KWSO Radio

KWSO 91.9 FM is a Non-Commercial Community radio station owned and operated by The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon and first aired in September 1986. With 4,300 watts of power, and a transmitter atop Eagle Butte on the Warm Springs Reservation, KWSO broadcasts 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Today, the radio station operates with 7 full-time staff and broadcasts music, cultural programming and news and reaches 50,000 people in all of Jefferson County and into Wasco, Wheeler, Crook and Deschutes with a primary focus on the residents of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. 

In 2009 KWSO moved into the Warm Springs Media Center which was funded by the CTWS, Meyer Memorial Trust and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Community Service Grant Program. This eco-friendly building features a 11.4 kilowatt solar panels and also houses the Spilyay Tymoo, a community newspaper published by the CTWS.