KGOU is the NPR member station for central Oklahoma, licensed to the University of Oklahoma and broadcasting from studios on the Norman campus to about 1.8 million residents through five transmitters and four translators.
KGOU is a full-service, noncommercial public radio station in Norman, Oklahoma, licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma and operated by University of Oklahoma Outreach. The station's mission is delivering thoughtful storytelling that informs, reflects, connects, and serves communities.
KGOU first signed on in 1971 as a university-run commercial station staffed largely by students, and began broadcasting as a public radio station on January 1, 1983. From studios on the Norman campus, it broadcasts on 106.3 FM and on sister stations KROU in Spencer, KWOU in Woodward, KOUA in Ada and KQOU in Clinton, with translators in Seminole, Ada, Chickasha and Shawnee. Together they reach about 1.8 million residents of central, east-central, western and northwestern Oklahoma, including the Oklahoma City metro.
Weekday programming is primarily news and talk, with local coverage of Oklahoma alongside programs from NPR, the BBC, Native Voice One and other public radio networks. Weekends feature jazz, blues, funk and groove, and world music. KGOU is a partner in StateImpact Oklahoma, a collaborative reporting project of the state's public broadcasters, and delivers its journalism at kgou.org, through podcasts, on the NPR app and on smart speakers. Local programs include Capitol Insider and the KGOU AM and PM NewsBriefs.
The staff includes nine full-time and five part-time employees, plus three reporters for StateImpact Oklahoma. KGOU hires for hosting, reporting and production roles and regularly employs University of Oklahoma students as paid hosts and producers. Openings are posted on the University of Oklahoma's jobs site.
