radio Frequencies

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
10/04/61 Control transfer to Stan-Lin Corp.
9/26/63 Hess-Hawkins sued for foreclosure and reapplied for license
4/23/64 Station went dark
7/64 Call letters changed to WAMV
7/10/72 Licensed to E. St. Louis Broadcasting Co. at 1,000/250 watts
11/85 Control transfer to Rev. L.E. Willis
11/91 Control transfer to Willis Family Broadcasting
2/05/94 Control transfer to Robert Riggins
11/04 Control transfer to Simmons Media
7/09/07 Call letter change to WFFX
11/2009 Control transfer to Entertainment Media Trust
1/19/2010 Call letter change to WQQX

Call Letters:

WTMV
WAMV
WBBR
WESL
WFFX

AM/FM:

AM

Frequency – 1500

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