KOSU

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KOSU

City	Stillwater, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City metropolitan area
Slogan	Uniquely Oklahoma
Frequency	91.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeater(s)	KOSN 107.5, Ketchum, Oklahoma KOSR 88.3, Stillwater, Oklahoma K235CG 94.9, Ponca City, Oklahoma K297AQ 107.3, Bixby, Oklahoma
First air date	December 29, 1955
Format	NPR / news/talk / AAA HD2: Classical music
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	301 meters (988 ft)
Class	C0
Facility ID	50220
Callsign meaning	K Oklahoma State University
Former callsigns	KAMC (1955-1958)
Owner	Oklahoma State University
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	kosu.org

KOSU (91.7 FM) is a public radio station operated by Oklahoma State University, with studios on OSU's campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma and in the Film Row district in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The station broadcasts a mix of National Public Radio news, talk radio and adult album alternative (AAA) music format.

KOSU is one of several NPR member stations serving the Oklahoma City area, and the only NPR news and talk station to cover most of the market with its primary signal. The station's programming also airs on full-time satellites KOSN 107.5 FM in Ketchum, which serves the Tulsa area, KOSR 88.3 FM in Stillwater, K235CG 94.9 FM in Ponca City, and K297AQ 107.3 FM in Bixby.

History

KOSU began broadcasting on December 29, 1955 as KAMC, owned by what was then Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College. It became KOSU in 1958, after A&M won university status.

It was a charter member of NPR in 1971. Shortly after joining NPR, the station built a new tower that provided the Oklahoma City and Tulsa suburbs with city-grade coverage and each city with grade B coverage. This was possible because Stillwater is roughly halfway between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. It moved to a new 1,000-foot tower west of Stillwater in 1991.

In September 2004, KOSU moved to a new 1,100-foot tower near Guthrie that gave it primary coverage of Oklahoma City. Previously, NPR news and talk had gotten spotty reception in much of the area since KCSC went all-classical in 1996. The University of Oklahoma's NPR outlet, KGOU, needed a second full-power station, KROU, to cover a large portion of Oklahoma City, and even then this left much of central Oklahoma without a clear signal for NPR news programming until KOSU activated its new tower.

KOSU also added improved service to northeastern Oklahoma with the purchase of commercial station KGND in Ketchum in September 2004 by Public Radio Capital, which entered an LMA with Oklahoma State University to simulcast the KOSU signal. On the same day KOSU moved to its new tower, KGND changed its calls to KOSN.

In March 2006, KOSU added two new translators in the Tulsa area, at 101.9 FM in Okmulgee (owned by PRC) and 107.3 FM in Bixby (owned directly by OSU). In 2011, KOSU added a new station on KOSR 88.3 FM in Stillwater.

On August 20, 2012, KOSU unveiled a new tag line, "Uniquely Oklahoma", and implemented changes in their daily schedule with new news/talk and music programs. At the core of the changes was a content partnership with "The Spy", which can be heard on weeknights and sporadically on the weekends on KOSU.^[1]

In February 2013, Oklahoma State University received a $150-thousand grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation in support of a new broadcast facility for KOSU. In September 2013, KOSU's Oklahoma City studios opened in the Hart Building in the historic Film Exchange District (Film Row). The new studios include a digital newsroom and a public performance studio that can accommodate up to 50 guests for concerts and community conversations. KOSU now originates live broadcasts from the downtown Oklahoma City studios as well as its original studios on the OSU campus.

In June 2014, KOSU announced that it would be joining the Clinton Global Initiative Project to Preserve American Indian Languages. "KOSU is committing its facilities and expertise during the next year to produce 250 book narrations in five indigenous languages."^[2]

References

↑ 'KOSU Teams up with The Spy' (KOSU.org, 08/13/2012)
↑ Burley, Kelly (2014-06-25). "KOSU Joins Clinton Global Initiative Project to Preserve American Indian Languages". KOSU. Retrieved 2014-06-28.

External links

KOSU station website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KOSU

Radio-Locator information on KOSU

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KOSU

Query the FCC's FM station database for KOSN

Radio-Locator information on KOSN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KOSN

Query the FCC's FM station database for KOSR

Radio-Locator information on KOSR

Oklahoma State University System

Campuses	Center for Health Sciences Oklahoma City OSUIT OSU Medical Center Stillwater—Main campus Tulsa

Academics	College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources College of Arts & Sciences CEAT College of Education College of Human Environmental Services Edmon Low Library Spears School of Business

Athletics	Cowboy Baseball Cowboy Basketball Cowboy Football Cowboy Wrestling Cowgirls Basketball Bedlam Boone Pickens Stadium Gallagher-Iba Arena Allie P. Reynolds Stadium Karsten Creek Sherman E. Smith Training Center Bullet Pistol Pete National Wrestling Hall of Fame In the NFL Draft

History	History Old Central

People	List of OSU people List of OSU Olympians List of OSU Greeks

Student life	Colvin Center Cowboy Marching Band Daily O'Collegian Homecoming Orange Peel Student Union

Radio stations in the Oklahoma City metropolitan market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.3 89.5 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.5-2 92.5-3 92.9 93.3 93.9 93.9 94.1 94.7 94.7-2 95.1 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.3 107.7 107.7-2 107.7-3

By AM frequency	640 740 800 890 930 1000 1140 1220 1340 1400 1460 1490 1520¹ 1560 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	K261DP K208CG K225BN K231BH K243BJ K253BV K266BG K268BR K276EX K283BW K297BB KATT-FM KBRU KEBC KGHM KGOU KINB KIMY KHVJ-LP KJKE KJTH KJYO KKNG-FM KKWD KMFS KMGL KMSI KNAH KOKC¹ KOKF KOMA KOMA-HD2 KOMA-HD3 KOSU KPCG-LP KQCV KQCV-FM KQOB KREF KRMG KRMP KROU KRXO-FM KRXO-HD2 KRXO-HD3 KSMJ-LP KSSO KTLR KTLV KTOK KTST KTUZ-FM KUCO KVSP KWDW-LP KWPN KXXY-FM KYIS KYLK KYLV KZLS KZTH KZUE KZUC-LP WKY WWLS-FM WXK85

Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Lawton Tulsa Wichita See also List of radio stations in Oklahoma ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Radio stations in the Tulsa, Oklahoma market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.1 90.5 91.3 92.1 92.9 94.1 95.5 96.5 97.1 97.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.1 100.9 101.5 102.3 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.5

By AM frequency	690 740 970 1050 1120 1170 1270 1300 1340 1380 1430 1530 1550 1570

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.525 162.550

By callsign	KAKC KBEZ KCFO KDIM KETU KFAQ KGGF KGTO KIH27 KHTT KIZS KJMM KJMU KJSR KJZT-LP KMOD-FM KMUS KMYZ-FM KNYD KOSN KPIM-LP KRAV-FM KRMG KRMG-FM KRSC-FM KRXO KTBT KTBZ KTGX KTSO KTUZ KVOO-FM KWEN KWGS KWRI KWTU KXBL KXOJ-FM KXTD KYAL KYAL-FM KYFM KYLK WNG632

Nearby radio markets Fayetteville Ft. Smith Joplin Oklahoma City Pittsburg Wichita See also List of radio stations in Oklahoma

NPR member stations in the state of Oklahoma

Stations	Altus KOCU Ardmore KLCU Clinton KYCU Ketchum KOSN Lawton KCCU Norman KGOU Stillwater KOSU Tulsa KWGS Tulsa KWTU

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Oklahoma

Coordinates: 35°32′58″N 97°29′50″W / 35.5495°N 97.4972°W / 35.5495; -97.4972

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