Broadcast area Tulsa, Oklahoma ERP 50,000 watts Class C1 Frequency 89.5 MHz Format Public broadcasting Area Tulsa Sister stations KWTU | First air date October 19, 1947 HAAT 325 meters Facility ID 66586 City of license Tulsa Owner University of Tulsa Branding Public Radio 89.5 | |
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KWGS 89.5 FM is a National Public Radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The station was Oklahoma's first FM radio station and is one of two stations operated by the University of Tulsa. The station was established in 1947 through the initiative of TU speech professor Ben Graf Henneke, later president of the university. The call letters are the initials of Tulsa oil man and philanthropist William G. Skelly, who provided the funding.
TU's other radio station is a classical music station known as KWTU.
KWGS is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format.
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