KALU (89.3
FM) is an American
non-commercial educational
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radio station
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broadcasting an
urban contemporary
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College Radio
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format with some
talk radio
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programming, licensed to
Langston, Oklahoma
Langston is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 1,619 as of the 2020 United States census. Langston is home to Langston University, the only historically black c ...
. Established in 1975, the station is owned by
Langston University
Langston University (LU) is a public land-grant historically black university in Langston, Oklahoma. It is the only historically black college in the state and the westernmost four-year public HBCU in the United States. The main campus in Lan ...
.
KALU is operated by the University's Department of Broadcast Journalism and School of Arts and Sciences.
See also
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Campus radio
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List of college radio stations in the United States
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References
External links
Official Website*
Talk radio stations in the United States
Langston University
Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1975
1975 establishments in Oklahoma
Logan County, Oklahoma
ALU
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