KCLU-FM

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Field	Value
name	KCLU-FM
logo	Kclu_broadcast_center_clu.jpg
city	Thousand Oaks, California
country	US
area	Ventura County, California
branding	KCLU
airdate
frequency	88.3 MHz
format	Public radio
erp	3,200 watts
haat	158 m
class	B1
facility_id	8220
coordinates
callsign_meaning	California Lutheran University
affiliations	NPR
owner	California Lutheran University
repeater	See
webcast
website
licensing_authority	FCC
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KCLU-FM (88.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to Thousand Oaks, California and serves Ventura County. The station, owned by California Lutheran University, is a member of NPR and airs local news, weather forecasts, and traffic conditions as well as a wide variety of public radio programming for California's South Coast of California and Central Coast of California, through additional signals listed below.

The station has won more than 200 journalism awards for its local news coverage, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award, and four national Society of Professional Journalists Awards for its news coverage.

KCLU-FM broadcasts in HD Radio.

History

KCLU-FM first signed on October 20, 1994 and originally broadcast a mix of news/talk and jazz programming. By the late 2000s, the station reduced its jazz programming and aired news/talk around the clock.

On June 19, 2008, California Lutheran University (CLU) purchased KIST (1340 AM) in Santa Barbara, California from R & R Radio, LLC for $1.44 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.com/news/2008/aug/07/media-8-7/ |title=Media 8-7 |newspaper=Santa Barbara Independent |date=August 7, 2008 |access-date=May 21, 2018

In January 2013, CLU purchased KHFR in Santa Maria, California and its translator K209CE in San Luis Obispo from Family Radio for $450,000. The sale closed that May, and KHFR's call sign was changed to KCLM. The station began simulcasting KCLU-FM after repairs were completed.

As an NPR member station, KCLU-FM broadcasts a wide variety of public radio programming. KCLU airs the NPR shows Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, Here and Now and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Other programs include The World from Public Radio Exchange (PRX), This American Life, and the BBC World Service. The station previously broadcast Car Talk prior to its cancellation.

Stations

KCLU-FM's network of repeater and translator stations extends its reach across California's Central Coast as far north as San Luis Obispo County.

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Call sign	Frequency	City of license	Facility ID
	KCLU	1340 AM	Santa Barbara, California
	KSYV	96.7 FM	Solvang, California
	KCLM	89.7 FM	Santa Maria, California
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Those stations feed the following translators:

Awards

KCLU has won more than 70 RTNA Golden Mike Awards, 25 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, and 50 APTRA Awards since 2001.

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Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Result	Source
2018	Associated Press Television and Radio Association (APTRA)	Best Public Service – Radio Class II	Lance Orozco, "The Thomas Fire"		url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/176797/aptra-honors-2018-award-winners
Best Sports Feature Story — Radio Class II	Lance Orozco, "LA Has Rams, Chargers, But Ventura County has Dallas Cowboys"
Best Use Of Sound — Radio Class II	Lance Orozco, "It's Fried Fun with Food at the Ventura County Fair"
Debra Greene, "Music Helps Dementia Patients"
Best Feature — Radio Class II	Lance Orozco, "Ant Dog"
Outstanding Radio News Operation — Radio Class II
RTDNA Regional Edward R. Murrow Award — Region 2	Continuing Coverage — Small Market	Lance Orozco, "The Monster Inferno"		url=https://rtdna.org/content/2018_regional_edward_r_murrow_award_winners	title=2018 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners
Feature Reporting — Small Market	Debra Greene, "They May Be Preschoolers, But They're Learning Science Through Unique Gardening Class On South Coast"
Hard News — Small Market	Lance Orozco, "Ventura County Mother Who Lost Son To Drug Overdose Tells Story To Spotlight Opioid Abuse"
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References

"Station Search Details: KCLU-FM". Federal Communications Commission.
"HD Radio station guide for Los Angeles, CA".
Hughey, Ray. (October 19, 1994). "Tune in: New station to hit the airwaves". Thousand Oaks News Chronicle.
(2009). "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States". R.R. Bowker.
(August 14, 2008). "Media 8-14". Santa Barbara Independent.
(June 19, 2008). "College Buys KIST-A/Santa Barbara". All Access Music Group.
(May 7, 2013). "Sold: Colorado FM, Pennsylvania AM, Upstate NY, Indiana Clusters". All Access Music Group.
(May 13, 2013). "KCLU buys Santa Maria station". Pacific Coast Business Times.
(May 17, 2018). "APTRA Honors 2018 Award Winners". All Access Music Group.
"2018 Edward R. Murrow Award Winners". Radio Television Digital News Association.

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