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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

Nature Notes

39 Pieces

Nature Notes explores the natural world of the Chihuahuan Desert.

From: Marfa Public Radio
Updated: Sep 23, 2014

There's Something Out There

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

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Coping with Aridity

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Horned lizards get water from the ants they eat., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt

Animals have adapted to surviving with little or no water during the Chihuahuan Desert's dry winter and spring. How do they do it?

Bought by KENW and KENW

Added: Dec 21, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 2

The Troubled Rio Grande

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Giant cane dominates the muddy banks of the Rio Grande in many places., Credit: Megan Wilde

Sediment is slowly choking the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas, causing more frequent floods and making it easier for invasive plants to...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 19, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Traveling Seeds

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Maple seeds can fly with their papery propellers. , Credit: Cathryn Hoyt

You might think of plants as immobile, but they've evolved diverse strategies to scatter their offspring far and wide. What are some dispersal tact...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 11, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Texas' Aspens

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Quaking aspens in Big Bend National Park, Credit: James Zech

With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint West Te...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 11, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town

From: Marfa Public Radio

The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT

Added: Nov 08, 2010
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 5

Bats in Peril: White-nose Syndrome

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: An infected little brown bat., Credit: Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation

A fungal disease has been destroying bat colonies in the northeastern United States and is now spreading south and west across the country. What is...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 05, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Return of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: A Rio Grande silvery minnow, Credit: Aimee Roberson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

These tiny fish disappeared from Texas almost fifty years ago. But today, silvery minnows swim again in the Big Bend reach of the Rio Grande. What ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 05, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Triops

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

When rain falls in the desert, these tiny crustaceans seize the day.

Bought by KENW and KENW

Added: Oct 29, 2010
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 2

Lou Reed and Ralph Gibson discuss 'Red Shirley'

From: Marfa Public Radio

Short and sweet. Legendary rocker, Lou Reed, and famed art photographer, Ralph Gibson, collaborated on the film 'Red Shirley'. It premiered at the ...

Added: May 17, 2010
Length: 14:12

The Quilts of Boquillas

From: Marfa Public Radio