KOSU

For the Korean word, see Gosu.

For the Finish work, see Kossu.

KOSU 91.7 FM is an NPR radio station operated by Oklahoma State University, with studios on OSU's campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It is one of several NPR stations serving the Oklahoma City area. The station's programming also airs on full-time satellite KOSN 107.5 FM in Ketchum, which serves the Tulsa area.

History

KOSU began broadcasting in 1955 and was a charter member of NPR. Shortly after joining NPR, the station built a new tower roughly halfway between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, so that each city got grade B coverage and most of the suburban areas got city-grade coverage.

In September 2004, KOSU moved to a new 1,100-foot tower near Guthrie that gave it primary coverage of Oklahoma City. This gave the capital full service from an NPR station for the first time since 1996, when KCSC dropped most NPR programming. The station also added improved service to Tulsa 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).

Office Location

KOSU is located at 302 Paul Miller Building on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater. Their phone number is 405-744-6352.

External links

• KOSU station website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KOSU
• Radio-Locator information on KOSU
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KOSU
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KOSN
• Radio-Locator information on KOSN
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KOSN