KCLU-FM (88.3 FM) is a

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that is

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Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles, approximately from the city of Los Angeles and from Downtown. It is named after the many oak tr ...

and serves

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. The station, owned by

California Lutheran University California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 ...

, is a member of

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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

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, 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

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October 20, 1994 and originally broadcast a mix of

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and

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programming. By the late 2000s, the station reduced its jazz programming and aired news/talk around the clock. On June 19, 2008,

(CLU) purchased

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(1340 AM) in

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from R & R Radio, LLC for $1.44 million. On October 7, the university converted the station to non-commercial educational status and changed its call letters to KCLU. In January 2013, CLU purchased KHFR in

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and its translator K209CE in

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from

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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 ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!'', '' Here and Now'' and ''

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''. Other programs include ''

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'' from Public Radio Exchange (PRX), ''

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'', and the BBC World Service. The station previously broadcast ''

Car Talk ''Car Talk'' is a radio talk show that was broadcast weekly on National Public Radio (NPR) stations and elsewhere. Its subjects were automobiles and automotive repair, often discussed humorously. It was hosted by brothers Tom and Ray Maglioz ...

'' prior to its cancellation.

Stations

KCLU-FM's network of

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and

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stations extends its reach across California's Central Coast as far north as San Luis Obispo County. 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.

References

External links

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