KNOU
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| City | St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Branding | Now 96-3 |
| Slogan | All the Hits |
| Frequency | 96.3 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) 96.3-2 FM Classical "RAF STL" 96.3-3 FM Smooth jazz "Hip 96.3" |
| Translator(s) | 107.3 K297BI (St. Louis, relays HD2, owned by Radio Arts Foundation) |
| First air date | December 11, 1959 (as KADI-FM at 96.5) |
| Format | CHR (Top 40) |
| ERP | 92,000 watts |
| HAAT | 309 meters (1,014 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 27022 |
| Callsign meaning | Alternate form of "Now", the station's current format |
| Former callsigns | KADI (1959-1987) KRJY (1987-1994) KIHT (1994-2015) |
| Former frequencies | 96.5 MHz (1959-1975) |
| Owner |
Emmis Communications (Emmis Radio License, LLC) |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website |
now963.com rafstl.org (HD2) |
KNOU (96.3 MHz) is an FM radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. The station airs a Top 40 (CHR) radio format branded as "Now 96-3". Owned by Emmis Communications, the station's studios are located in the Powerhouse building at Union Station, while its transmitter is located off Watson Road in Shrewsbury.
KNOU has two HD Radio channels:
KNOU is one of three CHR/top 40 stations in the St. Louis Metro market, the others being KSLZ and Y98 KYKY.
The 96.5 frequency originally signed on the air on December 22, 1959 as KADI-FM as the sister station to AM 1320 KADI in suburban Clayton (now KSIV). The stations were owned by William Cady (hence the KADI call letters). KADI-FM was one of the first commercial FM radio stations in the St. Louis area. KADI-FM spent most of the 1960s on and off the air in the early turbulent days of FM radio, when few people had FM receivers. By the early 1970s, the station was sold to Richard J. Miller, who put a Progressive Rock format on the station. In the mid-'70s, KADI-FM moved down one notch on the FM dial to 96.3 MHz to allow new station KSCF (now KFTK-FM) in Florissant) to go on the air at 97.1 MHz.
In May 1987, the station's call letters were changed to KRJY and the station switched to a Soft Adult Contemporary format as "K-Joy 96" (later "J96"). In late 1991, the station switched to 1950s/1960s oldies as "Jukebox 96."
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