Pilgrim Radio
Christian radio network in Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, and California
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.
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