KGOU

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KGOU Radio is a full service public radio station, licensed to the University of Oklahoma, serving the greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area, towns in Pontotoc, Seminole and Grady counties, and northwestern Oklahoma. Its format is primarily news/talk on weekdays, with jazz, blues, and world music programs on weekends, broadcasting programs from NPR, PRI and other public radio networks. Its broadcast schedule includes programming for a Native American audience.

KGOU is also a broadcast and online news organization (www.kgou.org) providing news coverage of local, state, regional, national and global issues, along with our partner organizations, NPR, and other networks and content providers. KGOU streams broadcast audio over the internet, and provides online audio of programs and news reports.

The staff of KGOU includes 10 full-time and five part-time employees. The station also houses two reporters employed for StateImpact Oklahoma, a collaborative effort of public broadcasters in the state and NPR.

KGOU originates from studios located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma and is delivered by four transmitters and three translators to more than one million residents of central, southeastern and northwestern Oklahoma.

Licensee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma

Series

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77 Pieces

A KGOU original production hosted by Michael Bendure, Tonic: The Funky Groove Show features a mix of instrumental funk and groove music spanning the past six decades. The program offers family-friendly, feel-good music from the 1960s, '70s and '80s all the way into the 21st Century, encompassing funk, groove, soul, disco, jazz, hip hop and more. A weekly dose of universal harmony, love and acceptance.

  • From: KGOU
  • Updated: Oct 22, 2021

Latest Pieces

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This week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show is packed with feel-good tunes spanning the past 70 years, like an organ groover by The Yards. ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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It’s time for our annual Halloween celebration on this week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, with spooky songs about werewolves and swamp...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week on Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, it’s a funky blend of tunes, hand-picked to take you on a feel-good ride through the past 70 years, like...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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On this week’s special edition of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, we’re hitting the stage for all live recordings, like a tune by the Nils Landgren F...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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Tune in to this week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, for instrumental, funky music you won’t hear anywhere else, like a track by the Big...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week, we celebrate the launch of season four, of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, and as always, we’ll set the tone for a fun and funky time, wit...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show combines classic, rare, and hard to find tunes, plus today’s hottest funk, like an entry from G...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week on Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, we’ve got loads of feel-good funky tunes, like something by Acid Jazz band The Whole Thing. Tune in for ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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On this week’s special edition of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, we enter the wonderful world of Stevie Wonder, and explore his musical influence, l...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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Tune in to Tonic: The Funky Groove Show and get your ears blasted with fun and funky tunes from the past seven decades, like a song by Michigan out...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30