KCLU is the NPR station for California's Central Coast, licensed to California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks and serving Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties through five stations and translators.
KCLU is the NPR member public radio station for California's Central Coast, licensed to and supported by California Lutheran University, with studios on the university's campus in Thousand Oaks. It signed on October 20, 1994, and exists, in its own words, to provide comprehensive local and national public radio programming and to inform, educate and promote dialogue among the citizens of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
The station's network has grown from a single Ventura County signal into five stations: KCLU 88.3 FM in Thousand Oaks, KCLU 1340 AM in Santa Barbara, KSYV 96.7 FM in Solvang and KCLM 89.7 FM in Santa Maria, plus translators in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. It airs local news, weather and traffic alongside NPR and other public radio programs, and its newsroom has won more than 200 journalism awards, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award. KCLU also offers a mobile app, an email newsletter and a community calendar.
KCLU has a staff of about eight in news, hosting, membership and development, and operations. Jobs are posted on California Lutheran University's careers site and on the CPB Job Board. Mary Olson is general manager and the station's EEO contact.
