KPRC (AM)

KPRC

Houston, Texas United States
Broadcast area	Greater Houston
Frequency	950 kHz
Branding	KPRC 950 AM
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Network	Fox News Radio
Affiliations	Houston Cougars Premiere Networks Westwood One
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°54′55″N 95°27′48″W / 29.91528°N 95.46333°W / 29.91528; -95.46333
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 commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It has a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. KPRC broadcasts mostly conservative talk radio shows and is the home base for the nationally syndicated Walton & Johnson and The Jesse Kelly Show. 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. Having been an MOR music station since the 1960s, KPRC switched to full-time news and talk in 1977. The station was owned by the family of Post-Dispatch founder William P. Hobby before being sold to Sunbelt Broadcasting, a company partially owned by future lieutenant governor Dan Patrick. Sunbelt then sold KPRC to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in 1995.