Knpr 88.9 Fm

KNPR used to be the classical station mixed with NPR news. The classical station was spun off to 89.7 and 88.9 is KNPR. KNPR is now exclusively a National Public Radio affiliated radio station based in Southern Nevada which derives a portion of its operating costs from a variety of government sources (taxes) but predominantly from donations by individuals and businesses both in the local market and elsewhere. To say this should have been a clue to the staff at KNPR to keep away their obvious political bias against all things «Not Democrat» would be an overstatement. The gymnastic vitriol against all things «Not Democrat» demonstrated on a daily basis by many employees of KNPR should be sufficient to organize a boycott of this station by anyone who values a diverse society. KNPR does not even pretend to offer opposing viewpoints, having sunk so far into their groupthink xenophobia they can not apparently tolerate a challenge to their world view. Their 9am show is a parade of bigotry and anti-​AnybodyThatIsNotUs lunacy. It’s not just that the National Public Radio national feed is chock full of this same «My Way Or DIE! DIE! DIE!» pro-​Democrat intolerance (which it is), but there is no attempt made at the local level to report news or anything without a clear Liberal bias.
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I’ve been trying to visit KNPR. I wanted to find out about advertising ratesbut can never catch anybody in…

I’m a big fan of NPR radio. Love the shows like Fresh Air, All Things Considered and the political views. All very informative and well done. Great to catch up on news when driving since I don’t have time to watch TV!

Awesome station! Until prairie home companion comes on for hours at a time.

Does it mean something when what you normally listen to on the radio changes? Once I was listening to KOMP, or any classic rock (even 80’s music) then one day, I decided to flip around the dial and found KNPR. I’m now addicted to it! My faves are The Story, Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! The World, and the fantastic The Splendid Table.
The local coverage is good, State of Nevada very informative for keeping me up-​to-​date on topical, important news for me.
Sad to say, i’ve actually never listend to John Curtas so I can’t comment on his 3 minute resturaunt reviews.
Still, a worthwhile listen, and I miss it when i’m out of state.

KNPR is my favorite station in Las Vegas, providing many great Nevada-​produced shows like State of Nevada (Duh!) as well as the exceptional All Things Considered and Morning Edition for the commute.
Laughs? Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and Prairie Home Companion are a blast, and are repeated in case you missed them the first time. And that’s just a handful of things in the daytime!
This station is a gem in Vegas, and I am glad it can be heard anywhere in the Greater Las Vegas area.

It doesn’t get any better than KNPR for thoughtful and insightful information and programming. I pretty much exclusively listen to KNPR when I have the radio on (largely in my car during my commute), and the national and local programs are exceptional. Morning Edition, All Things Considered, State of Nevada (miss Dave Berns and Gwen Castaldi somewhat), Car Talk, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, John Curtas, news updates, etc…
Only program I am not a fan of is Prairie Home Companion — not sure why — just can’t get into it.
Also — I had high hopes for the radio bookmark when I got one (it is a USB keychain device that when you click its buttons during a program, it saves a bookmark of the program so you can pull it later and listen to the program) — but I cannot get it to work where it brings up a specific segment as I had hoped — small detail among all of the great things KNPR does.
Tremendous community resource, and a special one for me.

Will listen to it because it’s the only NPR outlet that I can get with my car’s stereo as I commute. I’d like to give it 1.5 stars instead of 2, but I can’t. Maybe if I can figure out how to stream other stations through webcasts I will say goodbye to KNPR. There is hardly any significant original content, except for State of Nevada, to speak of. Most of it is just programming that they purchase from NPR.

John Curtas is a pretty good food critic and I agree that he is usually right about restaurants. You can see his reviews at this website. I rate him about the same as Max Jacobsen and ahead of Heidi Knapp Rinella.

So why is someone from Maryland listening to Las Vegas’ KNPR? For one reason only: John Curtas’ «Food for Thought.» Mr. Curtas delivers three minute restaurant reviews, along with bad jokes and awful alliteration. One might describe him as quirky, but let’s be nice and call him endearing. Nevertheless, when he actually gets around to discussing the merits of a restaurant, he’s frequently right.
Podcasts of his prior shows are available at the KNPR web site.