Radio Articles

​Call letters changed from KCWA in 1999.

​KLPH was the original call letter combination requested for the 89.9 FM construction permit. By the time the permit was issued, the call letters had been changed to KBDY.

​Call letters changed from KIRL 2005.

​The station, licensed to the Belleville Junior College, broadcast at 89.7 with a power of 10 watts. Operations began in 1976 and ended in 1979. Staffing was a problem, as the junior college student volunteers often did not show up for their air shifts.

​Cahokia School District held the license and the studio was in the high school. Broadcasts were on 89.5 and consisted of kids playing Top 40 records and broadcasts of sporting events.

​Operated by the Mehlville School District at a frequency of 89.3, the station featured student disc jockeys broadcasting from Mehlville Senior High. They began broadcasting in 1974. A newspaper article told of a major problem of theft of the station’s records from its library.