KPNT

KPNT is a commercial radio station licensed to Collinsville, Illinois, broadcasting to the St. Louis, Missouri area on 105.7 FM. KPNT airs a mainly modern rock music format, with just a hint of active rock, and is well known throughout greater St. Louis by its brandname, "The Point". Owned by Emmis Communications, its studios are near Union Station in St. Louis, while the transmitter is in Hillsboro.

History

105.7 FM signed on in 1967 with the call letters, KSGM-FM. In 1987, the radio station completed a signal upgrade giving the radio station signal coverage of the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. KSGM-FM launched an adult contemporary music format with the new call letters, KSTZ.

On March 6, 1991, KSTZ was rebranded as "The Fox" with a new set of call letters, KFXB, to better match new branding. KFXB began a simulcast on sister station WFXB (now WXOS on 101.1 FM).

The simulcast was broken on February 17, 1993, when KFXB adopted the current call letters, KPNT, with a modern rock music format, partly inspired by the runaway success of St. Louis' first full-time alternative rock music station, KYMC, a small non-profit station broadcasting out of Ballwin. The first song on "The Point" was "Radio Song" by R.E.M..