KBCU

KBCU
City North Newton, Kansas
Broadcast area Wichita
Slogan Bethel College Radio
Frequency 88.1 MHz
First air date 1987
Format Jazz
ERP 150 watts
HAAT 17.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 4987
Transmitter coordinates 38°4′26.00″N 97°20′35.00″W / 38.0738889°N 97.3430556°W / 38.0738889; -97.3430556
Callsign meaning KBCU (Bethel College)
Owner Bethel College
Webcast listen live
Website kbcu.bethelks.edu

KBCU (88.1 FM) is a 24-hour non-commercial, not-for-profit radio station broadcasting a jazz and College Radio format[1] from the campus of Bethel College (Kansas) in North Newton, Kansas, and serving the Newton area. A long-standing Bethel College tradition rooted in the 1930s, KBCU has a wide range of student programming, including rock, hip-hop, alternative, Latin, contemporary Christian and sports talk shows, and reaches all of Newton and much of Harvey County.[2]

The radio station is operated and staffed by more than three dozen Bethel students and a faculty advisor and allows Bethel College students the opportunity to receive academic credit for their radio participation. Excellent facilities for broadcast and production give students a real-world experience in broadcast media that serves as the first mass-media broadcast experience for many Bethel alumni who have gone on to successful careers in the mass media and broadcasting industries.

KBCU is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio Network.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KBCU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

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