KATZ (AM)

KATZ
City of license	St. Louis, Missouri
Broadcast area	Greater St. Louis
Branding	Hallelujah 1600
Slogan	Today's Gospel Music
Frequency	1600 kHz AM (HD Radio)
First air date	1955
Format	Urban Gospel
Power	6,000 watts day 3,500 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	48968
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc.^[1]^[2] (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	KBWX, KLOU, KMJM-FM, KSD, KSLZ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	hallelujah1600.com

KATZ (1600 AM) is an Urban Gospel radio station serving the area of St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The iHeartMedia, Inc. (previously Clear Channel Communications) outlet broadcasts with power level of 6 kW day/3.5 kW night. Its transmitter is located in East St. Louis, Illinois, and operates from studios in St. Louis south of Forest Park.

History

KATZ began broadcasting in 1955 as an Rhythm and blues/Soul music station. This function was transferred to KATZ-FM in the 1980s. Currently, KATZ is a gospel music outlet, while KATZ-FM became WSDD in late 2009 with a new format.

References

External links

KATZ official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KATZ

Radio-Locator Information on KATZ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KATZ

Radio stations in the St. Louis market

by AM frequency	550 590 630 690 730 770 850 880 920 1010 1080 1120 1190 1260 1280 1320 1350 1380 1400 1430 1460 1490 1570 1600

by FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.5 89.7 89.7 89.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.550

by callsign	K270BW K297BI KATZ KBWX KCFV KCLC KDHX KDO89 KEZK KFAV KFNS KFNS-FM KFTK KFUO KGNA KGNX KHOJ KHZR KJFF KLJY KLOU KMJM-FM KMOX KNLH KNOU KPNT KPVR KQQX KQQZ KRAP KSD KSHE KSIV KSIV-FM KSLQ KSLZ KSTL KTJJ KTRS KWMU KWRE KWUR KXEN KXFN KXI70 KXQX KYFI KYKY KYRO KZQZ WARH WBGZ WCBW-FM WEW WFUN WGNU WHHL WIJR WIL WLCA WQQX WRYT WSDZ WSIE WXOS

Defunct, now internet-only	KFUO-FM

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 217 Sirius Channel 151 Nearby radio markets Cape Girardeau Columbia-Jefferson City Hannibal/Quincy Marion–Carbondale Mount Vernon Springfield, IL See also List of radio stations in Missouri List of radio stations in Illinois

Religious radio stations in the state of Missouri

Stations	KAUF – Kennett KAYX – Richmond KBCV – Hollister KBGM – Park Hills KBIY – Van Buren KBKC – Moberly KCGR – Oran KCKE – Chillicothe KCKJ – Sarkoxie KCRL – Sunrise Beach KDJR – De Soto KDKN – Ellington KDMR – Kansas City KEXS – Excelsior Springs KFUO – Clayton KGNA-FM – Arnold KGNN-FM – Cuba KGNV – Washington KGNX – Ballwin KHOJ – Saint Charles KJAB-FM – Mexico KJCV-FM – Country Club KJTR-LP – Rolla KJXX – Jackson KKLL – Webb City KLEX – Lexington KLHM-LP – St. Joseph KLJY – Clayton KLRX – Lee's Summit KLTE – Kirksville KLUH – Poplar Bluff KMCV – High Point KMHM – Lutesville KMOZ – Rolla KMRF – Marshfield KMWC – Bethany KNEO – Neosho KNLG – New Bloomfield KNLH – Cedar Hill KNLN – Vienna KNLP – Potosi KOKS – Poplar Bluff KOZO – Branson KQOH – Marshfield KRFL-LP – Fulton KRSS – Tarkio KSCV – Springfield KSDC – Centralia KSDQ – Moberly KSIV – Clayton KSIV-FM – Saint Louis KTBJ – Festus KULH – Wheeling KVSR – Kirksville KWND – Springfield KXEN – Saint Louis KYFI – Saint Louis KYHO – Poplar Bluff WRVX – Cameron

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Missouri See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 38°37′02″N 90°04′52″W / 38.61722°N 90.08111°W / 38.61722; -90.08111

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