KSD (FM)

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Coordinates: 38°36′47″N 90°20′08″W / 38.61295°N 90.33559°W / 38.61295; -90.33559
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KSD
iHeartMedia, Inc.
  • (iHM Licenses, LLC)
    • KATZ, KATZ-FM, KLOU, KSLZ, KTLK-FM, W279AQ
    History
    First air date
    		March 27, 1955; 69 years ago (1955-03-27) (as KCFM)
    Former call signs
    • KCFM (1955–1980)
    • KSD-FM (1980–1997)
    Call sign meaning
    		St. Louis Post-Dispatch (original owner of KSD (AM), now KTRS)
    Technical information[1]
    Licensing authority
    		FCC
    Facility ID20360
    ClassC1
    ERP74,000 watts
    HAAT309 meters (1,014 ft)
    Transmitter coordinates
    		38°36′47″N 90°20′08″W / 38.61295°N 90.33559°W / 38.61295; -90.33559
    Links
    Public license information
    Webcast
    Website937thebull.iheart.com

    KSD (93.7

    nationally syndicated iHeartRadio programs on weekdays, The Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time and After MidNite with Granger Smith overnight. KSD is unusual as an FM station with only three letters in its call sign. It inherited its call letters from its former sister station, KSD 550 AM, now KTRS
    , which originated in the earliest days of broadcasting.

    KSD has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 74,000 watts.[2] The transmitter is in Resurrection Cemetery in Shrewsbury, amid the towers for other FM and TV stations.[3] KSD broadcasts using HD Radio technology, formerly carrying iHeartRadio's classic country music service on its HD2 digital subchannel.

    KSD broadcasting in HD

    History

    KCFM

    On March 27, 1955; 69 years ago (1955-03-27), the station

    signed on the air. Its original call sign was KCFM.[4][5] KCFM was owned by the Commercial Broadcasting Company and broadcast from the Boatmen's Bank Building
    .

    Its studios and transmitter moved to 532 DeBaliviere Avenue in 1959. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, KCFM broadcast a beautiful music format, playing quarter hour sweeps of soft instrumental cover versions of popular songs with occasional middle of the road vocals.

    KSD-FM

    hot AC
    ). It used the moniker "KS94 FM".

    Then, in August 1987, KSD-FM dropped the hot AC format for classic rock as "The New 93.7 KSD-FM". That format lasted until January 1999, when KSD-FM briefly went back to hot AC as "Mix 93.7".[6][7]

    Country music

    At noon on October 9, 2000, KSD-FM switched to

    Smooth Jazz 106.5", now WARH. Due to a big ownership shakeup in 2000, Bonneville International ended up owning both competing St. Louis country stations. With 106.5 playing smooth jazz, that opened up a spot for a competitor to longtime country station 92.3 WIL-FM
    , also owned by Bonneville.

    The first song on "The Bull" was "

    Nielsen ratings
    .

    References

    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
    2. ^ KSD-FM FCC.gov
    3. ^ "KSD-FM 93.7 MHz - Saint Louis, MO". radio-locator.com.
    4. ^ "New KCFM Begins Broadcasting Today". St. Louis Globe=Democrat. March 27, 1955. p. G-1. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
    5. ^ "FM Station KCFM Going On Air Today". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 27, 1955. p. 4H. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
    6. ^ "R and R Newspaper" (PDF). www.americanradiohistory.com. 1987. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
    7. ^ "R and R Newspaper" (PDF). www.americanradiohistory.com. 1999. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
    8. ^ R and R Newspaper 2000 World Radio History
    9. ^ "Mix 93.7 KSD Becomes the Bull". October 9, 2000.

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