| City of license | Cape Girardeau/Sainte Genevieve, Missouri |
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| Broadcast area | Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, etc./Missouri's Parkland |
| Branding | KRCU |
| 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 |
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| Callsign meaning | K River City University/K S outhEast in Farmington (former city of licence) |
| 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 | krcu.org |
KRCU & KSEF are 2 NPR member radio stations. The stations are branded as "KRCU" 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 Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, on 88.9 FM, signing on in September 2005, with 9,500 watts of power. KSEF was previously licensed to Farmington, but in 2010, the city of license was changed to the nearby city of Sainte Genevieve.
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