KFTK (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
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| Operator | Entercom |
| History | |
First air date | July 10, 1972 (as WESL) |
Last air date | March 20, 2020 |
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Call sign meaning | shared with KFTK-FM |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72815 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°37′16.2″N 90°9′36″W / 38.621167°N 90.16000°W |
| Translator(s) | 98.7 K254CR (St. Louis) |
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KFTK was a commercial radio station that was licensed to East St. Louis, Illinois, on 1490 AM, and broadcast from 1972 to 2020. KFTK's transmitter was located in East St. Louis. From 2016 to 2020, KFTK and low-power translator K254CR (98.7 FM) were operated by both Emmis Communications and Entercom as a full-time simulcast of KFTK-FM (97.1).
The station's license was revoked by the Federal Communications Commission after it was revealed that its principal owner, Entertainment Media Trust (doing business as Insane Broadcasting), was set up as a shell company for a convicted felon. The cancellation also included three other AM stations in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area: KQQZ, KZQZ and WQQW.