KANU (FM)

KANU is a National Public Radio member radio station in Lawrence, Kansas, broadcasting at 91.5 MHz. Owned by the University of Kansas, it calls itself Kansas Public Radio. The station also operates two full-time satellites, KANH in Emporia (at 89.7 FM) and KANV in Olsburg (at 91.3 FM, serving Manhattan and Junction City). The stations broadcast mostly classical music, NPR news, jazz and folk/bluegrass music.
Together, the three stations cover almost all of northeastern Kansas, as well as large portions of Missouri. KANU's powerful 100,000-watt signal provides Kansas City with a second NPR station (alongside KCUR) and also serves as the main NPR station for the state capital, Topeka.
A subcarrier of KANU broadcasts the Audio-Reader Network for the blind and print handicapped. While KANU's studios are located in Broadcasting Hall at the center of the University of Kansas campus, Audio-Reader's studios are in a separate campus building.
==History==
KANU signed on for the first time on September 15, 1952. In 1961, it became the first noncommercial FM station to broadcast in stereo. It was a charter member of NPR, and was one of the 90 stations to carry the initial broadcast of All Things Considered in 1971.
KANU won a Peabody Award in 1974 for its weekly hour "The American Past," hosted by journalism professor Calder Pickett. The program mixed audio clips and music of earlier times with historical narration, and was broadcast for 32 years until Pickett retired in 2005. The station also became known for classical music programs such as "Music By Candlelight" and "Opera is My Hobby," as well as jazz programs such as Dick Wright's "The Jazz Scene" on Saturday mornings.
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Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States
Category:University of Kansas
Category:National Public Radio member stations
Category:Radio stations established in 1952