KEZK
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| City | St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Branding | 102.5 KEZK |
| Slogan | Today's Hits, Yesterday's Favorites St. Louis' Official Christmas Station (late Nov.-Dec.) |
| Frequency | 102.5 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) 102.5-2 FM Contemporary Christian "The Spirit" 102.5-3 FM News/Talk (KMOX simulcast) |
| First air date | 1973 |
| Format |
Adult Contemporary Christmas music (late Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 309 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 13507 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°34′24″N 90°19′30″W / 38.57333°N 90.32500°WCoordinates: 38°34′24″N 90°19′30″W / 38.57333°N 90.32500°W |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (CBS Radio Stations Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KMOX, KYKY |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kezk.cbslocal.com |
KEZK-FM (102.5 FM, "102.5 KEZK") is an adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri. The station serves the city of St. Louis as well as its suburbs in Missouri and Illinois. The station is owned by CBS Radio. The station is also broadcast on HD radio. The station's studios are in downtown St. Louis on Olive Street, while its transmitter is located in Shrewsbury.
KEZK's HD2 subchannel broadcasts The Spirit, a contemporary Christian music format which includes faith-based music from mainstream artists along with artists from the contemporary Christian genre. The Spirit is also available online on the station's website. The Spirit is programmed by longtime on-air personality Stel Pontikes.
KEZK first went on-the-air as an easy-listening music station owned by Heftel Broadcasting in June 1973. Prior to that, the frequency had been occupied by listener-supported KDNA, later reincarnated as KDHX at 88.1 MHz. In 1991, KEZK shifted from the instrumental-based easy listening format to a soft adult contemporary format, playing music mostly from the 1970s and 1980s as well as some current soft hits.
Jeff Kapugi became KEZK's Program Director in November 2010, replacing Mark Edwards. The current program director is Marty Linck.
On December 27, 2010, the station rebranded from "Soft Rock 102.5 KEZK" to "Fresh 102.5", adopting the brand used on sister CBS stations WWFS New York, WCFS-FM Chicago and WIAD Washington, D.C.. However, while those three stations had playlists more closely resembling hot adult contemporary stations, KEZK continued to feature 1970s artists such as Billy Joel and Chicago, indicating the name "Fresh" was more of a rebranding than a format change; sister station KYKY already features Hot AC format.
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