KGOU is an NPR

NPR

NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...

(News/Talk)/Jazz music Blues music radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

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History

KGOU was originally licensed as a commercial rock music

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 station to the University of Oklahoma in 1970, broadcasting at 106.3 FM. The university applied for a non-commercial Class A license and switched the station's format to Public Radio in January 1983.

Programming is simulcast by KROU

KROU

KROU is an NPR/Jazz music radio station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by University of Oklahoma.-History:KROU arose out of OU's efforts to expand KGOU's reach throughout the Oklahoma City area. KGOU's signal was spotty at best in northern Oklahoma City because it had to protect what...

 (105.7 FM) in Spencer, OK, KWOU (88.1 FM) in Woodward, OK, KOUA (91.9 FM) in Ada, OK, and by translators K276ET (103.1 FM) in Seminole, OK, K250AU (97.9 FM) in Ada, OK, and 106.9 in Chickasha, OK. Streaming is available at http://s9.viastreaming.net/7000/ . On August 10, 2007 KGOU began broadcasting 24 hours a day.

Office Location

Located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Mailing address:
KGOU,
University of Oklahoma,
860 Van Vleet Oval,
Norman, OK 73019-2053

Phone: 405-325-3388

External links

• KGOU station website