WQQX

WQQX
City of license	East St. Louis, Illinois
Broadcast area	St. Louis, Missouri
Slogan	The Bi-State Sports Champion
Frequency	1490 kHz AM
Format	Sports talk
Power	1,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Class	C
Facility ID	72815
Transmitter coordinates	38°37′16″N 90°09′36″W / 38.62111°N 90.16000°W / 38.62111; -90.16000
Former callsigns	WESL (?–2007) WFFX (2007–2010)
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio Big Ten Network
Owner	Insane Broadcasting Company (Entertainment Media Trust (Dennis J. Watkins, Trustee))
Sister stations	KQQZ, KZQZ
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wqqx1490am.com

WQQX (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports talk format. Licensed to East St. Louis, Illinois, USA, it serves the St. Louis metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Insane Broadcasting Company. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day.

History

In July 2007, WESL changed its format from oldies to sports talk and its call letters to WFFX.^[1]

In July 2009, WFFX dropped Fox Sports Radio, including Dan Patrick and Jim Rome, and changed to "urban sports talk" as what may be the nation's first sports talk format with only African-American hosts. Richard "Onion" Horton is a veteran of St. Louis radio.^[2]

On January 19, 2010, the station again changed call signs, this time to WQQX. In February 2010, WQQX changed formats from sports talk to adult standards.

In December 2011, WQQX began featuring a Rhythmic Oldies format.

As of March 2014 the station has returned to the sports format. Currently has local shows, Fox Sports Radio, and the Big Ten Network BTN Live Radio show. ^[3]

References

↑ "St. Louis sports-talk WFFX (1490) drops syndicated shows for local 'urban sports talk'". Radio-Info.com. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
↑ Caesar, Dan (2009-07-17). "Urban sports-talk radio to begin next week in St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
↑ http://www.wqqx1490am.com/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WQQX

Radio-Locator Information on WQQX

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WQQX

Radio stations in the St. Louis market

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Defunct, now internet-only	KFUO-FM

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