KGOU

KGOU is a National Public Radio member news/talk/jazz music/blues music radio station serving the Oklahoma City area, western and northwestern Oklahoma, and towns in Pontotoc, Seminole and Grady counties.^[1] It is licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. It is operated by OU's College of Continuing Education (OU Outreach), with studios in Copeland Hall on the OU campus. The staff consists of ten full-time and four part-time employees.

KGOU

Norman, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City Metroplex
Frequency	106.3 MHz
Branding	KGOU
Programming
Format	NPR News/Talk/Jazz music/Blues music
Ownership
Owner	University of Oklahoma
History
First air date	1970
Call sign meaning	OU is the abbreviation for the University of Oklahoma
Technical information
Facility ID	69369
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	88.7 meters (291 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	kgou.org

The station operates four full-power satellites: KROU (105.7 FM) in Spencer, KWOU (88.1 FM) in Woodward, KOUA (91.9 FM) in Ada, Oklahoma, and KQOU (89.1 FM) in Clinton, Oklahoma. It also operates translators K276ET (103.1 FM) in Seminole, K250AU (97.9 FM) in Ada, K295BL (106.9 FM) in Chickasha and K286BZ (105.1 FM) in Shawnee.

The Clinton facility was added in December 2017, when Cameron University transferred its license for KCCU transmitter KYCU to KGOU. The move expands KGOU's listener base to 32 counties, nearly all in central, western and east-central Oklahoma. The new call sign for the Clinton transmitter is KQOU.^[2]

History

KGOU was originally licensed as a commercial rock music station to the University of Oklahoma in 1970, broadcasting at 106.3 FM. OU applied for a non-commercial Class A license and switched the station's format to NPR news and talk on New Year's Day, 1983. The studios were originally located in Kaufman Hall on the OU campus.

The station's repeater network began more or less out of necessity. KGOU's main signal operates at 6,000 watts, which is fairly modest for a full NPR member on the FM band. This was necessary to protect what is now KTUZ-FM at nearby 106.7. As a result, KGOU's signal is spotty at best in most of Oklahoma City. To solve this problem, soon after joining NPR, OU sought a license for a repeater station that would better cover the northern suburbs. This station, KROU, officially signed on June 28, 1993. It was the first in a network of repeater stations that cover much of central and western Oklahoma.

KGOU's format is primarily news/talk on weekdays, with jazz, blues, and world music programs on weekends, broadcasting programs from NPR, PRI and other public radio networks alongside locally produced news and music programming.

KGOU renovated space in Copeland Hall on the OU campus in 2006 and moved its broadcasting studios that fall.

Repeaters

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	State	Facility ID	Class	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	FCC info
KOUA	91.9 FM	Ada	Oklahoma	173673	A	1,500	81.9	FCC
KQOU	89.1 FM	Clinton	Oklahoma	122436	C1	40,000	193	FCC
KROU	105.7 FM	Spencer	Oklahoma	69175	A	1,600	194.6	FCC
KWOU	88.1 FM	Woodward	Oklahoma	172867	C1	23,500	224.1	FCC

Translators

Broadcast translators for KGOU

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
K250AU	97.9 FM	Ada, Oklahoma	141599	250	29.9 m (98 ft)	D	LMS
K295BL	106.9 FM	Chickasha, Oklahoma	141689	250	28.5 m (94 ft)	D	LMS
K276ET	103.1 FM	Seminole, Oklahoma	141580	250	59.9 m (197 ft)	D	LMS
K286BZ	105.1 FM	Shawnee, Oklahoma	141589	140	117 m (384 ft)	D	LMS

References

1. "KGOU." Accessed December 23, 2017.
2. Pryor, Dick. "KGOU adds Clinton transmitter." KGOU. December 6, 2017. Accessed December 23, 2017.

External links

• KGOU station website
• KGOU in the FCC FM station database
• KGOU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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• KOUA in the FCC FM station database
• KOUA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• KQOU in the FCC FM station database
• KQOU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• KROU in the FCC FM station database
• KROU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• KWOU in the FCC FM station database
• KWOU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• K250AU in the FCC FM station database
• K250AU at FCCdata.org
• K276ET in the FCC FM station database
• K276ET at FCCdata.org
• K286BZ in the FCC FM station database
• K286BZ at FCCdata.org
• K295BL in the FCC FM station database
• K295BL at FCCdata.org

35°17′22″N 97°21′31″W / 35.2895°N 97.3586°W / 35.2895; -97.3586