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Supporting the St. Louis Community
for more than 60 Years.
KETC/Channel 9 was conceived by the St. Louis We provide quality content because it strengthens civic
Community as an innovative means to provide public life. We remain independent because we believe it is the
education and dialogue on topics that affected civic basis of trust. We are committed to engagement because
life. It was a concept that required the vision of St. Louis it fosters a healthy community. We believe in making
citizens who realized that our content easily accessible,
television – a relatively because the more people we
new public medium – had engage, the greater our value
the potential to strength- becomes. We want to create
en civic life. Those vision- sound business models, be-
ary citizens also believed that television could be cause we want to continue our good work. We want
supported by the community in the service of the to connect our citizens with one another because we
community. The vision, commitment, collaboration, believe it is important to bring St. Louis together. We
funding, and process required to make their concept a believe that if we succeed in our mission, we will ignite
reality inspires Channel 9’s strategy for the future. the spirit of possibility in St. Louis.
Trusted independent media give voice and vision to a democratic society.
KDHX - St. Louis’ Own Community Radio Station
KDHX is an independent, non-commercial, listener- The Double Helix Corporation was formed
supported community radio station in St. Louis, after the demise of KDNA, a countercultural
Missouri, United States located at 88.1 MHz FM community-radio station that operated in St.
offering a full spectrum of music along with Louis’s Gaslight Square district in the
cultural and public affairs program- late 1960s and early 1970s. The
ming since 1987. KDHX broad- corporation is independent of
casts 24 hours a day online any governmental entity and
and with 42 kW of effective is not affiliated with any
radiated power in stereo religious or educational
with RBDS data. organization. The KDHX
offices and studio are
KDHX is licensed to the located at 3524 Wash-
Double Helix Corporation, ington Avenue in Grand
a 501(c)3 non-profit arts Center. Its tower is
and educational organiza- located in the northern
tion with a mission to create part of Jefferson County.
community through media. Source: Helix
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