KBCU

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = KBCU

| logo =

| city = North Newton, Kansas

| country = US

| area = Harvey County, Kansas

| frequency = {{Frequency|88.1|MHz}}

| languages = {{ubl|English|Spanish}}

| format = Variety

| affiliations = Pacifica Radio Network

| owner = Bethel College

| airdate = {{start date and age|1987}}

| callsign_meaning = Bethel College

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 4987

| class = A

| erp = 150 watts

| haat = 17.0 meters

| coordinates = {{coord|38|4|26.00|N| 97|20|35.00|W|region:US-KS_type:landmark}}

| webcast = {{listenlive|http://kbcu-live.bethelks.edu:8000/kbcu}}

| website = {{URL|https://kbcu.bethelks.edu/}}

}}

KBCU (88.1 FM) is non-commercial, educational radio station, broadcasting a Variety and College Radio format from the campus of Bethel College (Kansas) in North Newton, Kansas, and serving the Newton area.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KBCU |title=KBCU Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} The station was founded in the 1930s, and transmits 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedate=March 1, 2010 }}

The radio station is operated and staffed by more than three dozen Bethel students and a faculty advisor, and allows Bethel College students to receive academic credit for their radio participation. There are facilities for broadcast and production for students, providing them with real-world experience which was the first mass-media broadcast experience for many Bethel alumni who went on to careers in mass media and broadcasting.

KBCU is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio Network.