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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107 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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Sometimes the only cure for feeling in a funk is listening to The Funk, and this week’s edition of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show features all kinds ...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week’s Tonic: The Funky Groove Show does a deep dive into Norman, Oklahoma's 40+ year history of the annual Jazz in June Festival, with tunes ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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Tune in to this week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, and hear all kinds of feel-good funky stuff, like a 1980 tune by the Jeff Lorber Fu...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week on Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, we explore the unusual world of strange time signatures, like a seven beats per measure tune by Victor W...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show’ll get you movin’, with fun and funky tracks from yesterday and today, like a tune by The Secti...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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On Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, we always feature hot, funky tunes, that make you wanna move, like a song by Italian guitarist Giacomo Turra. It’s...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week’s special edition of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show features funky music reflecting our love of beverages, like a song about coffee by The ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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If you need some music to lighten up the mood or help recover from your week, I’ve got you covered. Tonic: The Funky Groove Show offers selections ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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This week’s episode of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show features new and used instrumental grooves with a funky kick, like a vintage track by Sylvania ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30
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If you like Classical music, you’ll love this week’s special edition of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, where we’re taking a funky look at some of th...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:30