KHOJ (AM)

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KHOJ
Broadcast area Greater St. Louis
Frequency 1460 kHz
Programming
Format Catholic
Affiliations EWTN Radio
Ownership
Owner Covenant Network
WRYT
History
First air date
1968;57 years ago (1968)
Former call signs
KIRL (1968–2005)
Call sign meaning
Heart Of Jesus
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 7114
Class B
Power 12,000 watts day
210 watts night
Translators 96.7 K244FO (Crestwood)
102.9 K275CI (St. Charles)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website covenantnet.net

KHOJ (1460 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to St. Charles, Missouri, and serving the Greater St. Louis area. It is owned by the Covenant Network and broadcasts a Catholic radio format. Some programming comes from the EWTN Radio Network. The studios are on Hampton Avenue in St. Louis.

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By day, KHOJ is powered at 12,000 watts. But to avoid interference to other stations on 1460 AM, at night power is greatly reduced to 210 watts. The AM transmitter is located north of St. Charles. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: 96.7 K244FO in Crestwood and 102.9 K275CI in St. Charles.

History

The station debuted, as KIRL, in 1968. It replaced KADY, which had previously operated on the frequency from 1958 to 1965, and had been deleted on March 24, 1967. [2] KIRL operated from the transmitter site previously used by KADY.

KIRL was owned by Contemporary Media, Inc. In 1979, Contemporary Media sold the station to the Bronco Broadcasting Company. Bronco relaunched KIRL as a gospel music station for the African American community. Zella Jackson Price and other pioneering announcers were on its air staff. [3]

In 2005, Bronco sold KIRL to the Covenant Network for $730,000. The sale marked the end of KIRL's gospel programming as of April 30 and scattered many of the religious programs it carried. [3] Covenant immediately relaunched the station as KHOJ with its programming.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KHOJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Leffingwell, Robert Down (1983). "KADY". Causes and Indicators of Commercial AM Radio Station Failure: 1962-1976 (Dissertation). The Ohio State University. p. 425. ProQuest   303192463.
  3. 1 2 Hayes, Bernie (May 6, 2005). "KIRL sold to Covenant Network". St. Louis American. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

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