Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include Double Helix’s Corp’s response to SLM’s request for comment.
response to Five months after longtime St. Louis community radio station KDHX (88.1 FM) fell silent following its sale to Christian radio broadcaster Gateway Creative Broadcasting, and one year after management cut all of its volunteers loose as it consolidated power to facilitate that sale, a group of those former contributors have announced a new community radio effort that’s set to launch next month.
Community Radio St. Louis, or CRSTL, will be an all-volunteer internet station whose mission is to “revive local music and arts services online,” according to a press release, with a specific focus on serving the St. Louis area. Registered as a 501(c)(3) and staffed by more than 60 former KDHX volunteers in addition to new broadcasters, the station is set to kick off on February 1, its founders announced Wednesday morning…