| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1430 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
|
| Operator | Insane Broadcasting Company |
| KQQZ, KFTK, WQQW | |
| History | |
First air date | April 5, 1922 |
Last air date | April 2020 |
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 / 38.53583°N 90.19056°W |
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]
The former KZQZ's four-tower transmitter site is in the village of Dupo, Illinois.[citation needed]
- ^ Holleman, Joe (April 8, 2020). "Main shock-jock station still on air without FCC license". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved July 26, 2020.