Dick Pryor
KGOU General ManagerDick Pryor has more than 30 years of experience in public service media, having previously served as deputy director, managing editor, news manager, news anchor and host for OETA, Oklahoma’s statewide public TV network. He was named general manager of KGOU Radio in November, 2016.
A native of Norman, Pryor earned a B.A. in Journalism and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma. In 2015, he was chosen a Distinguished Alumnus of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma, where he has served as an instructor of Mass Communication Law and Radio News. Pryor was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 2009.
In addition to newsroom and station leadership, Pryor has served as news and sports anchor and reporter, talk show host, play-by-play announcer, public relations director for Oklahoma City’s professional baseball team and chief of staff for the lieutenant governor. He has provided employment law and business coaching to corporate executives, managers and human resource professionals. Pryor began his broadcasting career as a student announcer and reporter at KGOU while he was an undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma.
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October 20-26 is National Free Speech Week. -
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has found a major priority of the Stitt administration to be unconstitutional. -
KGOU's email newsletters give listeners a summary of news each week and resources to stay engaged with their community, events, and their favorite public radio station. -
Again this semester, OU students are learning professional skills through paid positions and class work at KGOU. -
Controversial State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters resigns to take job with conservative teacher group. -
KGOU and StateImpact Oklahoma reporters and producers scored 18 awards in the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists awards, as determined by journalism peers. -
New social studies standards that went into effect for the current school semester have now been halted by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. -
Citing lack of standing for the legislator who brought a lawsuit against it, the Oklahoma Supreme Court allows Gov. Kevin Stitt's "return to work" executive order to stand. -
KGOU responds to federal funding cuts with critical fall fundraising effort in September. -
With just over a year to go before campaigning accelerates into high gear, KGOU's Capitol Insiders evaluate the 2026 elections in Oklahoma with James Davenport, professor of political science and director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Rose State College.
