KZQZ
Radio station in St. Louis, Missouri (1922–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the radio station in San Francisco, California, formerly known as KZQZ, see KGMZ-FM.
KZQZ was a commercial radio station that was licensed to serve St. Louis, Missouri at 1430 AM, and broadcast from 1922 to 2020. As WEB it was one of the first radio stations to have been established and licensed in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area, and was known for most of its life as WIL. The Federal Communications Commission revoked the license for the station and its three co-owned stations in March 2020 after discovering that a convicted felon had effective control of the stations in their last years; despite the revocation, KZQZ and KQQZ continued to broadcast without a valid license into April 2020.[1]
Quick Facts Broadcast area, Frequency ...
Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
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Frequency | 1430 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Defunct |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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Operator | Insane Broadcasting Company |
KQQZ, KFTK, WQQW | |
History | |
First air date | April 5, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-04-05) |
Last air date | April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04) |
Former call signs | WEB (1922–25) WIL (1925–91) WRTH (1991–2005) WIL (2005–08) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 72391 |
Class | B |
Power | 50,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°32′09″N 90°11′26″W |
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The former KZQZ's four-tower transmitter site is in the village of Dupo, Illinois.[citation needed]