<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/news/kasu-to-host-69th-birthday-party-and-giving-event.html" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>05/14/2026</pubDate><title>KASU to Host 69th Birthday Party and Giving Event</title><description>KASU 91.9 FM, the public media service of Arkansas State University, is celebrating its 69th birthday with two fundraising events. KASU signed on the air on Friday, May 17, 1957, and is the oldest National Public Radio (NPR) member station in Arkansas, as well as the oldest non-commercial public radio station.</description><author/><image><img src="/images/news/kasu.jpg" alt="Logo for KASU"/></image><showImage>after</showImage><imageWidth>narrow</imageWidth><tags><tag>kasu</tag></tags></item>