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Pssst...hey, buddy: looking for a good deal in a recording/rehearsal studio?  Well, have they ever got one for you over at 88.1 KDHX.

As you probably know, public radio station 88.1 KDHX ("independent music plays here") is moving to a new home in Grand Center.  They're holding their last fund drive at their current location at 3504 Magnolia in Tower Grove East in October, after which everything moves to the Larry J. Weir Center on Washington just east of The Bistro at Grand Center.

The new building will enable the station to run a separate HD 2 program stream, produce a lot more original programming, and even provide a performance space for local musicians and other performing artists (as detailed in my blog post from a few weeks ago) and a cafe.  That leaves the old Magnolia Studio vacant—which is where the deal comes in.

"This is a really unique opportunity for someone to own a little piece of St. Louis music history," notes the station in a recent press release, "as well as a very well-designed and built studio set-up and work/live space. The building at 3504 Magnolia was originally a family bakery and the family lived in the apartment upstairs. Over the 20+ years that KDHX has lived in the building, there has been extensive remodeling to turn it into a great space for a radio station and live music recording studio.

"The original bakery storefront is currently divided in half, but that work was done with minimal disruption of the original woodwork, so it can easily be restored. The production and live performance spaces were built with double-wall, acoustic separation construction, low sound HVAC systems, Under-floor conduit paths and a variety of acoustic treatments."

KDHX's new digs

All of this makes it a good location for music production, rehearsal, or pretty much anything else requiring an up-to-date acoustic and electrical infrastructure.  The building lists at $200,000 ("cheap," as they used to say at Mad Magazine) and will be available by December.  Imagine the New Year's Eve party you could throw there!

Yeah, but seriously: If you or anybody you know is interested, KDHX invites you to contact Kyle Pershing at the Schlafly Corporation, 2 Meramec Avenue, 3rd Floor, in Clayont (63105). The phone is 314-725-2414.