Radio Frequency History

AM Radio Frequencies with historic dates and call letters.

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…

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

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…

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Co. at 1,000 watts as KATZ 3/30/57 Control transfer to Rollins Broadcasting 1/19/60 Sale to Laclede Radio approved, rescinded 2 days later 2/01/60 Control transfer to Laclede Radio 1982 Control transfer to Unity 1986 Control transfer to InterUrban Broadcasting 11/27/91 InterUrban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…

3/29/41 Frequency assigned as KWK 1942 KWK power increase to 5,000 watts 1958 KWK control transferred to Andrew Spheeris et al 2/26/66 KWK license revoked after fraudulent contest (2/22) 7/01/69 KWK licensed to Victory Broadcasting 5/23/72 KWK licensee name changed to Vic-Way Broadcasting 7/31/73 KWK goes dark 10/31/73 KWK company Read more…