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St. Louis Public Radio
U.S. center-left
St. Louis Public Radio is an NPR member station that has operated under the University of Missouri-St. Louis since 1972 and is now transitioning to an independent nonprofit. It leans slightly left of center, consistent with public radio broadly, and is rated high for factual accuracy by media watchdogs. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term has been broadly critical, with particular focus on federal funding cuts to public media and their local impact.
Owned byLicense held by the Curators of the University of Missouri System (UMSL); in February 2025, UMSL announced a separation agreement transferring governance and the license to Friends of KWMU Inc., an independent nonprofit — a transition expected to take up to three years.
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun