KLUQ
| City | Hermann, Missouri |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Frequency | 93.3 MHz |
| First air date | 1985 |
| Format | Christian Rock |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 96 meters (315 ft) |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 68579 |
| Former callsigns |
KNSX (1983-2007) KQQX (2007-2017) |
| Owner | Dennis Wallace, Court Appointed Receiver |
KLUQ (93.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in Hermann, Missouri, broadcasting to the western suburbs of the Saint Louis, Missouri, area.
KLUQ is currently in receivership after being repossessed from Twenty One Sound Communications, which was wholly owned by Randy Wachter, who founded the station. KLUQ is currently running on a Special Temporary Authority at a power of 1000 Watts from a tower near Warrenton, MO with a format consisting of automated hard Christian Rock. It formerly aired an alternative rock music format branded as "93X", from 1996 to 2015.
History
KLUQ began in Steelville, Missouri in 1985 as KNSX on 96.7 MHz, with a power of 3,000 watts. In 1996, the station completed an upgrade to a Class C2 facility, giving it a signal covering a wide area of Eastern and Central, Missouri. In 2007, KNSX changed its call letters to KQQX, and in 2011, they received authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change their city of license from Steelville to Hermann, Missouri, and move their tower closer to the St. Louis Metropolitan area, and upgrade output power to a full 50,000 watts.
The FCC reported on August 14, 2017 that the station had changed its call sign to WLUQ, although all evidence of this change was removed from the FCC's records on September 5, 2017. However, the station did change its call sign to KLUQ on September 8, 2017.
Digital broadcast
KNSX was one of the first FM stations that was digitally automated with no live DJs. The station also was a pioneer under Randy Wachter's ownership with webcasting a live feed online via Real Audio, of which KNSX was among the top 10 most listened to webstreams in 1997-1998.