I am looking for a copy of the FCC History Card for KWK history prior to 1972. KWK lost its orginal license for 1380 in the 1960s due to contest fraud. The station returned to the air under new ownship in 1972 when the current History Card resumed. The FCC has been unable to help find the missing Card. I am hopeful that another broadcast historian may have copied the missing card before it was discarted by the FCC. KWK was a legacy station beginning on March 17, 1927.
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KWK of the past
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In the 1990s, Barry Mishkind had a project going to transcribe the history cards, aided by Xen Scott. I still have that database. The history card doesn't appear to have been available even then, because there are almost no entries before the "new" station in 1969.
If you want to learn more about KWK's history, your best bet is to get a newspapers.com subscription and start going through the copies of the Post-Dispatch, which are complete. The Post had quite a bit of coverage about the KWK contest and subsequent license revocation, plus the station's bankruptcy in 1973, resulting in its being silent for five years. I wish newspapers.com had the Globe-Democrat, but those archives aren't complete. If you're in Missouri or nearby, you may want to consider a trip to the State Historical Society in Columbia, which has an extensive collection of newspaper microfilms.
If you want to learn more about KWK's history, your best bet is to get a newspapers.com subscription and start going through the copies of the Post-Dispatch, which are complete. The Post had quite a bit of coverage about the KWK contest and subsequent license revocation, plus the station's bankruptcy in 1973, resulting in its being silent for five years. I wish newspapers.com had the Globe-Democrat, but those archives aren't complete. If you're in Missouri or nearby, you may want to consider a trip to the State Historical Society in Columbia, which has an extensive collection of newspaper microfilms.
In the summer 1985, I had to drive a Ryder truck (almost a semi/big rig) from Nashville to St. Louis. I stayed over in a hotel in St. Louis and was so mad I forgot to bring my boombox. I loved KWK and could not believe how good all those St. Louis stations were. But KWK (106.5) was my favorite. I really wish I had brought that boombox and some blank cassettes. KWK was sort of a rock leaning top 40 …I remember hearing most of the currents but then they’d throw in stuff like Loverboy’s “The Kid is Hot Tonight”….I was 20-something…I miss those days.
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