KWGS 89.5 FM is the flagship

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station in

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. The station was Oklahoma's first FM radio station and is one of two stations operated by the

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. 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

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, who provided the funding. TU's other radio station is a classical music station, KWTU. KWGS is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format.http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=64 HD Radio Guide for Tulsa

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Voices of Oklahoma interview with Ed Dumit.
First person interview conducted on September 29, 2011 with Ed Dumit, former art producer for KWGS. WGS NPR member stations University of Tulsa 1947 establishments in Oklahoma Radio stations established in 1947 {{Oklahoma-radio-station-stub