KMOX

Coordinates: 38°43′21.18″N 90°3′18.38″W / 38.7225500°N 90.0551056°W / 38.7225500; -90.0551056
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This article is about the radio station. For the television station, see KMOV. For the airport serving Morris, Minnesota, assigned the ICAO code KMOX, see Morris Municipal Airport.

KMOX
FCC
Facility ID9638
ClassA
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)98.7 K254CR (St. Louis)
Repeater(s)102.5 KEZK-FM-HD2 (St. Louis)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/kmox

KMOX (1120

St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it is a 50,000 watt Class A clear-channel station with a non-directional signal. The KMOX studios and offices are on Olive Street at Tucker Boulevard in the Park Pacific Building in St. Louis.[2] KMOX refers to itself as "NewsRadio 1120 - The Voice of St. Louis".[3][4] It is considered the first U.S. station to program all talk shows around the clock.[citation needed
]

KMOX's transmitter is located off Route 162 in Pontoon Beach, Illinois.[5] With a good radio, KMOX's nighttime signal can be heard across most of the United States and into Mexico and Canada. However, it is strongest in the Central United States. Its daytime signal provides at least secondary coverage to most of Eastern Missouri and much of Southern Illinois. The station is also heard on KEZK's HD2 subchannel and translator 98.7 K254CR. Along with WIL-FM, KMOX is responsible for the activation of the Greater St. Louis Emergency Alert System for hazardous weather, disaster declarations, etc.,[citation needed] and is the EAS primary entry point for eastern Missouri and southern Illinois.

Programming

KMOX airs a

America in the Morning
. The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano is heard on Mondays in the early morning hours.

On weekend mornings, all-news blocks start the schedule, followed by programs on money, health, car repair, home improvement and old time radio dramas and comedies. Some weekend shows are paid

Hockey
team through the 2018–2019 season.

KMOX has a large team of local newscasters and reporters, and airs CBS News Radio at the beginning of most hours. KMOX also has an agreement to share news gathering and weather information with KMOV, the CBS television network affiliate for St. Louis. At one time, KMOX and KMOV (formerly KMOX-TV) were sister stations, both owned by CBS.

History

Early years

KMOX was started in the early 1920s by a group of businessmen who formed a company known as "The Voice of St. Louis, Inc." The station's owners wanted KVSL, for "Voice of St. Louis". The owners also applied for KMO, with MO the abbreviation for Missouri, but those call letters had been in use by another station since 1922, KMO (now

signed on the air on December 24, 1925. The "X" was added because the starting date was Christmas Eve, or Xmas Eve. A local legend states the call letters mean Kirkwood, Missouri On Xmas.[citation needed
]

In 1927 the station gave prominent coverage to the

CBS Radio Network.[6]

Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927.[7] In addition, stations were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard.[8] On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including KFQA, also in St. Louis, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it."[9] KFQA proposed that instead of maintaining its own transmitting facility, it would share the facilities of an existing station. The FRC initially disapproved of this proposal, and ordered KFQA deleted,[10] but eventually relented, and assigned KMOX to be operated under the dual call sign of KMOX-KFQA.[11]

On November 11, 1928, the FRC made a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40. KMOX was designated a clear-channel station on 1090 kHz.[12] In mid-1930, the dual call sign operation as KMOX-KFQA ended, and the station's call sign reverted to just KMOX.[13]

CBS bought KMOX, and began the process of getting approval to build a 50,000-watt transmitter tower. When completed, it gave the now a signal that could be heard at night through much of the U.S. In the early days of radio, KMOX broadcasts had been picked up in Scotland, New Zealand, the Arctic Circle and South Africa.[14][15]

In 1933, KMOX covered the first post-

Budweiser beer leaving the Anheuser-Busch St. Louis brewery for the White House, a story carried nationally by CBS.[citation needed] Through the "Golden Age of Radio," KMOX carried the CBS schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts. The studios and offices were housed in the Merchandise Mart Building on Washington Street.[16]

On March 29, 1941, KMOX moved from 1090 to 1120 kHz, its location ever since, as part of the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement.

TV and FM stations

CBS had planned to have a corporate-

VHF channel in St. Louis.[17] After being approached with an offer, CBS decided in August of that year to instead buy the existing KWK-TV for $4 million.[18] KWK-TV was owned by a group including the publisher of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
.

CBS took control of KWK-TV's operations that March, and changed its call letters to KMOX-TV, sharing the call sign with AM 1120.

The original Viacom
purchased KMOX-TV from CBS in 1986, and because of an FCC regulation in place then that prohibited TV and radio stations in the same market, but with different ownership from sharing the same callsign, it subsequently amended its call sign to KMOV.

KMOX added an FM station on February 12, 1962.

iHeartMedia, Inc.

In July 1968, CBS opened a new studio and office facility in downtown St. Louis to house KMOX-AM-FM-TV, which until that point had been operating from separate locations. The radio stations had been headquartered near Forest Park.[21] KMOX-TV moved from Cole Street into the new facility, known as One Memorial Drive, and remains there to the present day.

Talk radio pioneer

As network programming shifted from radio to television in the 1950s, KMOX scheduled a

adult contemporary) music. In 1955, Robert Hyland Jr.
became KMOX's general manager, a role he held for nearly forty years. It was Hyland who leveraged KMOX's relationship with the Cardinals, signing many lucrative advertising contracts with local businesses.

Hyland made the decision in 1960 to eliminate the station's afternoon music programming, the last of the non-talk shows. That made KMOX the first full-time

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. That program, like the sports and talk shows that soon followed, pioneered a format for radio featuring news maker interviews, guest appearances, and calls from listeners.[citation needed
]

After Hyland died in 1992, Rod Zimmerman was named general manager. He departed in 1998 to manage CBS station WBBM Radio in Chicago.

KMOX picked up

Costas Coast to Coast in 1994. Also, in July of that year Bob Costas began hosting a sports call-in show on the station.[22]

Karen Carroll was general manager from 1998 until 2003, when

KEZK and KYKY
is the station's current Market Manager & Sr. Vice President for Entercom.

KMOX started broadcasting in HD Radio in May 2006.[citation needed][23] For many years, KMOX broadcast using C-QUAM's AM Stereo technology, but stereo transmissions ended in the spring of 2000.

On January 30, 2012, Jon Grayson's Overnight America, based at KMOX, and also airing on CBS stations WCCO in Minneapolis and KDKA in Pittsburgh, became a nationally syndicated program with several dozen stations airing it across the country. The syndication was discontinued in 2017, but the show continued to air late nights on KMOX.

Entercom/Audacy ownership

On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with

Entercom.[24] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on the 17th.[25][26]
The Entercom acquisition ended KMOX's 88 years of CBS ownership.

KMOX held the distinction of holding the record for consecutive number one

Nielsen ratings for St. Louis.[27]

KMOX carried the

America in the Morning. Habeeb is a programmer with the Salem Radio Network. America in the Morning is supplied by Westwood One, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media
.

For the past 21 years[when?], KMOX has hosted a holiday radio program, in which KMOX personalities perform an old-time radio show in front of a live audience.[citation needed]

Logo before translator launch

On March 22, 2021, KMOX added an FM simulcast on 98.7 FM K254CR, a translator formerly used for KFTK (AM), then temporarily for KFTK-FM. This translator provides coverage to the inner ring suburbs of St. Louis. KMOX also added The Dave Glover Show to their schedule, which previously aired on KFTK for the past two years, and following Limbaugh's death elected to launch a new, local show hosted by longtime news reporter Carol Daniel in its lunchtime timeslot.[29]

Sports

Jack Buck and Mike Shannon announcing a St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch Memorial Stadium, 1992

KMOX has had a long history of broadcasting sports. In 1926, it aired the Cardinals-Yankees World Series, and starting the next season the station began airing St. Louis Cardinals' games.

During the 1930s and 1940s, KMOX was one of several St. Louis stations broadcasting both the Cardinals and

flagship station of that network (in part due to its clear channel status).[citation needed
]

KMOX's most famous sports broadcaster was

ABA-NBA merger in June 1976.[citation needed
]

At times, the station's emphasis had shifted away from broadcasting St. Louis professional sports teams. In 2000, the St. Louis Blues hockey team moved to KTRS after having been on KMOX for all but three of the team's 33 seasons (1967–2000), but the games returned starting in the 2006–07 season. The St. Louis Blues moved to WXOS starting in the 2019–2020 season. In 2006, the Cardinals' broadcasts moved to KTRS after 52 seasons on KMOX (1954–2005) after the team purchased controlling interest in KTRS.[citation needed] On September 1, 2010, the Cardinals announced the return of broadcasts to KMOX, starting in the 2011 baseball season.[30] KMOX aired University of Missouri Tigers Football and basketball games for many years, and was the flagship of their radio network until the 1990s. Starting in 2011, the Tigers moved their basketball, football, and news & talk programs to 550 KTRS.[31]

The station continues to host sports programming such as "Sports Open Line". Matt Pauley is the main host.[32]

Live play-by-play sports on KMOX

  • St. Louis Blues hockey (1967–1985, 1988–2000, 2006–2019, spillover games on co-owned KYKY)
  • St. Louis Cardinals baseball (1928–1948, 1954–2005, 2011–present)
  • St. Louis Cardinals
    football (1960–1987)
  • St. Louis Hawks
    basketball (1955–1968)

FM translator

Broadcast translator
for KMOX
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)
HAAT
 Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info Notes
K254CR 98.7 FM
St. Louis, Missouri
 138424 250 162 m (531 ft) D 38°36′47.2″N 90°20′9.4″W / 38.613111°N 90.335944°W / 38.613111; -90.335944 (K254CR) LMS Previously assigned to rebroadcast KFTK (1490 AM); reassigned to KFTK-FM and then KMOX after KFTK (AM)'s license was cancelled by the FCC.

Notable personalities

Notable current and past KMOX broadcasters include:

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KMOX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KMOX Leaving One Memorial Drive for Park Pacific". KMOX.com. June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Newsradio 1120 KMOX". CBS St. Louis (webpage). CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  4. ^ USPTO Trademark Reg. No. 2998300
  5. ^ "KMOX-AM 1120 kHz - Saint Louis, MO". radio-locator.com.
  6. ^ Radio Digest, September 1927, quoted in: McLeod, Elizabeth (September 20, 2002). CBS—In the Beginning, History of American Broadcasting. Retrieved on January 1, 2007. The other stations were WOR in Newark; WADC in Akron, Ohio;
    WAIU in Columbus, Ohio
    ; WCAO in Baltimore; WCAU in Philadelphia; WEAN in Providence; WFBL in Syracuse; WGHP in Detroit; WJAS in Pittsburgh; WKRC in Cincinnati; WMAK in Buffalo-Lockport;
    WMAQ
    in Chicago; WNAC in Boston; WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and KOIL in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  7. ^ "List of broadcasting stations issued temporary permits", Radio Service Bulletin, April 30, 1927, pages 6-14.
  8. ^ "Extension of Broadcasting Station Licenses", Radio Service Bulletin, December 31, 1927, page 7.
  9. ^ "Appendix F (2): Letter to and list of stations included in General Order No. 32, issued May 25, 1928", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission for the Year Ended June 30, 1928, Together With Supplemental Report for the Period From July 1, 1928, to September 30, 1928, pages 146-149.
  10. ^ "Federal Radio Commission order: August 27, 1928", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission (year ending 1928), page 157.
  11. ^ "Alterations and corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, October 31, 1928, page 8.
  12. ^ "Broadcasting Stations", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission (June 30, 1928), page 180.
  13. ^ "Alterations and corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, July 31, 1930, page 10.
  14. ^ MARKGM20877. "MW DX WWL New Orleans and KMOX St Louis Received In Scotland On Perseus SDR-he received it on Tuesday September 14, 2010". Youtube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Deacon, Gary. "Ultralight Reception of 1120 KMOX St. Loius MO-received in January 2009". Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  16. ^ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 40" (PDF).
  17. ^ "FCC acts to clear key market V's." Broadcasting – Telecasting, January 21, 1957, pp. 35-37. [1][permanent dead link][2][permanent dead link][3][permanent dead link]
  18. ^ "CBS buys KWK-TV for $4 million."[permanent dead link] Broadcasting – Telecasting, September 30, 1957, pg. 48.
  19. ^ "CBS-TV takes over KWK-TV."[permanent dead link] Broadcasting – Telecasting, March 3, 1958, pg. 10.
  20. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-1962 page B-98
  21. ^ "D'Arcy's new office reflects spirit of St. Louis."[permanent dead link] Broadcasting, July 15, 1968, pg. 26.
  22. ^ Stark, Phyllis (June 4, 1994). "Vox Jox". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 23. p. 129.
  23. ^ "Stations". HD Radio.
  24. ^ "CBS Radio To Merge With Entercom". February 2, 2017.
  25. ^ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  26. ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  27. ^ "StationRatings". stationratings.com.
  28. ^ "KMOX Programming Schedule". KMOX. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  29. ^ "KMOX Adding FM Translator; Dave Glover & Mark Reardon Trade Stations". March 2021.
  30. ^ Cardinals returning to KMOX next season (September 1, 2010)
  31. ^ "Mizzou Moves to KTRS Radio". University of Missouri Athletic Department. May 11, 2011.
  32. ^ "Sports Open Line". KMOX. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  33. ^ "Bill Wilkerson, longtime radio news/sports announcer, dies at 72". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 3, 2017.

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