KASU (91.9
FM) is a
non-commercial public radio station broadcasting a
news-talk-music format. Licensed to
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jonesboro is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. According to the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 78,576 and is the f ...
, United States, it serves northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri and West Tennessee with its analog signal. The station has been licensed to
Arkansas State University
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage la ...
since 1957.
On March 28, 2020, an EF3 tornado directly struck Jonesboro destroying the transmitter site for the station.
Emergency Alert System
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via cable, satellite, or broadcast television, and both ...
KASU is the primary source of messages distributed through the Emergency Alert System in northeast Arkansas.
KAIT
KAIT (channel 8) is a television station in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC, NBC, and The CW Plus. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios on New Haven Church Road (County Road 766) north of Jonesboro, and its ...
relays KASU’s signal for tests and
KJNB-LD
KJNB-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with Fox and CBS. Owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC, the station maintains a small office in the Regions Bank Building i ...
relays KASU’s signal for actual emergencies.
[https://arkbroadcasters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Arkansas-EAS-Plan.pdf ]
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FCC history cards for KASU
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Arkansas State University
NPR member stations
Radio stations established in 1957
1957 establishments in Arkansas
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