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KEZK-FM (102.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the station serves the St. Louis and southwestern Illinois areas. The station is currently owned by CBS Radio Holdings Inc. and features programing from Westwood One.[2] The station is also broadcast on HD radio.[3] KEZK is also home to a morning show co-hosted by Ed Goodman and Mary Ann Carson every Monday through Friday. It is also the St. Louis representative for the nationally-syndicated Delilah nighttime show.
KEZK first went on the air as an easy-listening standards station in 1974 (prior to that the frequency had been occupied by listener-supported KDNA, later reincarnated as KDHX at 88.1 mhz). However, since 1991, the music played on KEZK has been (and still is) adult contemporary, mostly from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, as well as some of today's hits. The morning show features Ed Goodman. Other on-air hosts include Kris Kelly and Jim Doyle as well as the syndicated Delilah. KEZK is owned by CBS Corporation.
In September 2005, KEZK, KYKY (Y98, 98.1FM), and television partners KSDK and KETC simulcast a telethon for Hurricane Katrina relief that raised more than $5 million. The telethon featured an appearance by John Goodman, a native of Affton, Missouri, who now calls New Orleans home and whose family was actually missing for a time during the storm's peak. Sheryl Crow, a native of Kennett, Missouri, and her then-fiancé Lance Armstrong urged viewers to call when they were interviewed by phone from the region.
KEZK's HD2 subchannel broadcasts the smooth jazz format, which was last used in St. Louis by WSSM (106.5 FM) before that station was flipped to adult hits and renamed WARH, "The Arch." Through the years, jazz has had a strong following in St. Louis, and the HD2 offering helps fill the void left by the discontinuation of WSSM. KEZK's program director is Mark Edwards, assisted by Bob London. AC Consultant Gary Berkowitz is the stations programming consultant.
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In 2007, the station was nominated for the top 25 markets Adult Contemporary station of the year award by Radio & Records magazine. Other nominees included WMJX in Boston, KOST in Los Angeles, WALK-FM in Nassau, New York, WLTW in New York, and WBEB, in Philadelphia. [4]
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