WEKU
City of license | Richmond, Kentucky |
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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 |
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.
External links
- WEKU official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKU
- Radio-Locator information on WEKU
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKU
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKP
- Radio-Locator information on WEKP
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKP
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKH
- Radio-Locator information on WEKH
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKF
- Radio-Locator information on WEKF
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKF
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W273AY
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W245AS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W251AI
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