KDHX

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KDHX is a non-commercial, listener-supported community radio station in St. Louis, Missouri located at 88.1 MHz FM offering a full spectrum of music along with cultural and public affairs programming. KDHX broadcasts 24 hours a day with 42kW of effective radiated power in stereo with RBDS data.

KDHX is licensed to the Double Helix Corporation, a 501(c)3 non-profit arts and educational organization with a mission to foster community participation, knowledge and training in and through mass media, with the values of developing volunteer participation, supporting cultural diversity, promoting local talent, providing a forum for public discourse, and providing education through programming and training. The Double Helix Corporation was formed after the demise of KDNA, a countercultural community-radio station that operated in St. Louis's Gaslight Square district in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The corporation is independent of any governmental entity and is not affiliated with any religious or educational organization. The KDHX offices and studios are located at 3504 Magnolia in the Tower Grove East neighborhood; its tower is located in Jefferson County, MO just south of St. Louis.

[edit] External links

• Official KDHX website.
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KDHX
• KDHX - Myspace.com page.
• www.stlradio.com, Contains many articles on the history of St. Louis radio broadcasing including one on the history of KDNA under "Call Letter History". Originally from St. Louis Journalism Review.
• KDNA and KDHX archival materials and addendum at the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection.
• KDNA and KDHX archival materials at the Saint Louis Public Library.
• The Wayback Machine - One of KDHX's rock'n'roll programs.