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KDHX 88.1 FM will sell its broadcast license for at least $4.35 million to national chain K-LOVE, which plays contemporary Christian music. KDHX owes $2 million to its creditors.

Leaders of financially imperiled community radio station KDHX rejected a plan from activist group Love of KDHX that included a promise of up to $200,000 in fresh contributions, called for an all-new board and offered volunteer support from experienced St. Louis fundraisers.

Musician and storyteller Martha Redbone plumbs the roots of American music and draws influences from her Black and Native American forebears. The Martha Redbone Roots Project plays the Sheldon on Friday.

St. Louis Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty ordered KDHX leaders to restore the membership status of at least some of the 120 volunteers they fired last month and allow the volunteers to participate in a meeting that could decide the station's future.

Community radio station KDHX has less than $7,000 in the bank and is actively looking at possibly selling its assets, a station lawyer argued in a court hearing.

The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries in Grand Center launched an $11 million capital campaign on Wednesday to fund renovations including a new marquee, new lounge area and an enhanced entranceway.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform a private concert at Powell Hall on Sept. 19, followed by a weekend of the orchestra’s first subscription concerts at its longtime home since the organization began a $140 million renovation and expansion two years ago.

KDHX board President Gary Pierson said in a Friday afternoon announcement that the station lacks the resources to continue in its current form.

KDHX critics are suing to remove seven of eight members of the community radio station’s board of directors. It’s the latest dispute in a conflict that has reshaped the station’s on-air schedule and its place in the St. Louis music community.

St. Louis Symphony’s Jack C. Taylor Music Center will encompass a renovated Powell Hall plus new facilities including an education center and rehearsal spaces. SLSO will resume concerts at its longtime home in September 2025.