KMOX (AM)

KMOX is an AM radio station broadcasting in St. Louis, Missouri and assigned to frequency 1120kHz. It is a 50 kW clear channel radio station, which permits its nighttime signal to be heard in most of the continental U.S.. KMOX operates as "Newstalk 1120" and refers to itself as "The Voice of St. Louis."

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KMOX is owned by Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, which owns CBS Radio. KMOX's transmitter is located in Pontoon Beach, Illinois.

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KMOX was incorporated in 1925 as The Voice of St. Louis Inc. According to the station's official website, the "KMOX" call letters were randomly assigned by the Federal Radio Commission, according to the station's website.

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KMOX signed on December 24, 1925.

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In 1927, the station gave prominent coverage to the Charles Lindbergh flight across the Atlantic, in the Spirit of St. Louis.

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