KSMU 91.1 FM (Ozarks Public Radio) and Ozarks Public Television (KOZK Springfield and KOZJ Joplin) are Missouri State University's NPR and PBS stations, operating together as Ozarks Public Broadcasting from Springfield.
KSMU (91.1 FM), branded Ozarks Public Radio, and Ozarks Public Television (OPT), the PBS member stations KOZK in Springfield and KOZJ in Joplin, are licensed to the Board of Governors of Missouri State University. Brought together in 2001 as Ozarks Public Broadcasting, they share studios at Strong Hall on the Missouri State campus in Springfield, and together they cover the Ozarks region of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma.
KSMU signed on in 1974 and carries NPR, APM, PRX and BBC programs with local news, music and storytelling for the Ozarks. OPT runs four services, OPT HD, OPT PBS Kids, OPT Create and OPT World, and produces OzarksWatch Video Magazine, documentary features and the Sense of Community series on local issues and resources.
The stations' staff work in radio and television news, hosting, production, engineering, membership, underwriting and marketing. Hiring goes through Missouri State University Human Resources, and openings for the stations are posted on the university's jobs site at jobs.missouristate.edu.
