KRCU
{{short description|Public radio station at Southeast Missouri State University}}
{{redirect|KSEF|the airport near Sebring, Florida assigned the ICAO code KSEF|Sebring Regional Airport}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KRCU
| city = Cape Girardeau, Missouri
| area = Cape Girardeau, Park Hills, Poplar Bluff, Sikeston, and Southern Illinois
| branding = KRCU
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1976|3|3}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|90.9|MHz}}
| format = Public Radio - News - Talk - Jazz - Classical Music
| erp = 6,500 watts
| haat = {{convert|212|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = C2
| facility_id = 61212
| coordinates = {{coord|37|24|17.2|N|89|34|6.3|W|type:landmark_region:US-MO_source:FCC|name=KRCU}}
| callsign_meaning = River City University (Cape Girardeau is on the Mississippi River)
| owner = Southeast Missouri State University
| licensee = Board of Regents, Southeast Missouri State University
| sister_stations = KESF, KDMC-FM
| webcast = [http://krcureal.semo.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/krculive.rm Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.krcu.org/ krcu.org]
| affiliations = National Public Radio
Public Radio Exchange
American Public Media
Beethoven Network
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
KRCU (90.9 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station owned by Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. It airs a radio format of news, talk, jazz and classical music. Programming is simulcast on two other Missouri stations, KESF at 88.9 MHz in Ste. Genevieve and KDMC-FM at 88.7 MHz in Van Buren. The stations serve 1.9 million people in Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and the Parkland.
KRCU is Class C2 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,500 watts. The signal covers Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Sikeston, Marble Hill, Perryville and several communities in Southern Illinois.
Programming
On weekdays, KRCU, KSEF and KDMC-FM air news and talk shows from NPR and other public networks much of the morning and afternoon. Programs include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, 1A and Fresh Air. Local updates are supplied by the KRCU newsroom. In middays and evenings, jazz and classical music are heard. Overnight, KRCU carries The Beethoven Network from WFMT Chicago.
On weekends, one-hour specialty programs are heard on a variety of subjects. They include The TED Radio Hour, Milk Street Radio, Planet Money, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Travel with Rick Steves, It's Been A Minute, Hidden Brain and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Weekend music programs include Mountain Stage and American Routes, along with shows on blues, folk music and bluegrass.
History
KRCU signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1976|3|3}}.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-176. Retrieved Jan. 6, 2025.] It was powered at only 10 watts and was a student-run college radio station. In 1981, it increased power to 100 watts, and in 1988 it began transitioning to a public radio format. In November 1990, KRCU became an National Public Radio member station. In 1992, KRCU increased power again, to 6,000 watts. It has since increased to 6,500 watts, allowing the signal to be heard within a 50 mile radius.
KSEF's signal covers Farmington, Park Hills, Ste. Genevieve, Fredericktown, Potosi, Festus, and reaches into the southern suburbs of St. Louis. It signed on the air in September 2006. Its previous city of license was Farmington until it changed to nearby Ste. Genevieve, in May 2010. KDMC-FM's signal covers Van Buren, Poplar Bluff, Piedmont, Eminence, and Doniphan. KDMC-FM joined the KRCU simulcast in May 2020 after the facility was acquired from the Here's Help Network.
Translators
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = KRCU
| call1 = KSEF
| freq1 = 88.9
| city1 = Farmington, Missouri
| class1 = C2
| fid1 = 90232
| watts1 = 20,000
| haat1 = 205
| coord1 = {{coord|37|47|58.1|N|90|33|44.4|W|type:landmark_region:US-MO_source:FCC|name=KSEF}}
| call2 = KDMC-FM
| freq2 = 88.7
| city2 = Van Buren, Missouri
| fid2 = 81163
| class2 = C1
| watts2 = 100,000
| haat2 = 150
| coord2 = {{coord|36|55|50.2|N|90|45|0.4|W|type:landmark_region:US-MO_source:FCC|name=KDMC-FM}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.krcu.org KRCU/KSEF homepage]
- [http://krculive.semo.edu:8000/128k.m3u KRCU online feed]
{{FM station data|61212|KRCU}}
{{FM station data|90232|KSEF}}
{{FM station data|81163|KDMC-FM}}
{{Cape Girardeau Radio}}
{{NPR Missouri}}
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