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Kentucky Public Radio

Coordinates: 38°14′53.7″N 85°45′27.3″W / 38.248250°N 85.757583°W / 38.248250; -85.757583
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Kentucky Public Radio
TypePublic radio network
Country
United States
Broadcast area
Kentucky
Key people
Managing Editor Ryland Barton

Capitol Reporter Sylvia Goodman

Enterprise Statehouse Reporter Joe Sonka

Data Reporter Justin Hicks
Launch date
December 1997
Affiliation(s)National Public Radio
AffiliatesWEKU, WFPL, WKYU, WKMS

Kentucky Public Radio (KPR) is a consortium of four public radio stations: WFPL (Louisville), WKMS-FM (Murray), WKYU-FM (Bowling Green) and WEKU (Richmond/Lexington).

The primary mission of Kentucky Public Radio is to facilitate content sharing among stations and the hiring and management of a Capitol reporter, an enterprise statehouse reporter and a data reporter.

KPR is managed by board of directors composed of the individual station managers.

In January 2015. Ryland Barton was named the State Capital Bureau Chief in Frankfort, Kentucky.[1]

Affiliates

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Location Frequency Call sign Owner
Richmond 88.9 FM WEKU Eastern Kentucky University
Louisville 89.3 FM WFPL Louisville Public Media
Bowling Green 88.9 FM WKYU-FM WKU Public Radio
Murray 91.3 FM WKMS-FM Murray State University

References

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  1. ^ "Kentucky Public Radio Network Hires Ryland Barton as State Capitol Bureau Chief – Louisville Public Media". louisvillepublicmedia.org. January 8, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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