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Pilgrim Radio

Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, California
Headquarters	Carson City, Nevada
Branding	Pilgrim Radio
Ownership
Owner	Western Inspirational Broadcasters, Inc.
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.pilgrimradio.com

Pilgrim Radio is a network of radio stations broadcasting a Christian radio format. Pilgrim Radio's programming includes interviews with Christian leaders, discussion of current events/issues, news, a book-reading program, and teaching messages, along with Christian contemporary music. Pilgrim Radio is listener-supported and commercial-free.

The network is owned and operated by Western Inspirational Broadcasters, Inc., a 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organization.

History

Western Inspirational Broadcasters was incorporated in 1962 to construct a new religious radio station. In 1969, land was acquired on McClelland Peak near Virginia City, Nevada, for the construction of a tower. KNIS—"Nevada's Inspirational Station"—made its first broadcast on 94.7 MHz on November 25, 1970. The original studios were in a trailer.

In 1988, Western Inspirational obtained a construction permit for the non-commercial 91.3 MHz frequency in Carson City. It sold the existing 94.7 facility, which could be converted to commercial authorization, to Sapphire Broadcasting of Washington, D.C., The KNIS call letters moved to 91.3 when the frequency change occurred in October 1989; the 94.7 frequency returned as a commercial station, KRWR, in June 1990.

After previously growing with the installation of translators, the network added a new high-power station with KCSP-FM 106.9 in Casper, Wyoming, in 1990. Like in Carson City, Western Inspirational sold the commercial station and moved to a non-commercial frequency at 90.3 MHz in order to feed more translators.

Stations

In addition to streaming its programming at pilgrimradio.com, the signal is broadcast over-the-air on KNIS in Carson City, Nevada; KNVQ in Elko, Nevada; KDOX in Big Pine, California; KCSP-FM in Casper, Wyoming; KDNR in Cheyenne, Wyoming; KTME in Reliance, Wyoming; KPMD in Evanston, Wyoming; KMJB in Lander–Riverton, Wyoming; and KLMT in Billings, Montana. Its signal is also extended by a network of 28 FM translators in Nevada, California, and Wyoming.

Notes:

1. This frequency is no longer in the Reno market. In 1990, its new owner filed to move it into Sacramento, California, a process completed on January 1, 1998.
2. Flagship station
3. Previously KCWW and rebroadcast KPCW of Park City, Utah.

References

1. Ward, Peg (October 26, 1969). "You Should Know: Broadcasts Stress Christian Principles". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 13. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. White, Lona (November 26, 1972). "Religious Radio Station Overcomes Obstacles". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 3. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ DeChick, Joe (July 27, 1985). "Audience picks up on religious station's signals". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. pp. 1D, 2D. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Ward, Peg (September 27, 1970). "Religious Radio Station Awaits Federal OK". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. p. 6. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. DeChick, Joe (September 1, 1989). "Pam Everett quits KOH to seek degree in criminal justice". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. pp. 1D, 5D. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Today's Best Bets". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 21, 1989. p. 1D. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "KWNZ still No. 1 radio station". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. July 10, 1990. p. 2E. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Gammon's Sacramento Move-In Surfaces At FCC". Radio & Records. July 27, 1990. pp. 8, 14. ProQuest 1017221094.
9. Vierria, Dan (December 9, 1997). "Get ready to reprogram your preset buttons for FM favorites". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. C5. Retrieved August 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Morton, Tom (September 1, 1992). "KFNB-TV on the blink; KCSP-FM's commercial frequency on the block". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. p. A3. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Stations Pilgrim Radio. Accessed November 1, 2018
12. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010. 2010.
13. Parkinson, Patrick (July 14, 2008). "KPCW looks to expand". The Park Record.

External links

• Pilgrim Radio's website
• Pilgrim Radio's webcast

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