Colorado Public Radio

Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is a

As of 2013, CPR had 440,000 weekly listeners, 47,000 contributing members and annual revenue of $14 million.[1] In early-March 2019, CPR acquired hyperlocal news site Denverite from Spirited Media to bolster its web news coverage for locals.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

CPR is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. Private support from listeners, corporations, foundations and partners accounts for approximately 95 percent of CPR's total budget.

The first station in what would become Colorado Public Radio,

Until 2001, CPR's format was a mix of NPR programming and classical music. However, in 1999, CPR bought Denver classical music station KVOD, a prelude to providing both a 24-hour news format and a 24-hour classical format.^[9]

In 2001, CPR attempted to purchase the University of Northern Colorado's FM station KUNC in a closed-door deal with then-UNC president Hank Brown. When the pending deal was announced to the public, KUNC immediately raised over $1,000,000 in a week of emergency fundraising as a successful counteroffer to CPR's, thus ending CPR's plans to acquire the KUNC radio network.

In 2001,

In August 2023, CPR purchased a six story 72,000-square-foot building at 777 Grant Street to house its studios, offices and auditorium. The $8.34 million used to buy the property came from a donor.[14] A few years prior CPR in December 2019 had relocated its 50 person newsroom to a 9,000 square space at 303 E. 17th Avenue.^[15]

In March 2024, CPR laid off 15 employees, none from the newsroom. The downsizing followed a period of staff increase at CPR, growing from 48 employees in 2006 to 214 in 2022.^[16]

CPR News includes a locally produced program called “Colorado Matters,” local newscasts throughout the day and national/international news from sources like NPR and the BBC. Over the years, Colorado Public Radio's newsroom has received a number of journalism awards, including RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards,^[17] Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Awards^[18] and Colorado Broadcasters Association (CBA) Awards.^[19]

In 2017, CPR produced a three-part podcast broadcast on the radio entitled The Taxman. Produced by Rachel Estabrook, Nathaniel Minor, and Ben Markus, it gives the story about the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, or

*NOTE: Italics denote low-power translator stations. Many of the listed translators are owned by county cooperatives, and may change stations or frequencies with little notice. This listing does not include KRCC and its satellites, which are owned by Colorado College and managed by CPR.

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