| Network Name: | Pilgrim Radio |
| Country: | United States |
| Network Type: | Radio network |
| Broadcast Area: | Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, California |
| Branding: | Pilgrim Radio |
| Owner: | Western Inspirational Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Headquarters: | Carson City, Nevada |
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.
See also: KKDO. 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.[1] KNIS—"Nevada's Inspirational Station"[2] —made its first broadcast on 94.7 MHz on November 25, 1970.[3] The original studios were in a trailer.[4]
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.,[5] The KNIS call letters moved to 91.3 when the frequency change occurred in October 1989;[6] the 94.7 frequency returned as a commercial station, KRWR, in June 1990.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
| First air date | data-sort-type="number" | Facility ID | Class | data-sort-type="number" | ERP (W) | data-sort-type="number" | Height (m (ft)) | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDOX | 91.3 FM | 173521 | B | 660 V 165 H | 925.7m (3,037.1feet) | 37.4116°N -118.1862°W | ||||||
| KLMT | 89.3 FM | [10] | 89849 | A | 980 V 350 H | 161m (528feet) | 45.7637°N -108.4557°W | |||||
| KNIS | 91.3 FM | 71818 | C0 | 67,000 | 660m (2,170feet) | 39.2586°N -119.7103°W | ||||||
| KNVQ | 90.7 FM | 173285 | A | 500 | 287m (942feet) | 40.8132°N -115.6999°W | ||||||
| KCSP-FM | 90.3 FM | 71810 | C | 100,000 | 593m (1,946feet) | 42.7405°N -106.3072°W | ||||||
| KPMD | 91.9 FM | 94097 | A | 215 | 457m (1,499feet) | 41.3527°N -110.9088°W | ||||||
| KMJB | 89.1 FM | 173291 | C2 | 3,000 | 406m (1,332feet) | 42.5783°N -108.7134°W | ||||||
| KTME | 89.5 FM | 176985 | A | 350 | 342.4m (1,123.4feet) | 41.4964°N -109.3455°W | ||||||
| KDNR | 88.7 FM | 84104 | A | 500 | 129m (423feet) | 41.1006°N -105.025°W |
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