WEKU

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WEKU
City of license	Richmond, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Lexington-Fayette Metro Area
Branding	WEKU 88.9
Slogan	NPR News, Music and So Much More
Frequency	88.9 (MHz)
First air date	October 7, 1968
Format	Classical music/news/talk
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	219 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	18307
Transmitter coordinates	37°52′45″N 84°19′33″W / 37.87917°N 84.32583°W / 37.87917; -84.32583
Callsign meaning	W Eastern Kentucky University
Affiliations	National Public Radio, Kentucky Public Radio
Owner	Eastern Kentucky University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	weku.fm

WEKU (88.9 FM), is a National Public Radio-affiliated station in Richmond, Kentucky; serving nearby Lexington. Owned by Eastern Kentucky University, it primarily features NPR news and talk programming, along with classical music from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. at night. WEKU also operates satellite stations WEKP (90.1 FM) in Pineville, WEKH (90.9 FM) in Hazard, WEKF (88.5 FM) in Corbin and three translators in Middlesboro (102.5 FM, W273AY), Barbourville (96.9 FM, W245AS) and Pikeville (95.1 FM, W251AI).^[1]

WEKU competes with the University of Kentucky's WUKY, making Lexington one of the smallest markets with two competing full NPR member stations. EKU also programs former smooth jazz station WKYL 102.1 FM as a primarily classical music service and sister to WEKU.

References

↑ "About WEKU". WEKU-FM. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

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v t e Radio stations in the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky, including the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Area

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.9 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.3 96.9 98.1 99.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.5 103.3 103.7 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	590 630 770 1110 1150 1230 1250 1300 1340 1380 1400 1420 1440 1470 1490 1500 1550 1580

By callsign	W219DM W280DO WBFC WBTF WBUL-FM WBVX WCBR WCDA WCGW WCYN WCYN-FM WCYO WEKU WEKY WFKY WGKS WHBN WHIR WIOK WIRV WJMM-FM WKQQ WKVO WKXO WKYL WKYW WLAI WLAP WLFX WLKT WLRT WLTO WLXG WLXO WLXX WMJR WMKY WMST WMXL WPBK WPTJ WRFL WRNZ WSEK WSTV-FM WUKY WVLK WVLK-FM WVRB WWRW WWTF WXKY-FM WXZZ WYGH

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.400 162.500 162.525

Kentucky radio markets Ashland Cincinnati, OH Lexington-Fayette Louisville Other Kentucky radio regions Bowling Green Hopkinsville Owensboro Paducah See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

v t e NPR Member Stations in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Stations	Bowling Green WKYU-FM Corbin WEKF Elizabethtown WKUE Hazard WEKH Henderson WKPB Highland Heights WNKU Lexington WUKY Louisville WFPK Louisville WFPL Louisville WUOL-FM Morehead WMKY Murray WKMS-FM Richmond WEKU Somerset WDCL

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky

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