KRCU

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KRCU/KSEF
City of license Cape Girardeau/Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
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 6,500/20,000 watts
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°N 89.5683333°W / 37.4047222; -89.5683333
37°47′51.00″N 90°33′38.00″W / 37.7975000°N 90.5605556°W / 37.7975000; -90.5605556
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. It has 20,000 watts of effective radiated 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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