Marfa Public Radio
- Call Letters: KRTS
- Frequency: 93.5
- http://www.marfapublicradio.org/
- Affiliations: NPR, APM, and PRI
- Networks: Sound Opinions Private Network, American Routes Private Network, Here's the Thing, Reveal, American Public Media, and Inside Energy
The mission of Marfa Public Radio is to unite the community of Far West Texas with a focus on art, education, quality-of-life and the local economy. The KRTS studios - the tallest in Texas - are located in rural highlands of the Chihuahuan Desert. We serve the residents in the ranchlands of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains. We can be heard beyond the Transpecos at www.marfapublicradio.org.
Series
- From: Marfa Public Radio
- Updated: Sep 23, 2014
5 Pieces
Marfa Public Radio presents a radio documentary show about the strange things that happen in everyday life.
- From: Marfa Public Radio
- Updated: Apr 14, 2014
Latest Pieces
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 04:24
- Purchases: 1
The song of a Cactus Wren is a clattering roll with quick beats without melody. The sound carries farther than other sounds and has a hollow echo t...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 04:30
There are a thousand stories about mesquite. Some people hate it and poison it with chemicals. Some people love the wood for its rich, dark hardnes...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 04:30
Tarantulas are scary looking. Many people kill them on sight, certain that the fuzzy spiders will jump onto them and bite, injecting a deadly poiso...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 04:30
Do you know how to identify plants of the Solanaceae family with their five petals?
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 03:50
The Kingbird is one of many species of Flycatcher, famous for catching their insect prey on the wing. Have you watched the kingbirds along the stre...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 04:29
Little piles of dark earthworm castings sprinkle the soil after a rain. During dry spells earthworms wait, deep in the soil, encased in a shell mad...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 04:30
In many of the supermarkets and drugstores of the southwest, many medicinal plants are sold in plastic bags with Spanish-name labels. Some of these...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 04:24
Heat and dryness are facts of existence in West Texas. Every living thing must either evade these conditions or adapt to them. Humans, through tech...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
If you’re in Trans Pecos Texas or the southern Llano Estacado you’re bound to see a javelina, more likely a whole family of javelinas. What do you ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2012
- Length: 04:30
Staff of Marfa Public Radio
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