Outlet track record
St. Louis Public Radio
U.S. center-left (mainstream public media)
St. Louis Public Radio is a nonprofit NPR member station licensed to the University of Missouri system and run through UMSL. It is moving toward independence under Friends of KWMU, Inc. Its news is mainstream and fact-based, and the station is generally seen as center-left in its news choices. Its coverage of the Trump administration is mostly straight reporting, with a local focus on policy effects, including federal funding cuts to public media. I did not review its recent coverage closely enough to rate its tone precisely.
Owned byThe broadcast licenses (KWMU, KMST, WQUB) are still held by the University of Missouri Board of Curators and operated through UMSL. In February 2025, the university and the nonprofit Friends of KWMU, Inc. announced a plan to move the licenses and governance to Friends of KWMU over up to three years. Public reports I found do not confirm that the transfer has been completed.
LeaningU.S. center-left (mainstream public media)
On the administrationmixed
2average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun