KFNS-FM

KFNS-FM (100.7 FM, "The Viper") is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Troy, Missouri, USA, the station serves the St. Louis Metropolitan area, with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts and new studios located in St Charles County. The station is currently owned through licensee Viper Broadcasting, LLC.^[1]

History

The station formerly often simulcasted with KFNS (AM) (590 kHz), which is located in the St. Louis suburb of St Charles, Missouri.

On July 15, 2009 KFNS-FM began broadcasting an Adult Hits format, similar to local station WARH-FM (106.5) As of September 2009, KFNS-FM changed formats once again, playing a more aggressive adult hits format known as "Westplex 100.7-- Playing Whatever We Feel Like." On December 29, 2011 KFNS-FM changed formats once gain, this time to Hot Adult Contemporary, also as "Westplex 100.7".

On December 27, 2012 KFNS-FM changed their format to Active Rock, branded as "The Viper".^[2] As 100.7 The Viper, KFNS-FM has grown the audience size to new levels according to St Louis area magazine "Full Throttle", as the December 2014 issue cited the growth in listenership for "100.7 The Viper".

On March 31, 2016 KFNS-FM management reached an agreement to bring popular morning host DC Chymes back, on a 4-year deal, to the "Morning Hangover" with Chris Knight and Eric Johnson. According to reports, Johnson and Knight were very vocal supporters of DC, and lobbied hard for his return to the station, much like his many loyal followers and listeners. The morning show is in negotiations with two respected national radio networks, and a few cable television networks to bring their show to national syndication and cable television. Per several industry sources and reported by industry news website All Access.

August 2, 2016 The St. Louis Radio Market Report was released today, Inside Radio magazine reports "The Morning Hangover Featuring DC, Chris, Eric & Zav" was ranked #1 in St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren counties. The KFNS-FM (100.7) morning show holds a 2-1 margin in listenership with Adults in the July 2016 data.

July 12, 2016 The Morning Hangover host, DC, recognized by top radio publication All Access Music Group Rock Radio Personality Of The Month. All Access featured a profile of DC, which documented his move from Birmingham, Ala. to St. Louis, Mo. to host a morning show in a large market, at the age of 17 years old. The story also spent time highlighting his morning ratings success on WKKX-FM (106.5), WKBQ-FM (104.1), KIHT-FM (96.3) and KFNS-FM (100.7), achieving #1 status Persons 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 consistently during his 25 years on the morning airwaves of St. Louis.

References

↑ "KFNS-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/80552/the-viper-rocks-near-st-louis/

June 2016 respondent level data from radio market report St. Charles-Lincoln-Warren, Mo. counties M-F 6a-10a

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Radio stations in the St. Louis market

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.550

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Defunct, now internet-only	KFUO-FM

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Classic rock radio stations in the state of Missouri

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By callsign	KCBW KCFX KCMQ KDBB KFNS-FM KGMO KIGL KKID KKLH KKWK KMYK KOZQ-FM KRXL KSPQ KVVL KXDG KXEA KXOQ KXUS KZZK KZZT

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