The station plays a format that is a mixture of Rock and Americana music dubbed "Rock 'N Americana," and has since Spring 2018. Previous to that the station had played for nearly a year a variety of Adult Alternative rock music since returning to the air after being off the air for several years after the station was repossessed from its former owner Randy Wachter into the court ordered receivership of Dennis Wallace, a Maryland based TV and Radio engineer.
The station was originally KLPW-FM licensed to Union, Missouri. It went on the air in 1966 and for its first couple of years was a classical music station broadcasting with 1,000 watts of power. In 1968, the format was changed to country music, and it would remain as such four the next 42 years. In 2008, the 101.7 FM frequency was relocated from Union, Missouri in Franklin County, over 50 miles to the Northeast to a site high atop the Mississippi River bluffs near Elsberry, Missouri, where it better serves the St. Louis Metro West area. In 2010, the station changed its call sign to KXQX, and would broadcast Alternative Rock music as "101.7 FMX" until the poor health and financial situation of Randy Wachter, who had owned the station since 2008 took it off the air in 2014. It was able to maintain its license by broadcasting once a year until the radio station was forced into receivership in 2016.
The station returned to the air in July 2017 under the receiver with the new call sign KWUL, with an Adult album alternative rock format. KWUL would later start calling itself "K-Wulf 101.7" using the positioner "Rock N Americana."
Effective May 3, 2021, KWUL and two sister stations were sold to Louis Eckelkamp's East Central Broadcasting, LLC for $2,500 and forgiveness of the outstanding debt. On March 17, 2023, the station changed its call sign to KWUL-FM.
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^"101.7 K-WULF KWUL FM Radio Station Information". Radio Lineup. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
kwul, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, february, 2024, learn. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources KWUL FM news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message KWUL FM 101 7 MHz is a radio station licensed to Elsberry Missouri serving a wide area of the Metro West suburbs of St Louis Missouri 1 KWUL FMElsberry MissouriFrequency101 7 MHzBrandingK WulfProgrammingFormatAmericanaOwnershipOwnerLouis Eckelkamp East Central Broadcasting LLC Sister stationsKRTE FM KRTK KVMO KWUL KXENHistoryFirst air date1966 as KLPW FM Former call signsKLPW FM 1966 2010 KXQX 2010 2016 KWUL 2016 2023 Call sign meaning K Wulf Technical informationFacility ID70301ClassAERP3 100 wattsHAAT142 meters 466 ft Transmitter coordinates39 06 9 00 N 90 49 23 00 W 39 1025000 N 90 8230556 W 39 1025000 90 8230556Repeater s 920 KWUL St Louis LinksWebsitekwulf com The station plays a format that is a mixture of Rock and Americana music dubbed Rock N Americana and has since Spring 2018 Previous to that the station had played for nearly a year a variety of Adult Alternative rock music since returning to the air after being off the air for several years after the station was repossessed from its former owner Randy Wachter into the court ordered receivership of Dennis Wallace a Maryland based TV and Radio engineer The station was originally KLPW FM licensed to Union Missouri It went on the air in 1966 and for its first couple of years was a classical music station broadcasting with 1 000 watts of power In 1968 the format was changed to country music and it would remain as such four the next 42 years In 2008 the 101 7 FM frequency was relocated from Union Missouri in Franklin County over 50 miles to the Northeast to a site high atop the Mississippi River bluffs near Elsberry Missouri where it better serves the St Louis Metro West area In 2010 the station changed its call sign to KXQX and would broadcast Alternative Rock music as 101 7 FMX until the poor health and financial situation of Randy Wachter who had owned the station since 2008 took it off the air in 2014 It was able to maintain its license by broadcasting once a year until the radio station was forced into receivership in 2016 The station returned to the air in July 2017 under the receiver with the new call sign KWUL with an Adult album alternative rock format KWUL would later start calling itself K Wulf 101 7 using the positioner Rock N Americana Effective May 3 2021 KWUL and two sister stations were sold to Louis Eckelkamp s East Central Broadcasting LLC for 2 500 and forgiveness of the outstanding debt On March 17 2023 the station changed its call sign to KWUL FM References edit 101 7 K WULF KWUL FM Radio Station Information Radio Lineup Retrieved February 16 2024 External links editKWUL in the FCC FM station database KWUL in Nielsen Audio s FM station database nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Missouri is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KWUL FM amp oldid 1208171333, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
