KASU (91.9 FM) is a

non-commercial public radio A non-commercial (also spelled noncommercial) activity is an activity that does not, in some sense, involve commerce, at least relative to similar activities that do have a commercial objective or emphasis. For example, advertising-free community ...

station broadcasting a news-talk-music format. Licensed to

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, 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 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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