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24-436: KWK may refer to: KWK, former call sign of the radio station KXFN KWK-FM, former call sign of the radio station WARH KWK-TV, former call sign of the television station KMOV KwK, abbreviation of Kampfwagenkanone KWK, abbreviation of Kode With Klossy Kwigillingok Airport Koffee with Karan , an Indian talk show hosted by Karan Johar Topics referred to by

48-401: A deal with WKBQ-FM and WKKX. Emmis donated the station to a ministry, which changed the call sign to KKWK on February 16, 1998, and flipped the station to a short lived urban talk format. KKWK switched to a jazz format with new KZJZ call sign adopted on September 1, 1998. KZJZ played mostly classic jazz , had a full-time air staff, and won a Marconi Award . Having low advertising revenues,

72-512: A female-oriented talk format, branded as "1380 The Woman". Concurrently, KFNS switched to a male-focused hot talk/comedy format as "590 The Man". Less than ten months later, KXFN dropped its talk format to carry Yahoo! Sports Radio . On April 1, 2014, it assumed much of KFNS's hot talk format and airstaff as "1380 The X, Xtreme Talk Radio". KFNS itself reverted to sports, but retained the "Man" nickname. For several months, KFNS and KXFN staffers were publicly critical of station management. There

96-494: A live and local DJ staff around the clock, whereas "Jack" stations are, for the most part, automated with no live voices. WARH uses voice actor Howard Cogan for voice imaging; Cogan was the former voice of the network syndicated version of Jack FM. WARH broadcasts in the HD Radio format; WARH-HD2 carries co-owned KTMY from Minneapolis , known as "My Talk Radio." (Before March 2017, it featured less familiar rock songs from

120-441: A rock-lean, but returned back to a mainstream direction by mid-1990. In September 1991, WKBQ-FM brought the morning team of "Steve & DC" to St. Louis from Birmingham, Alabama . In 1993, "Steve & DC" and WKBQ-FM faced controversy over the use of a racial epithet on the air. The following year, they aired an interview with a woman accusing a local broadcaster of harassing her, which may have contributed to his death by suicide in

144-487: A simulcast of the daytime broadcast and nighttime live stream of KFUO, the synod's other radio station. WARH "106-5 The Arch" using the primary slogan "You never know what we're going to play next." The station's name pays tribute to the iconic Gateway Arch monument in Downtown St. Louis . The format is musically similar to the syndicated Jack FM stations in the U.S. and Canada . However, "The Arch" uses

168-434: A small plane crash. Also in 1993, WKBQ-FM again was simulcast on AM 1380. In late 1993, WKBQ-FM was purchased by Zimmer Radio Group of Cape Girardeau, Missouri . On January 20, 1994, WKBQ-FM and country -formatted sister station WKKX swapped frequencies, with WKBQ-FM moving to 104.1 FM, and WKKX moving to 106.5 FM (AM 1380 would continue to simulcast WKBQ-FM after the swap). The station became "New Country Kix 106.5," with

192-541: A year. On October 16, 2017, KXFN changed to conservative talk, branded as "The Answer". WSDZ, which had been carrying Salem's conservative talk line-up, simultaneously flipped to urban gospel . On November 14, 2019, the station was sold to Immaculate Heart Media, Inc. , and adopted Relevant Radio 's Spanish language programming. On February 6, 2023, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod purchased KXFN from Relevant Radio for $ 570,000 and changed programming to

216-560: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KXFN KXFN (1380 AM ) is a radio station in St. Louis, Missouri . It is owned by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and airs a simulcast of station KFUO 's daytime signal and nighttime live stream. The station has a colorful history as a Top 40 station KWK . KXFN employs separate daytime and nighttime transmitter sites;

240-769: The NBC Blue Network . KWK was owned by Thomas Patrick and had its offices and studios in The Chase Park Plaza Hotel . Later, it was the Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate in St. Louis until August 1969, when the station switched from adult standards to an R&B format that featured Bill Bailey, Bernie Hayes, and Don Sainte-Johnn. Sainte-Johnn eventually joined KFRC in San Francisco. KWK's claim to national fame

264-598: The Salem Media Group announced the $ 190,000 purchase of KXFN through "Grand Slam Sports" bankruptcy receiver Detalus Consulting, pairing it with the recently purchased and relaunched WSDZ . Salem was able to secure FM translators for KXFN and WSDZ as part of the FCC's AM Revitalization Translator Waiver Period. On January 6, 2017, KXFN returned to the air and launched a health and wellness talk format, branded as "1380 The Pulse". The health talk format lasted less than

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288-563: The 1960s to the present, branded as "106-5 The Deep.") WARH-HD3 carries an all- 80s hits format branded as “My 80s Mix”; this launched on WARH-HD3 in May 2021, after being moved from KSHE 's HD3 sub-channel. On November 24, 1965, WGNU-FM first signed on as the FM counterpart of WGNU (920 AM), under the ownership of Chuck Norman. Both stations simulcasted a country music format for Granite City and its surrounding communities. In 1977, Norman sold

312-481: The FM station to Doubleday Broadcasting , who would boost the station's signal to cover most of the St. Louis radio market . The call sign was changed to WWWK, with the station simulcasting the album oriented rock (AOR) format of KWK (1380 AM, now KXFN ). The stations called themselves "Stereo WK." In November 1986, the two stations were bought by Chase Broadcasting. The simulcast ended in 1987, with AM 1380 flipping to oldies as KGLD, while FM 106.5 (now with

336-510: The call sign KWK-FM) moved to a Top 40/CHR format. In February 1988, KWK-FM changed call letters to WKBQ-FM, and retained the Top 40 format, but would rebrand as "Q106.5." After the market's CHR powerhouse station KHTR dropped its CHR format that November, WKBQ became the only Top 40 station in the area until the launch of KHTK in August 1989. When mid-1989 rolled along, WKBQ briefly went towards

360-486: The daytime transmitter is located on Chouteau Island near Granite City, Illinois , while the nighttime site is located further south near Dupo, Illinois . The station is among the oldest in St. Louis. It began broadcasting in 1925 as KFVE, licensed to the Film Corporation of America in St. Louis. In November 1927, it adopted what would be its most famous call sign , KWK. At first, KWK was an affiliate of

384-523: The popular morning duo "Steve & DC" heard for the second time on the 106.5 MHz frequency. That led to the team scoring its biggest ratings in St. Louis, as the "Steve & DC" morning show consistently ranked #1 in the all-important Persons 18-49 and Persons 25-54 demographics on WKKX. In November 1996, Emmis Broadcasting bought the station. In 2000, Emmis swapped WKKX to Bonneville International for Los Angeles country music station KZLA (now KLLI ). At 12:00 a.m. on October 4, 2000, after

408-442: The previous sports talk format. By that December, TalkSTL.com's parent company, Markel Radio Group, bought and began programming KFNS, which had fallen silent the previous November after "Grand Slam Sports" went into bankruptcy. Markel then relaunched a new version of "590 The Fan", moving some of the staff and programming over from KXFN. After a brief simulcast on both stations, KXFN fell silent on December 19, 2015. On August 1, 2016,

432-509: The sale to Bonneville closed, WKKX changed call letters to WSSM and adopted a Smooth Jazz format as "Smooth 106.5" (later "106.5 Smooth Jazz"). On April 10, 2005, after playing "Thank You" by Euge Groove , the station adopted its current adult hits format, branded as "106-5 The Arch." The first song on "The Arch" was " Roll With the Changes " by REO Speedwagon . The station adopted its current WARH call letters on April 18, 2005. WARH

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480-607: The station flipped to hot talk as "Straight Talk 1380". Programming on "Straight Talk" included Steve & DC in mornings (simulcast with WKBQ-FM), The Fabulous Sports Babe , Ken Hamblin, Tom Leykis , and Jim Bohannon . On February 22, 1995, the station changed its call sign to KRAM, shortly after the Los Angeles Rams football team announced that they would relocate to St. Louis. On March 21, 1996, 1380 AM returned to simulcasting WKBQ-FM, switching its call sign to WKBQ. That November, Emmis Communications bought it in

504-449: The station immediately under a local marketing agreement . This resulted in the return of the syndicated " Jim Rome Show" to the St. Louis market after an absence of approximately a year. On June 20, 2012, KSLG changed its call sign to KXFN with the FN referring to "Fan," similar to now co-owned KFNS. Citing increased competition and declining ratings, KXFN changed its format in May 2013 to

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528-554: The station switched to a satellite-run Southern Gospel format as KSLG in November 1999. KSLG switched back to sports in 2004, initially carrying Sporting News Radio programming, and later switched to ESPN Radio . On December 3, 2007, KSLG switched affiliations from ESPN to Fox Sports Radio and rebranded as "Team 1380". On July 1, 2010, "Grand Slam Sports", owner of fellow St. Louis sports station KFNS , announced its intention to purchase KSLG pending FCC approval. It began managing

552-998: Was a film clip in which a disc jockey at the station is seen smashing one of Elvis Presley 's records and declaring " Rock and roll has got to go!" It was a clear sign that KWK had veered away from the rock format. This clip can be seen in the 1981 film This Is Elvis . On July 31, 1973, the station went off the air until November 1, 1978, when it returned as a Top 40 station, and in March 1979, it began simulcasting with its sister station WWWK-FM (which would become WKBQ-FM in February 1988). In June 1984, KWK became KGLD, and flipped to oldies . The call letters stood for "Gold." On January 1, 1992, KGLD changed to all- sports radio KASP. The station went back to simulcasting with WKBQ-FM in 1993. (WKBQ-FM, then at 106.5 FM, would swap frequencies with WKKX (104.1) in January 1994.) In December 1994,

576-415: Was on-air sparring between hosts, and even a physical altercation between KFNS' morning host and the station manager (who subsequently resigned). On October 1, 2014, KXFN changed to a music/talk format with multiple styles of shows, offering music of different genres as well as comedy talk content. That lasted until the following March, when TalkSTL.com began leasing the airtime on KXFN, once again restoring

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