radio stations in Missouri

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