KWSU (AM)
Northwest Public Radio station in Pullman, Washington
KWSU (1250 khz) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Pullman, Washington. It is owned by Washington State University, and is the flagship station of Northwest Public Radio's NPR News network. It airs a news/talk radio format, using programming from NPR, American Public Media and Public Radio Exchange, as well as locally produced offerings.
By day, KWSU broadcasts at 5,000 watts. At night, to protect other stations on 1250 AM from interference, it reduces power to 2,500 watts. The station's transmitter is on Flat Road at Country Club Road in Pullman.
Programming
Most of KWSU's programs are news-oriented. Weekdays, it carries from NPR: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, 1A, Here and Now and Marketplace. From the CBC, it runs As It Happens. And overnight, the BBC World Service is heard.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “KWSU (AM)” as northwest Public Radio station in Pullman, Washington. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as northwest Public Radio station in Pullman, Washington. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14713757. Authority coordinates are 46.696, -117.246. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1250.
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This entry incorporates text from “KWSU (AM)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.