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On Monday, June 9, 2025 the Federal Bankruptcy Court approved a motion to sell 88.1 FM KDHX to Gateway Creative Broadcasting, the parent...

<p>On Monday, June 9, 2025 the Federal Bankruptcy Court approved a motion to sell 88.1 FM KDHX to Gateway Creative Broadcasting, the parent company of Christian radio stations 99 Joy FM and Boost Radio. The League of Volunteer Enthusiasts (LOVE) of KDHX is deeply saddened by this decision. We believe that 88.1 KDHX exists to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you wish to write a letter to the court expressing your love of KDHX and your desire to see it remain an independent FM community radio station in St. Louis, you should feel free to do so. Here’s more information: In the letter, include the following information near the top of page: Case: Double [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On March 26, 2025, Cara Spencer, then running to become Mayor of St. Louis, posted the following to her official Facebook page: The value of KDHX to the St. Louis arts and small business community cannot be overstated. The recent news that the board has resolved to sell both the radio license and tower to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For immediate release April 15, 2025. St. Louis, MO. Amy Shaw (President and CEO of Nine PBS), Julie Schuster, (CEO and General Manager of Classic 107.3 radio), and Peter Palermo (Executive Director of the Sheldon Arts Foundation, who made his statement as an individual, not on behalf of the organization) have expressed their support for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin calls for KDHX to remain alive and local in St. Louis For immediate release April 10, 2025. St. Louis, MO. Leonard Slatkin, beloved Conductor Emeritus of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and world-renowned composer and author, has released a public statement calling for 88.1 KDHX to remain the vibrant, independent, community [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To paraphrase a great Missourian, Mark Twain, &#8220;the reports of the death of KDHX are greatly exaggerated.&#8221; We need your help in correcting a misperception that the sale of KDHX is a certainty. It is not. Two parties (Double Helix and K-Love, Inc) have agreed to a sale, but the bankruptcy judge has yet to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For immediate release. March 17, 2025.  Double Helix Inc., the parent nonprofit company of KDHX, filed for bankruptcy last week under the protections of Chapter 11. In the flurry of additional filings accompanying its bankruptcy petition, the endgame for the Double Helix Board plan is revealed. Its current management has asked permission to receive a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For immediate release March 12, 2025. St. Louis, MO. On March 10, 2025, the Board of Directors of 88.1 FM KDHX, the cherished community radio station in St. Louis, announced that it had filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.&nbsp; Board President Gary Pierson claimed that doing so [&hellip;]</p>

<p>February 28, 2025. St. Louis, MO.&nbsp; To the Board of Directors of KDHX Community Media. Thank you for taking the time to review our PROSPECTUS FOR A REVITALIZED KDHX. And while the members of the League of Volunteer Enthusiasts (LOVE) of KDHX appreciate the opportunity to present our plan, we cannot accept your rejection. To [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The attached PDF contains our 2-19-25 plan to revive and renew KDHX. It was rejected by the Double Helix Board of Directors on 2-27-25. Prospectus to Revitalize KDHX KDHX Budget Projection</p>

<p>For immediate release February 6, 2025. St. Louis, MO. Following the mass termination of over 70 volunteers on January 31, 2025 and the cessation of live broadcasting at KDHX, concern over its survival as a terrestrial FM radio station has increased.&nbsp; An online petition to oppose the sale of the community radio station’s FM license [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For immediate release January 31, 2025. St. Louis, MO. On Friday afternoon KDHX announced the cessation of live broadcasting and the termination of all volunteers and Associate Members whose only role was producing content (conveniently leaving only the Board of Directors as associates and scant others). The League of Volunteer Enthusiasts (LOVE) of KDHX condemns [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Associate Members charge the directors with running sham elections, illegally changing bylaws, abusing their powers, and forsaking their duties. For immediate release January 30, 2025. St. Louis, MO. This week, Stacy Bernard, veteran local DJ and former host of the popular Saturday morning program “Backroads” on 88.1 FM KDHX, along with fourteen other anonymous Associate [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The stewards of KDHX are sinking the ship and planning to sell the wreckage The KDHX Board of Directors has abandoned its fiduciary duty and is leading the station to calamity For immediate release January 16, 2025. St. Louis, MO.&nbsp; Accountability (noun): the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Volunteer and Donor Relations Director Andrea Dunn Departs KDHX An open letter from The League Of Volunteer Enthusiasts (LOVE OF KDHX) For immediate release. OCTOBER 14, 2024 ST LOUIS, MO. KDHX Volunteer Director and longtime DJ Andrea Dunn announced her departure from the station on October 10th via Volunteer Connections, the internal KDHX newsletter. Along [&hellip;]</p>

<p>7.15.25 Board and General Membership Meeting Minutes 7.1.25 Board and Open Meeting Minutes 6.17.25 Board Meeting Minutes 6.3.25 Board and Open Meeting Minutes 5.27.25 Special Meeting Minutes 5.20.25 Special Meeting Minutes 5.6.25 Board and Open Meeting Minutes 4.29.25 Special Meeting Minutes 4.22.25 Special Meeting Minutes 4.8.25 Special Meeting Minutes 4.1.25 Board and Open Meeting Minutes [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Originally published Sep 20 2024 at the Supplement St. Louis blog by Steve Pick KDHX was designed to work outside the norms of business and commercial radio. It was a radio station started and run by volunteers. On the air, these volunteers played music they loved and discussed topics they found interesting and important. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>FROM THE LOVE OF KDHX(League of Volunteer Enthusiasts)OPEN LETTER TO THE ST LOUIS COMMUNITYST. LOUIS, MO (August 26, 2024) ON AUGUST 23, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Double Helix Corporation settled a lawsuit brought by three former volunteers and three Directors duly elected last September by the Associate Members of KDHX. As a [&hellip;]</p>

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