Programming
KGOU is a National Public Radio (NPR) network affiliate, member station. On weekdays, KGOU has a news and information radio format, format with programming from NPR and other public radio networks. They include ''Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, 1A (radio program), 1A, Here and Now (Boston), Here and Now'' and ''Marketplace (radio program), Marketplace''. Evenings feature jazz music from The WFMT Chicago Jazz Network. The BBC World Service runs overnight. On weekdays at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. and most of the day on weekends, KGOU airs one-hour specialty shows from NPR and other public radio networks. They include ''Reveal (podcast), Reveal, Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, This American Life, Zorba Paster, Zorba Paster on Your Health, Snap Judgment (radio show), Snap Judgment, TED Radio Hour, The TED Radio Hour, The Splendid Table, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Rick Steves, Travel with Rick Steves, Left, Right and Center'' and ''Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me''. Weekend evenings have shows devoted to world music, blues, bossa nova, new age music, new age, Broadway theatre, Broadway and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood show tunes.History
KGOU sign-on, signed on the air on . It was originally licensed as a commercial radio station. KGOU had a progressive rock format and sold advertisements, even though it was owned by the University of Oklahoma, a non-profit organization. The radio masts and towers, tower was atop Walker Dormitory. The station was an network affiliate, affiliate of the ABC News Radio, ABC FM Radio Network. In the early 1980s, OU decided to use KGOU as a public radio station and discontinue the rock music and commercial ads. The university applied to the FCC for a non-commercial license. The station's new public radio format, featuring news and talk, took effect on New Year's Day, 1983. The studios were originally located in Kaufman Hall on the OU campus. KGOU's main signal operates at 6,000 watts, which is fairly modest for a full NPR member station on the FM band. By contrast, Oklahoma State University's public radio station, 91.7 KOSU Stillwater, Oklahoma, Stillwater, is powered at 100,000 watts and can also be heard in Oklahoma City. Soon after joining NPR, OU sought a license for a repeater station that would better cover Oklahoma City's northern suburbs. This station, 105.7 KROU, officially signed on the air on . This means listeners in the suburbs south of Oklahoma City can tune in 106.3 KGOU while those north of Oklahoma City can listen to 105.7 KROU. KROU was the first in a network of eight repeater stations and FM translator, translators that cover much of central and western Oklahoma. KGOU renovated space in Copeland Hall on the OU campus in 2006. It moved its studios and offices to Copeland Hall that fall. A rebroadcaster in Clinton was added in December 2017. Cameron University transferred the license for a station at 89.1 FM to KGOU ownership. The move expanded KGOU's listener base to 32 counties, nearly all in central, western and east-central Oklahoma. The new call sign for the Clinton transmitter is KQOU.Pryor, Dick. "KGOU adds Clinton transmitter." KGOU. December 6, 2017.Repeaters
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