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Supreme Court refused to hear the case. All Contemporary stations ceased operations by FCC order on
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opened a hearing to revoke the licenses of all of the stations owned by
Contemporary Media and its sister companies, Contemporary Broadcasting and Lake Broadcasting. Together, the companies also owned
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109:Technical information
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1284:Categories
248:References
161:92°17′42″W
142:217 meters
101:2001-10-04
81:1971-10-12
1259:St. Louis
909:call sign
876:frequency
51:Ownership
39:Frequency
1265:See also
1211:Defunct
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1142:KTGR-FM
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441:June 8,
410:June 8,
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323:June 8,
298:June 9,
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213:History
192:98.3 FM
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992:K293AX
987:K286CL
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