in 2002, adding such syndicated hosts as Don Imus, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity. The station briefly changed its name to "97-1 the Link...Real Life Radio", but soon returned to the "FM Talk" moniker. The call sign was modified from KFTK to KFTK-FM on September 8, 2016. On September 15, 2016, KFTK-FM began simulcasting on WQQX (1490 AM), renamed KFTK, and FM translator station K254CR to improve the station's coverage in downtown St. Louis and the Illinois side of the market. Emmis exited the St. Louis market in 2018, with KFTK-FM and KNOU being sold to Entercom (now Audacy). The simulcast over KFTK ended on March 20, 2020 when that station's license was cancelled by the commission, after it was revealed that the AM station's ownership was a shell corporation that allowed a convicted felon to own it. K254CR was not affected, and was subsequently reassigned to simulcast KFTK-FM until March 22, 2021, when K254CR was reassigned to broadcast AM sister station KMOX. References KXOK Radio Collection Finding Aid at the St. Louis Public Library KXOK First Issue Letters Collection Finding Aid at the St. Louis Public Library KXOK New Sound Manuscript Finding Aid at the St. Louis Public Library External links FTK-FM News and talk radio stations in the United States Audacy, Inc. radio stations Radio stations established in 1977 1977 establishments in Missouri