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KWMU
KWMU (90.7 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. It airs a public radio format of news, talk and information, as a member station of National Public Radio (NPR). KWMU is operated by St. Louis Public Radio, with its license held by the Curators of the University of Missouri System. The studios and offices are on Olive Street in Grand Center, near the campus of Saint Louis University.
KWMU is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most stations. The transmitter is on Trianon Parkway Drive in Shrewsbury, sharing a tower with other local FM and TV stations. KWMU broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries a jazz format as "Jazz KWMU-2" The HD3 subchannel plays classical music as "Classical KWMU-3."
On weekdays, KWMU carries news and information programs from NPR and other public radio networks, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now, Marketplace and The World. The station produces a weekday one-hour show focusing on local news and interviews, St. Louis on the Air hosted by Elaine Cha. It airs at noon and is repeated at 7 p.m. Late nights, the BBC World Service is heard. Most hours also feature news briefs from the KWMU staff.
On weekends, specialty shows are featured, including Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, Radiolab, On The Media, The New Yorker Radio Hour, The TED Radio Hour, The Moth Radio Hour, Splendid Table, Reveal and This American Life.
St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) also broadcasts on 88.5 KMST in Rolla, Missouri, and 90.3 WQUB in Quincy, Illinois. Periodic on-air fundraisers are broadcast.
KWMU signed on the air on June 2, 1972. In its early years, KWMU broadcast from studios on Natural Bridge Road on the UMSL campus. The format was "Fine Arts and News." The reference to fine arts included classical music, opera and other musical genres not found on commercial radio. KWMU also used ABC Radio News for audio clips during newscasts.
In 1983, it was the first radio station in St. Louis to play music from compact discs. A year later, it became the first radio station in the United States to broadcast Ambisonic programs.
In 1992, the station increased its effective radiated power to 100,000 watts. In 1995, the station eliminated the remaining weekday music programs and moved to an all-news and talk format, except for a few specialty shows on weekend nights.
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KWMU
KWMU (90.7 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. It airs a public radio format of news, talk and information, as a member station of National Public Radio (NPR). KWMU is operated by St. Louis Public Radio, with its license held by the Curators of the University of Missouri System. The studios and offices are on Olive Street in Grand Center, near the campus of Saint Louis University.
KWMU is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most stations. The transmitter is on Trianon Parkway Drive in Shrewsbury, sharing a tower with other local FM and TV stations. KWMU broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries a jazz format as "Jazz KWMU-2" The HD3 subchannel plays classical music as "Classical KWMU-3."
On weekdays, KWMU carries news and information programs from NPR and other public radio networks, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now, Marketplace and The World. The station produces a weekday one-hour show focusing on local news and interviews, St. Louis on the Air hosted by Elaine Cha. It airs at noon and is repeated at 7 p.m. Late nights, the BBC World Service is heard. Most hours also feature news briefs from the KWMU staff.
On weekends, specialty shows are featured, including Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, Radiolab, On The Media, The New Yorker Radio Hour, The TED Radio Hour, The Moth Radio Hour, Splendid Table, Reveal and This American Life.
St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) also broadcasts on 88.5 KMST in Rolla, Missouri, and 90.3 WQUB in Quincy, Illinois. Periodic on-air fundraisers are broadcast.
KWMU signed on the air on June 2, 1972. In its early years, KWMU broadcast from studios on Natural Bridge Road on the UMSL campus. The format was "Fine Arts and News." The reference to fine arts included classical music, opera and other musical genres not found on commercial radio. KWMU also used ABC Radio News for audio clips during newscasts.
In 1983, it was the first radio station in St. Louis to play music from compact discs. A year later, it became the first radio station in the United States to broadcast Ambisonic programs.
In 1992, the station increased its effective radiated power to 100,000 watts. In 1995, the station eliminated the remaining weekday music programs and moved to an all-news and talk format, except for a few specialty shows on weekend nights.