| City of license | St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Branding | Truth talk |
| Slogan | Truth Talk 630 AM Radio |
| Frequency | 630 (kHz) |
| First air date | November 22, 1940 (as KXOK-AM) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Former callsigns | KXOK (1940-1994) |
| Owner | Crawford Broadcasting Company |
| Website | truthtalk630.com |
KJSL (630 AM) is a Christian talk radio station broadcasting from St. Louis, Missouri.
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Owned and operated by Crawford Broadcasting Company, KJSL is one of 26 radio stations owned by Crawford Broadcasting. This frequency was formerly used by KXOK, the pioneer of the Top 40 radio format in the 1960s and 1970s. In the mid-1960s, KXOK became the number one Top 40 radio station in the country, with legendary DJ Johnny Rabbitt leading the way as the station's top personality. Owned by Storz Communications, notably long after the death of Todd Storz, the father of the Top 40 radio format. KXOK was changed to KJSL in June 1994 under the new ownership of Crawford Broadcasting.
KJSL is one of 12 Christian radio stations licensed to St. Louis and its metro area according to the St. Louis Journalism review study in March 2000. KJSL is consistently the only Christian station in St Louis that offers live, local programming during drive time hours. The General Manager of the station is Frank Franciosi. The Chief Board Operator for the station until the fall of 2008 was Pam Bay who co-hosted the local radio program "The Connector" which ended in the summer of 2007. Doris Canady who voices promos is also linking callers to the advertisers on both stations. Doris is the receptionist for KJSL and KSTL am stations.
Notable on-air personalities and talents include Dr. Gina Loudon Headlining the local KJSL program lineup as a political analyst, writer, and politics expert. "The Dr.Gina Show" airs from 4-6 PM (CST) Monday through Friday. Gina received her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Communication, and her first Master’s Degree in Missouri, but ultimately her studies took her to Southern California where she studied Human Development for her second Master’s Degree, and Ph.D. Loudon is a St. Louis Tea Party member and is educating and giving a detailed understanding to Listeners who call into her program on her political stance. Her radio show primarily focuses on politics, travel, faith in action, and women's issues. Robert Wermuth produced the radio program since the start throughout the 2010 season. Since the radio program inception in June 2010 the day-to-day Engineer and Technical Producer for the Dr. Gina show is Jen Collins-Smith.
"Defending the Truth with Bob Dutko" is a daily syndicated program aired on KJSL from 12-4pm (CST). Dutko defends "Christian truth" he is the former National Press Secretary for Christian Coalition of America. He has been featured on Inside Edition as well as many other nationally syndicated news programs in Television and Radio. "Defending the Truth with Bob Dutko" is also heard on numerous Crawford Broadcasting stations and voiced from the WMUZ station in Metro Detroit, Michigan. Bob also hosts another program titled "The Bob Dutko Show" produced by Jan Foxx this is Detroit's #1 Christian talk radio show.
Thursday nights at 7 pm and Saturday nights at 5 pm, the station airs the Revolution radio broadcast re-titled Revolution 618 in 2010 to go along with their TV program hosted by Josh and Melissa Jamison and former host Tom Blauvelt who moved on in 2010. The program is designed to help people discover who they are in Christ, with testiomies and daily living fueled by the bible itself. Josh and Melissa Jamison were guests on the program "Searching for Truth" when it was canceled a new program was created in 2006. When the program changed to the new title the intent was to change the identity of the show with a new opening and closing soundtrack. The producer for the program is Bryan Kreutz.
"Quest for Character", hosted by Mike Dunn and Debra Peppers, airing live on Tuesday night at 6 pm, is a 1-hour program notable for having multi-talented guests and national personalities. The program is produced by Tom Ebers with Ronny Badolato as the Executive producer providing the on air content and music. Co-Producer for the program is Dan Crain with Tina Anderson as the Technical Producer. Bob Sutton was the on and off air prayer pastor for most of the early run on radio program. Recently Verna Ganz has been head of the Prayer Team.
Originally titled "Financial Peace" and now titled "More than Money" Mark Minnella began airing a financial based program regularly in 1994 which is the most listened to financial based program in the St. Louis market during the afternoon time slot.
"Right to the Doctor" with Doctor Richard Cranwell Began airing in 2002 and airs live on Thursdays at 1 pm (CST). It Is the most listened to Local St.Louis program on health that is hosted by a licensed chiropractor in the afternoons. The program has a variety of topics dedicated to Health, Exercise, Wellness, and Nutrition airing live from the KJSL Studio.
"Sports Crusaders-Live" with Randy Curless Began airing in May 2006 and airs live on Sundays at 8 pm (CST). It is the only live local Christian St.Louis Sports program. The program has call-in interaction throughout the broadcast with local and national sports personalities. One broadcast was aired live from Ontario Canada and was a first for Sunday night programming to be aired outside the United States via a telephone link live. The program is produced by Danny Carter with Randy Curless as the executive producer himself.
"Visions Dreams and End Time Themes" with host Bart Druckenmiller became a new program late in the 2008 summer season. The program airs from 8-9pm (CST) live on Wednesday nights. Bart is an Author who has written several books notably "Dreams in the spirit" released in 1999. Bart and his wife, Sue, are presently involved in building an orphanage in India.The program is produced by the station's veteran Board operator Tom Ebers.
"Seasons of Truth" with Pastor Garber teaches the whole counsel of God. The program is produced by Danny Carter airing Sunday nights at 6pm (CST)
"Enjoying Everyday Life" with Joyce Meyer is a syndicated program played in 46 of the states and on every continent around the world. The Christian ministry is broadcasted on international radio as well as satellite radio. The program is heard on KJSL Monday through Friday at 6:45 AM (CST) and additionally at 11:45 AM (CST). Joyce Meyer's ministry have proven enhanced life-changing programs through biblical teaching. Her ministry is headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.
Prior to adopting its current callsign and format, the 630 frequency was used by KXOK. While KXOK had used a number of formats, it is best remembered as being a Top 40 powerhouse during the 1960's and 1970's.
Bob Wells, radio host, of the longest-running daily program The Bob Wells Show, aired on KJSL from April 1999 until May 28, 2010 with a format of news of the day: Social, Theological, and political. Wells frequently interviewed guests from the political arena, including Presidential candidates as well as local politicians. J. Bradley Young was the political consultant and also guest hosted the program along with Author William J. Federer. Voice over talent and writer Bryan Kreutz voiced a Star Trek news segment for the Monday show as a Co-Producer sharing the duties with traffic director Jen Collins-Smith. Jen Collins-Smith and Bryan Kreutz graduated from Broadcast Center in "The Hill, St. Louis" district. The Bob Wells Show during its run was the only Christian radio program in Saint Louis to allow the caller to pick the topic for the full two-hour show on Fridays titled "Free for all Fridays". Pat Knox, who has been a producer with the program for much of its run, arranged most of the interviews and guests. Bob Wells interviewed many former guests and KJSL personalities on his final week on the air, notably Tim Berends.
Mornings with Tim & Al aired from 1994-2005 weekdays at 6–10 am. Hosted by Al Gross and Tim Berends, the show was often pre-recorded and mixed in as a live broadcast. The hosts were on-air teachers of evangelism frequently interviewing celebrities and sharing the Gospel with them. In the Spring of 2008 Tim Berends has signed on to have his own live one-hour program on Thursday nights at 8 pm (CST) titled "A million bibles for Kenya" and later re-titled to "Jesus & Tim in Las Vegas" .
Debra Peppers hosted the second longest-running live radio program on KJSL from 1996 through May 2006 titled Talk from the Heart, a two-hour call-in interactive radio program with uplifting Christian topics. The program was produced by current KJSL Producer Pat Knox who was the lead producer for the program from July 2002 to May 2006.
In August 1998 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a story relating to a controversial billboard off of a major interstate near Saint Louis titled "Hell Hates Tim and Al" with flames depicted around the edges of the billboard. KJSL posted the billboard to get the word out to the public to capture the attention of potential listeners to tune in to the program "Mornings with Tim & Al".
The station's emphasis shifted briefly towards Contemporary Christian music in April 2006 as a leading theme during the rush hour drive time as well as morning commute in an effort to draw in a broad audience. The variety of program content is geared toward Christian talk radio and the music was phased out in the afternoons playing only in the mornings and on Sundays.
"The Paul McGuire Show", hosted by Paul McGuire, is a call-in interactive program with a Biblical world view. The syndicated show originated from KBRT, an affiliate located in Southern California. This program aired on KJSL for three hours and was retitled "Talk from the Heart" in the Spring of 2008. The program was aired in syndication on KJSL from 1998 through July 2008.
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