KGOU

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KGOU
KGOU logo.png
Broadcast area Oklahoma City Metroplex
Frequency 106.3 MHz
BrandingKGOU
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

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.

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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
KOUA91.9 FM Ada Oklahoma 173673A1,50081.9 FCC
KQOU89.1 FM Clinton Oklahoma 122436C140,000193 FCC
KROU105.7 FM Spencer Oklahoma 69175A1,600194.6 FCC
KWOU88.1 FM Woodward Oklahoma 172867C123,500224.1 FCC

Translators

Broadcast translators for KGOU
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
K250AU97.9 FM Ada, Oklahoma 14159925029.9  m (98  ft)D LMS
K295BL106.9 FM Chickasha, Oklahoma 14168925028.5 m (94 ft)D LMS
K276ET103.1 FM Seminole, Oklahoma 14158025059.9 m (197 ft)D LMS
K286BZ105.1 FM Shawnee, Oklahoma 141589140117 m (384 ft)D LMS

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References

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

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