KRCU

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KRCU/KSEF
City of license Cape Girardeau/Farmington, Missouri
Broadcast area Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, etc./Missouri's Parkland
Branding Southeast Public Radio
Frequency 90.9/88.9 (MHz)
First air date March 3, 1976/September, 2005
Format Public radio
ERP 6,500/9,500 watts (CP for 20,000)
HAAT 212/205 meters
Class C2/C2
Facility ID 61212/90232
Transmitter Coordinates 37°24′17.00″N 89°34′6.00″W / 37.4047222, -89.5683333
37°47′51.00″N 90°33′38.00″W / 37.7975, -90.5605556
Callsign meaning none/K S outhEast in Farmington
Former callsigns none/980306MC (1998-2005)
Affiliations National Public Radio, Public Radio International, American Public Media
Owner Southeast Missouri State University
(Board of Regents, Southeast Missouri State University)
Webcast listen live
Website southeastpublicradio.org

KRCU & KSEF are 2 NPR member radio stations. The stations are branded as "Southeast Public Radio" and play classical music, with other programs in the fields of news & light entertainment.

KRCU is licensed to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on 90.9 FM, signed on with 10 watts of power, as a college station, in March 1976. In 1981, KRCU increased power to 100 watts. In 1988, KRCU began transitioning to a public radio format. In 1992, KRCU increased power again, this time to 6,000 watts. Today, KRCU broadcasts classical music during the day, news from NPR during the morning & afternoon commutes, jazz programming on Friday nights, entertainment on weekends, & American Public Media's Classical 24 during the night.

KSEF is a repeater of KRCU that is licensed to Farmington, Missouri, on 88.9 FM, signing on in September 2005, with 9,500 watts of power.

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