The station first signed on the air on July 8, 1954 as KWK-TV. At its launch, channel 4 was owned by a consortium that included jointly owned by Robert T. Convey (28%) and the Newhouse Newspapers-published St. Louis Globe-Democrat (23%), who jointly operated KWK radio (1380 AM, now KXFN); Elzey M. Roberts Sr., former owner of KXOK radio (630 AM, frequency now occupied by KYFI), which had to be sold as a condition of the license grant, which was sold in accordance with merger agreement (23%); and Missouri Valley Television Inc., made up of Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Hubbard Broadcasting (23%) and several St. Louis residents (combined 3%).
Meghan Danahey, whose legal name is Meghan Hodge, accused news director Scott Diener and Channel 4 of discrimination by demoting her to weekend broadcasts and assigning her reporting duties ... .
