KSUT Public Radio

KSUT Public Radio is an independent, listener-supported nonprofit that broadcasts from studios on Southern Ute lands in Ignacio, Colorado. It is governed by its own board of directors and is not a tribally owned station or service. KSUT runs two distinct radio services, Four Corners Public Radio and KSUT Tribal Radio, and its signal area covers more than 100,000 people across parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.

The station signed on June 14, 1976, as a 10-watt communications service for members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. It was one of only eight tribal radio stations in the country at the time, and its programming was mostly in the Ute language. In 1984 its board voted to broaden the station's reach, and KSUT became an affiliate of NPR and American Public Radio. In 1998 it split into two signals so it could serve both its regional public radio audience and its original tribal mission. KSUT marks its 50th anniversary in 2026.

Four Corners Public Radio, heard on KUTE 90.1 FM and on stations and translators serving Durango, Pagosa Springs and Silverton, Colorado, and Farmington, New Mexico, serves 14 communities across the region. It airs NPR News, local news and the weekly Four Corners Edition news magazine, along with the Music Blend, a music discovery format of Americana, rock, folk, bluegrass, jazz, blues and world music. KSUT Tribal Radio, on KSUT 91.3 FM and rebroadcast in Farmington, airs Native and Indigenous music, news and culture, including locally produced programming, tribal meetings and Ignacio High School sports, and is an affiliate of Native Voice One. KSUT publishes news online at ksut.org and tribalradio.org.

KSUT hires for news direction and reporting, on-air hosting and production, digital content, programming, engineering and station management. The station operates within the exterior boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation and adheres to the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO), which gives preference to qualified Native Americans in employment. It offers health, dental and vision coverage, life and short-term disability insurance and a 401(k) retirement plan.