KPR also operates an HD2 signal, which broadcasts a mix of National Public Radio and BBC news-talk programming.

KANU won a Peabody Award in 1974 for its weekly hour "The American Past," hosted by journalism professor Calder Pickett.

The program mixed audio clips and music of earlier times with historical narration, and was broadcast for 32 years until Pickett retired in 2005.

The station also became known for classical music programs such as "Opera Is My Hobby," hosted by Dr. Jim Seaver weekly for 59 years and Dick Wright's "The Jazz Scene" on Saturday mornings.

[2] In 2003, KANU adopted the more inclusive slogan Kansas Public Radio to its rapidly growing broadcast footprint.