WKSU is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Kent, Ohio, featuring a public radio format. Owned by Kent State University and operated by Ideastream Public Media, WKSU's primary signal encompasses the Akron metro area, Greater Cleveland and much of Northeast Ohio as the regional affiliate for National Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media, Public Radio Exchange and the BBC World Service. The station's reach is extended into the Canton, Mansfield, Lorain, Ashtabula, Sandusky, New Philadelphia and Wooster areas via a network of five full-power repeaters, two low-power translators, and one on-channel booster.
Kent State Radio Workshop radio drama rehearsal, January 1940
WKSU's original studios and 10-watt transmitter were located at the university's Kent Hall.
The WKSU news department in 1959
WKSU joined NPR in 1973; this ad promoted an interview with Chilean president Salvador Allende.
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 28,215 at the 2020 Census. The city is counted as part of the Akron metropolitan area and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area.
Image: Downtown Kent 2013
Image: Franklin Hotel hill
Image: Downtown Kent bridge
Image: Cuyahoga River Kent 2012
