KDHX History Project: Table of Contents
This is a Sub-Sub-Section of a Substack!
There was a time (not all that long ago) when I had hoped to capture the history of KDHX Radio through a series of personal interviews, while also calling on the original texts of program guides, zines and other written ephemera from the station’s history. In fact, I read through some of the boxed material from the station’s past and, wow!, I still have to say that there’s a real tresaure trove of independent media history waiting to be digitized and shared.
When compiled, this would’ve been The KDHX History Project.
It’s a project that didn’t happen. At least not in the intended form. And it hadn’t occured to me to rekindle the idea until this week, late in August of 2023. A couple of longtime KDHX programmers left the air under uncommon circumstances. Another emeritus programmer, The Tom Hall, lost his life earlier this year and it seems as if the news of a passing KDHX programmer isn’t altogether uncommon these days. The time is now to get some memories down on the digital page.
Here’re the stories of/from KDHX programmers, told through a templated series of questions, with some folks taking their own spin on the series by telling the story without use of the questions. That’s the kinda thing you might expect from such a creative group of musically-inclined people. We’re open to talking to all the former KDHX voices. You can find me here, via Substack.
And who am I? I’m Thomas and I hosted a small handful of shows on the radio station. Here’s my overview of growing into adulthood on the 88.1 mic, the piece now a decade old and found via the old St. Louis Beacon.
And here are the other stories…
Jeffrey “Kopper” Kopp of The Wayback Machine
Rene Spencer Saller of Suffragette City
Darian Wigfall (DJ Whiz) of The Bridge
Michael Finney of The Nightcrawler
Jenn DeRose of Non-Alignment Pact
Jeff Ritter of Postcrypt, Conceptually Speaking, The Morning Show
Cat Pick of Left of the Dial, The Groove Machine, Emotional Rescue
Les Aaron of Three O’Clock Thrill, The Lovemix
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Interesting related ephemera from around the world wide web:
A look at call letter signs from radiosurvivor.com.
The KDNA papers at the St. Louis Public Library.