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<p>KPRS (103.3 <a href="/facts/FM_broadcasting/TpKl3FJv">FM</a>) is a <a href="/facts/Commercial_radio/mRBxKgXN">commercial</a> <a href="/facts/Radio_station/FLJVq8Ec">radio station</a> <a href="/facts/City_of_license/SPId6NJv">licensed</a> to <a href="/facts/Kansas_City%2c_Missouri/N8GxbWWR">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, owned by the Carter Broadcast Group. It airs an <a href="/facts/Urban_contemporary/J26aK3e0">urban contemporary</a> <a href="/facts/Radio_format/NB7pHp7F">radio format</a>, including <a href="/facts/Hip_hop_music/0lsHpwAD">hip-hop</a>, <a href="/facts/R%2526B/UT5v5rXb">R&B</a> and Sunday morning <a href="/facts/Urban_gospel/vcDUTvow">urban gospel</a> music. According to the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC), it has been continually owned by an <a href="/facts/African_American/pTgcAdo8">African American</a> family longer than any other radio station. The studios and offices are on Colorado Avenue, near <a href="/facts/Interstate_49_in_Missouri/wJo7DwRk">Interstate 49</a> in South Kansas City. </p><p>KPRS has an <a href="/facts/Effective_radiated_power/tjnmEd03">effective radiated power</a> (ERP) of 100,000 <a href="/facts/Watt/VK8oqRrm">watts</a>, the maximum for most American FM stations. The <a href="/facts/Transmitter/nFYghtKv">transmitter</a> is on East 63rd Street near <a href="/facts/Interstate_435/ktkfq1zW">Interstate 435</a> in South Kansas City. KPRS broadcasts using <a href="/facts/HD_Radio/XtS2tNG5">HD Radio</a> technology. <a href="/facts/Urban_oldies/s1c1Rhrf">Urban oldies</a> music is heard on its HD2 <a href="/facts/Digital_subchannel/RVvn1WrJ">subchannel</a>, which feeds 250-watt <a href="/facts/FM_translator/gXCrGt20">FM translator</a> K295CH at 106.9 MHz. </p>