[8] The original tower in Olivette was ordered removed that June by a district judge, however, because the facility violated that town's zoning law;[9] the matter would remain in the courts for years.
[12][13] During the strike, the station ran with non-union engineers, but it was still off the air six hours one day in January because of what general manager Guy Runnion called an "act of sabotage".
[15] Ultimately, it was Runnion who exited; under pressure from shareholders, he sold his interests to Lee, Silas, and T. Virgil Sloan, staying on as general manager until August when the new Brentwood site was ready.
[17] In December 1957, the $500,000 sale of KXLW to Richard Miller's Big Signal Radio Broadcasting Co. was announced[18] and filed with the FCC; it was approved in April 1958.
[24] Miller changed KXLW to KADI in 1975, matching the FM station; it broke off again in 1978 as KKOJ and tried to fill the market gap for Top 40 music on AM.
[25] Bott religious programming began to air on 1320 AM on April 16, 1982; at the same time, the call letters were changed to the present KSIV, for "St. Louis' Inspirational Voice".