KFUO

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KFUO mast and studios on Concordia Seminary Campus, April 2007

KFUO ( 850 AM ) is a radio broadcaster in St. Louis County . It is one of the oldest Christian radio broadcasters in the United States and has been operating continuously. He is maintained by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). The station mostly transmits church music and radio programs through the Bible, theology, and society. On weekends, the station broadcasts four church services. In mid-December, the station broadcasts a Christmas service in German.

The studios are located in the LCMS headquarters in Kirkwood , while the transmitters are in Clayton , at Concordia Seminary .

The station is only allowed to transmit during the day, as the transmission frequency is also occupied by the Clear-Channel Station KOA from Denver . The station's website plays sacred music at night when the radio station is not broadcasting.

history

On February 19, 1923, the Board of Control at Concordia Seminary had discussed the formation of a Lutheran radio station. Next they asked for money from students and other Lutheran organizations.

The broadcasting license was issued on October 25, 1924. The station began broadcasting regularly on December 14, 1924.

The station was assigned its current frequency of 850 kHz in September 1941. This frequency was shared with KOA in Denver.

In 1948 an FM radio station was set up with a simultaneous broadcast from the AM radio station. In 1975, KFUO-FM the FM station switched to classical music and in 2010 it was sold.

In 1998, KFUO started a live stream on the internet site kfuo.org. In 2004, KFUO started an HD radio station, the first in Missouri.

On June 24, 2013, the broadcasting facility was relocated to the LCMS International Center, the headquarters of LCMS, in Kirkwood, Missouri. The broadcaster stays with Concordia Seminary.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Schedule and Program Guide . KFUO Radion. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d History . KFUO radio. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b KFUO Was One Of St. Louis' First Stations . St. Louis Media History Foundation. Retrieved on August 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Radio Stations, Religious. . In: Christian Cyclopedia . Concordia Publishing House . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ St. Louis' "Classic 99" ends 62 years in the format tonight with Beethoven's 9th . In: Radio-Info.com . July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved on August 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ KFUO Moves Studio . St. Louis Media History Foundation. Retrieved on August 8, 2017.

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