KWGS

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KWGS

Broadcast area	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Branding	Public Radio 89.5
Frequency	89.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	October 19, 1947
Format	Public Radio
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	William Grove Skelly
Owner	The University of Tulsa
Sister stations	KWTU
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.kwgs.org

KWGS 89.5 FM is a National Public Radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The station was Oklahoma's first FM radio station and is one of two stations operated by the University of Tulsa. The station was established in 1947 through the initiative of TU speech professor Ben Graf Henneke, later president of the university. The call letters are the initials of Tulsa oil man and philanthropist William G. Skelly, who provided the funding.^[1]^[2]

TU's other radio station is a classical music station known as KWTU.

References

↑ "Ex-TU president gave much to university", Tulsa World, November 15, 2009.
↑ "T.U. Is On the Air", in The 1948 Kendallabrum (retrieved November 18, 2009).

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KWGS
Radio-Locator information on KWGS
Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KWGS
Voices of Oklahoma interview with Dr. Ben G. Henneke. First person interview conducted with Dr. Ben G. Henneke on September 10, 2009. Original audio and transcript archived with Voices of Oklahoma oral history project.

v t e Radio stations in the Tulsa, Oklahoma market

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.525 162.550

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v t e NPR Member Stations in the state of Oklahoma

Stations	Altus KOCU Ardmore KLCU Clinton KYCU Edmond KCSC Ketchum KOSN Lawton KCCU Norman KGOU Stillwater KOSU Tulsa KWGS Tulsa KWTU

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Coordinates: 36°01′16″N 95°40′34″W / 36.021°N 95.676°W / 36.021; -95.676

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