KFKU

[2] The station's debut broadcast on December 15 coincided with the "third annual radio night", and featured a concert by the KU band and a speech by Chancellor Ernest Lindley.

[3] Initial programming ran on Monday and Thursday nights and included lectures complementing correspondence courses in areas such as philosophy and Spanish, as well as special events such as commencement and basketball games.

Although KFKU was licensed for 500 watts, it broadcast at 1,000 using WREN's transmission equipment, originally located in the storage room of the Bowersock Mills and Power Company.

[7] A defunct FM station in Hutchinson donated its equipment to the university, and in 1952, the sign-on of KANU created a new primary outlet for KU's radio programming.

In 1996, owing to the length of silence and the university's failure to respond to FCC letters, potentially thinking it had already surrendered the station,[7] KFKU's license was designated for hearing[8] and ultimately canceled.