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Article: Lutheran Church threatened by $12 million loss in FCC fight. (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's radio stations may licenses due to discriminatory hiring practices)
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- St. Louis Journalism Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
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One of the oldest radio stations in St. Louis, KFUO-AM founded in 1924, and the oldest FM station in the area, KFUO-FM founded in 1948, are in serious danger of losing their licenses.
Both stations are owned by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the most conservative branch of the Lutheran Church in America. The AM station broadcasts religious programming and the FM station has a classical music format.
In January 1990, the St. Louis Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to not renew KFUO-AM-FM's licenses because of racial discrimination in the stations' hiring practices.
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