KWBU-FM

KWBU-FM

City of license	Waco, Texas
Slogan	Heart of Texas Public Radio
Frequency	103.3 (MHz)
First air date	2000
Format	Classical music/NPR
ERP	2750 Watts
HAAT	150 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	4124
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	Waco Baylor University
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Owner	Baylor University (Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation)
Website	http://www.kwbu.org/

KWBU-FM (103.3 FM), is a National Public Radio-member radio station in Waco, Texas, serving the greater Brazos Valley region. It is owned by Baylor University.

The station first signed on in 2000. Before then, Waco had been the largest market in the nation without an NPR station. In 2003, KWBU-FM was the first radio station in Waco to broadcast a high definition radio signal, also known as HD radio. When sister PBS member station KWBU-TV closed its doors in 2010 due to budget shortfalls, KWBU-FM remained in operation.

The station originally operated at 2,750 watts from a tiny 492-foot tower near Hewitt. It recently boosted its power to 3,200 watts from a 453-foot tower across from Richland Mall in Waco--like its predecessor, fairly modest for a full NPR member on the FM band. This may be to protect KSSM in Copperas Cove, located at adjacent 103.1 FM. As a result, the station's signal doesn't make it too far out of McLennan County; indeed, some of Waco's close-in suburbs in McLennan County only get a grade B signal. In many surrounding cities, such as Temple and Killeen, the station is barely listenable.

External links

• KWBU official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KWBU
• Radio-Locator information on KWBU
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KWBU