WEKU

WEKU

City of license	Richmond, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Lexington-Fayette Metro Area
Branding	WEKU 88.9
Slogan	NPR News, Music and So Much More
Frequency	88.9 (MHz)
First air date	October 7, 1968
Format	Classical music/news/talk
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	219 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	18307
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	W Eastern Kentucky University
Affiliations	National Public Radio, Kentucky Public Radio
Owner	Eastern Kentucky University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	weku.fm

WEKU (88.9 FM), is a National Public Radio-affiliated station in Richmond, Kentucky; serving nearby Lexington. Owned by Eastern Kentucky University, it primarily features NPR news and talk programming, along with classical music from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. at night. WEKU also operates satellite stations WEKP (90.1 FM) in Pineville, WEKH (90.9 FM) in Hazard, WEKF (88.5 FM) in Corbin and three translators in Middlesboro (102.5 FM, W273AY), Barbourville (96.9 FM, W245AS) and Pikeville (95.1 FM, W251AI).

WEKU competes with the University of Kentucky's WUKY, making Lexington one of the smallest markets with two competing full NPR member stations. EKU also programs former smooth jazz station WKYL 102.1 FM as a primarily classical music service and sister to WEKU.

External links

• WEKU official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKU
• Radio-Locator information on WEKU
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKU
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKP
• Radio-Locator information on WEKP
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKP
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKH
• Radio-Locator information on WEKH
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKH
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WEKF
• Radio-Locator information on WEKF
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEKF
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W273AY
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W245AS
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W251AI