KDHX

Infobox Radio Station
name = KDHX


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area = St. Louis, Missouri
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frequency = 88.1 (MHz)
format = Variety
power = 42,000 watts
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callsign_meaning = K Double Helix Corporation
owner = Double Helix Corporation
website = http://www.kdhx.org/ KDHX is a non-commercial, listener-supported community radio station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States located at 88.1 MHz FM offering a full spectrum of music along with cultural and public affairs programming since 1987. KDHX broadcasts 24 hours a day with 42 kW 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 Ave. in the Tower Grove East neighborhood; its tower is located in the northern part of Jefferson County, MO. At the time of KDHX's founding, frequency 88.1 MHz in the greater St. Louis area was occupied by 10-watt, Class D station KHRU-FM, operated by Clayton High School in Clayton, MO only from 5-8 p.m. Mon.-Fri. during the school year. It was the only station in St. Louis operating on that frequency. Double Helix tried to work out a cooperative arrangement with the Clayton School District to share the frequency, but the school district was unwilling to accept any frequency-sharing proposal. Eventually Double Helix sued in federal court, resulting in a decision that stations had to "use it or lose it" with regard to frequencies. After that decision, the FCC revoked the KHRU license and awarded the frequency to Double Helix Corporation.

The programming on the KDHX radio station, 88.1 FM, is consistently geared towards those with progressive political/cultural viewpoints.

The calls stand for the owner, Double Helix Corporation.

External links

* [http://www.kdhx.org/ Official KDHX website] .
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* [http://www.myspace.com/kdhx KDHX] - Myspace.com page.
* [http://www.stlradio.com/ 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 [http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0536.htm archival materials] and [http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0643.htm addendum] at the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection.
* KDNA and KDHX [http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/stlmediaarchivep7.htm archival materials] at the Saint Louis Public Library.