Editing KFNS (AM) (section)

===Brief experiment as "The Man"===
On May 1, 2013, KFNS flipped to a talk/comedy format, branded as ''590 The Man''.<ref>"[https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81168/two-st-louis-sports-stations-to-become-the-man-woman/ Two St. Louis Sports Stations To Become The Man & Woman]", ''RadioInsight''. April 30, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/formatchanges.html|title=Format Changes|publisher=Your Midwest Media|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317011411/http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/formatchanges.html|archive-date=March 17, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/dan-caesar/caesar-kfns-to-drop-all-sports-format/article_d2fea259-8dd6-50f0-bf84-0f2afec8a773.html
| title      = Caesar: KFNS, 1380 to drop all-sports format
| author     = Dan Caesar
| date       =  Mar 8, 2013
| access-date = Mar 12, 2013
| newspaper  = St. Louis Post{{nbhyph}}Dispatch
}}</ref> In addition, sister station [[KXFN]] flipped to a female-centric talk format as ''1380 The Woman''. In 2014, KFNS shifted back to sports (but retained the "Man" branding), with the previous format shifting over to KXFN as ''1380 The X''. Its investors included former [[St. Louis Rams]] offensive tackle [[Orlando Pace]] and former [[St. Louis Blues]] player [[Keith Tkachuk]]. ''1380 The X'' was subsequently subject to significant turmoil, including lawsuits against the ownership, physical fights behind the scenes and verbal attacks on-air.<ref>Caesar, Dan. "[https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/dan-caesar/media-views-kfns-mess-now-has-pace-tkachuk-being-sued/article_f469e5bd-ddea-5909-b4db-0832e407150b.html Media Views: KFNS mess now has Pace, Tkachuk being sued]", ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]''. August 1, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2019.</ref>

KFNS went off the air on October 31, 2014 after the station stopped paying its bills, resulting in the local utility company [[Ameren]] turning off the power to its transmitter site.<ref name="radioinsight.com">"[https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/90764/kfns-st-louis-goes-dark-to-be-sold-to-religious-group/ KFNS St. Louis Goes Dark; To Be Sold To Religious Group]", ''RadioInsight''. November 3, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2019.</ref><ref name=slpd-kfnsoff>{{cite news|last1=Caesar|first1=Dan|title=KFNS off the air and not coming back|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/dan-caesar/kfns-doesn-t-pay-its-bill-so-ameren-pulls-plug/article_6197c572-6353-55b8-ac7a-bdbf36c9e66d.html|access-date=September 22, 2019|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|date=November 3, 2014}}</ref> Following the shutdown, Grand Slam Sports announced that the company would focus on sister station [[KXFN]] and sell KFNS to a religious group.<ref name="radioinsight.com"/> Since 2009, the station had faced increased competition for the sports radio audience in St. Louis from [[WXOS]], [[KWUL (AM)|WGNU]], and [[KFTK (AM)|WQQX]].<ref name=slpd-kfnsoff/> After payment was made on the power bill, KFNS resumed broadcasting with [[NBC Sports Radio]] programming on November 10, 2014.  But shortly afterward, Grand Slam Sports' investors, at the urging of the company's operations manager, chose to again take the station [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] until the completion of the sale.