KPNT
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| City | Collinsville, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Branding | 105.7 The Point |
| Slogan | Everything Alternative |
| Frequency | 105.7 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) 105.7-2 FM KFNS simulcast |
| First air date | 1967 (as KSGM-FM) |
| Format | Modern Rock |
| ERP | 54,000 watts |
| HAAT | 254.4 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 56525 |
| Callsign meaning | K PoiNT |
| Former callsigns | KSGM-FM (1967-1987) KSTZ (1987-1991) KFXB (1991-1993) |
| Owner |
Emmis Communications (Emmis Radio License, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1057thepoint.com |
KPNT is a commercial radio station licensed to Collinsville, Illinois, broadcasting to the St. Louis, Missouri area on 105.7 FM. KPNT airs a mainly modern rock music format, with just a hint of active rock, and is well known throughout greater St. Louis by its brandname, "The Point". Owned by Emmis Communications, its studios are near Union Station in St. Louis, while the transmitter is in Affton, Missouri.
KPNT uses HD Radio, and simulcasts the sports/talk programming of KFNS "590 The Fan" on its HD2 subchannel.
105.7 FM signed on in 1967 with the callsign KSGM-FM. In 1987, the radio station completed a signal upgrade giving the radio station signal coverage of the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. KSGM-FM launched an adult contemporary music format with the new call letters, KSTZ, and was known as "Kiss FM".
On March 6, 1991, KSTZ was rebranded as "The Fox" with a new set of call letters, KFXB, to better match new branding. KFXB began a simulcast on sister station WFXB (now WXOS on 101.1 FM).
The simulcast was broken on February 17, 1993, when KFXB adopted the current call letters, KPNT, with a modern rock music format, partly inspired by the runaway success of St. Louis' first full-time alternative rock music station, KYMC, a small non-profit station broadcasting out of Ballwin. The first song on "The Point" was "Radio Song" by R.E.M..
In 2006, KPNT expanded the playlist to include a wider variety of active rock artists with still a strong emphasis on alternative artists. The new slogan, "Everything Alternative", was adopted to promote this change.
In January 2013, KPNT moved its city of license from Ste. Genevieve, Missouri to Collinsville, Illinois, and its transmitter north from southern Jefferson County, Missouri to southern St. Louis County. The license for this change was issued by the FCC on February 27, 2015.
A feature known as "My Shuffle" was promoted on their website allowing listeners to create their own five-song playlist. Some of the listener's five-song playlists air on KPNT during a show known as the "My Shuffle Lunch" program which airs at 12:00PM or during specialty "My Shuffle Weekends."
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