KWUL (AM)
Simulcasts NAD 83) | |
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Translator(s) | 101.5 K268CT (St. Louis) |
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Website | kwulf.com |
KWUL (920
KWUL's studios and offices are located on Hampton Avenue in
History
On December 1, 1961, KWUL first
WGNU was sold to Radio Property Ventures, owners of
Former KFNS host Tim McKernan and his company, InsideSTL Enterprises, bought the weekday air time on WGNU, and the station switched its weekday programming to sports talk on August 1, 2013. The weekday schedule consisted of 11 hours of local shows, as well as programming from CBS Sports Radio. The Urban Talk format continued to air on weekends.[6] This lease agreement ended in September 2016, when insideSTL Enterprises took over the operations of KFNS and moved its programming onto that station.
The station briefly made national headlines when former
In 2018, the station's
On October 12, 2021, WGNU changed its format from brokered programming to sports gambling, branded as "The Game", with programming from the VSIN Sports Betting Network.[12] This station is currently running programming from a local station in Ellsberry, MissourI called KWUL-FM. It currently running rock and Americana type music.
On March 27, 2023, the station changed its call sign to KWUL. Effective May 8, 2023, Radio Property Ventures sold KWUL, KXEN, and translator K264CY to Louis Eckelkamp's East Central Broadcasting for $210,000.
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References
- ^ "KWUL-AM Radio Station Coverage Map".
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-63
- ^ Garrison, Chad (2007-09-27). "WGNU Sale Finalized; Station to Go Gospel". STLog. Village Voice Media. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ a b Hinman, Kristen (April 27, 2005). "The old Chuckaroo". Riverfront Times. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "St. Louis Media History Foundation - Welcome".
- ^ "WGNU St. Louis to Flip to Sports".
- ^ a b "MLB Baseball - News, Scores, Stats, Standings, and Rumors - Major League Baseball".
- ^ "Jack Clark fired after Pujols says he'll sue". 9 August 2013.
- ^ http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9556488[dead link]
- ^ "Albert Pujols sues Jack Clark". 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Radio Broadcasting Services; AM or FM Proposals To Change The Community of License" Federal Register, May 11, 2018 (federalregister.gov)
- ^ Sports Betting The Game Debuts In St. Louis Radioinsight - October 12, 2021