KCLU-FM


KCLU-FM is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to Thousand Oaks, California, United States and serves Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, and San Luis Obispo County through a number of additional stations and translator signals on FM and one on the AM band, as well as its home signal. The station is a member of National Public Radio and airs local news, weather forecasts, and traffic conditions as well as a wide variety of public radio programming. It is owned by California Lutheran University. KCLU-FM is rebroadcast throughout the Central Coast of California on several full-power repeater and low-power translator stations.
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.

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 purchased KIST in Santa Barbara, California 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 KHFM in Santa Maria and its translator K209CE in San Luis Obispo from Family Radio for $450,000. The sale closed that May and KHFM's call sign was changed to KCLM; the station began simulcasting KCLU-FM after repairs were completed.
As a National Public Radio 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!, and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Other programs include The World and Here and Now from Public Radio International, On The Media, 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.
Call signFrequencyLocation
KCLU 1340 AMSanta Barbara
KCLM89.7 FMSanta Maria

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.
YearAwardsCategoryRecipientResultSource
2018Associated Press Television and Radio Association Best Public Service – Radio Class IILance Orozco, "The Thomas Fire"
2018Associated Press Television and Radio Association Best Sports Feature Story — Radio Class IILance Orozco, "LA Has Rams, Chargers, But Ventura County has Dallas Cowboys"
2018Associated Press Television and Radio Association Best Use Of Sound — Radio Class IILance Orozco, "It's Fried Fun with Food at the Ventura County Fair"
2018Associated Press Television and Radio Association Best Use Of Sound — Radio Class IIDebra Greene, "Music Helps Dementia Patients"
2018Associated Press Television and Radio Association Best Feature — Radio Class IILance Orozco, "Ant Dog"
2018Associated Press Television and Radio Association Outstanding Radio News Operation — Radio Class II
2018RTDNA Regional Edward R. Murrow Award — Region 2Continuing Coverage — Small MarketLance Orozco, "The Monster Inferno"
2018RTDNA Regional Edward R. Murrow Award — Region 2Feature Reporting — Small MarketDebra Greene, "They May Be Preschoolers, But They're Learning Science Through Unique Gardening Class On South Coast"
2018RTDNA Regional Edward R. Murrow Award — Region 2Hard News — Small MarketLance Orozco, "Ventura County Mother Who Lost Son To Drug Overdose Tells Story To Spotlight Opioid Abuse"