Radio Born and Bred
Josephine Baker
Lifetime: 06/03/1906 – 04/12/1975 Singer: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
Radio Born and Bred
Chuck Acree
Lifetime: 09/22/1913 – 11/04/1991 Emcee: “Hint Club,” “We, the Wives,” “Ladies Be Seated” “Auction Quiz”
Radio Frequency History
Frequency- 1600
1/02/55 Licensed to St. Louis Broadcasting Co. at 1,000 watts as KATZ 3/30/57 Control transfer to Rollins Broadcasting 1/19/60 Sale to Laclede Radio approved, rescinded 2 days later 2/01/60 Control transfer to Laclede Radio 1982 Control transfer to Unity 1986 Control transfer to InterUrban Broadcasting 11/27/91 InterUrban declares bankruptcy 10/92 Read more…
Radio Frequency History
Frequency- 1570
1948 Licensed to R.C. Goshorn and R.L. Rose as WOKZ 2/4/48 Signed on 1950 Control transfer to North Shore Broadcasting 1953 Control transfer to Palen Broadcasting 1/01/65 Control transfer to Morell Broadcasting 11/01/84 Control transfer to Metroplex Communications, Inc. 11/05/84 Call letter change to WBGZ Call Letters: WOKZ WBGZ AM/FM: Read more…
Radio Frequency History
Frequency- 1500
2/06/35 Licensed to Lester Cox 1936 Power increased to 500 watts 10/26/39 Control transfer to William West and Carleton French 3/28/41 Frequency changed to 1490 kHz Call Letters: WTMV AM/FM: AM
Radio Frequency History
Frequency- 1490
3/28/41 Frequency assigned to WTMV 3/25/42 Control transfer to Carleton French 5/15/45 Control transfer to Mississippi Valley Broadcasting 5/25/47 Control transfer to On the Air, Inc. 6/05/57 Control transfer to Radio Missouri Corp. 1958 Call letters changed to WAMV 1960 Control transfer to Hess-Hawkins 7/07/61 Call letters changed to WBBR Read more…