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KPIR
KPIR (1420 AM, "The Pirate") is a news talk radio station licensed to and serving the area around Granbury, Texas. The station transmits from a three tower array in the daytime and from two towers at night with 500 Watts.
History.
When the station began broadcasting, it had a country music format. The station began broadcasting in 1980 as KPAR. The station suffered financial problems and became a daytime only station in 1986. The station changed its call letters to KPIR in 2002
6 to 8 p.m. Larson was a one-time news intern at KPNW.
Weekends include shows on gardening, home repair, the outdoors, beer, wine and cooking. Sunday mornings feature religious shows and Sunday evenings include Bill Cunningham. Some weekday shows are also repeated on weekends.
History.
KPNW was first licensed on May 17, 1962, under the call sign KPIR, on 1500 kHz. It transmitted with a power of 10,000 watts daytime only and used a nondirectional antenna. It moved to the