Media in Kansas City, Missouri

Landmark KCTV-TV tower on 31st Street on Union Hill, with the Firefighters Fountain in foreground.

The following television and radio stations serve the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

Television

Kansas City is the 31st largest television media market in the United States (as ranked by Nielsen^[1]), and has several television stations, as follows:

Analog channel	Digital channel	Callsign	Network	Owner	Web site
4	34	WDAF	Fox	Local TV	[1]
5	24	KCTV	CBS	Meredith Corporation	[2]
9	7	KMBC	ABC	Hearst-Argyle	[3]
16	21	KTAJ	TBN	Trinity Broadcasting Network	[4]
19	18	KCPT	PBS	Public Television 19 Inc.	[5]
29	31	KCWE	The CW	Hearst-Argyle	[6]
38	36	KMCI	Ind.	Scripps-Howard	[7]
41	42	KSHB	NBC	Scripps-Howard	[8]
48	39	KUKC-LP	Univision	Equity Media Holdings	[9]
50	51	KPXE	ION	Paxson Communications	[10]
62	47	KSMO	My Network TV	Meredith Corporation	[11]

According to Arbitron, the following counties are in Kansas City's DMA:
Kansas – Anderson, Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte
Missouri – Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Pettis, Platte, Ray, Saline, Worth

Much of the Kansas City area is served by Time Warner Cable, with some Kansas and Missouri suburbs served by Comcast. Sections of South Kansas City and some Kansas suburbs are also served by Everest. Additionally, parts of western Wyandotte County are served by Sunflower Broadband based out of Lawrence, Kansas.

Local cable-only channels include Metro Sports, operated by Time Warner.

Radio

Kansas City is the 32nd largest radio market (as determined by Arbitron^[2]). Several radio stations cover the Kansas City area, including:

FM Radio

Frequency	Callsign	Nickname	Format	Owner	City of License	Web site
88.5	KLJC	Calvary 88.5	Christian Contemporary	Calvary Bible College	Kansas City, MO	[12]
89.3 HD	KCUR		National Public Radio	UMKC	Kansas City, MO	[13]
90.1	KKFI		Variety	Community/Not-for-profit	Kansas City, MO	[14]
90.7	KJHK		Various/Alternative	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS	[15]
90.9 HD	KTBG	The Bridge	NPR/Alternative	University of Central Missouri	Warrensburg, MO	[16]
91.5 HD	KANU	Kansas Public Radio	NPR	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS	[17]
	HD 2		World News
91.9	KWJC	Air1	Christian Rock	William Jewell College	Liberty, MO	[18]
92.3	KCCV		Religion	Bott Radio	Olathe, KS	[19]
93.3	KMXV	Mix 93.3	Contemporary Hits/Top-40	Wilks Group	Kansas City, MO	[20]
94.1	KFKF	Country 94.1 KFKF	Country	Wilks Group	Kansas City, KS	[21]
94.9 HD	KCMO	94-9 KCMO	Classic Hits	Cumulus Broadcasting	Kansas City, MO	[22]
	HD 2	Simulcast of K273BZ	Comedy	Cumulus Broadcasting
95.7	KCHZ	95-7 The Vibe	Contemporary Hits/Top-40	Cumulus Broadcasting	Ottawa, KS	[23]
96.5 HD	KRBZ	The Buzz	Alternative Rock	Entercom	Kansas City, MO	[24]
	HD 2	KUDL Simulcast	Classical
97.3	KLRX	K-LOVE	Christian Contemporary	EMF Broadcasting	Kansas City, MO	[25]
97.7	KPOW-FM	Power 97	Rock Archive	Sedalia Broadcasting Inc	La Monte, MO	[26]
98.1 HD	KMBZ-FM		News/Talk/Sports	Entercom	Kansas City, KS	[27]
	HD 2	KCSP simulcast	Sports
	HD 3	Comedy
98.9 HD	KQRC	The Rock	Rock	Entercom	Leavenworth, KS	[28]
	HD 2		Live Tracks
99.7 HD	KZPT	99-7 The Point	Adult Contemporary	Entercom	Kansas City, MO	[29]
	HD 2	Subterranean	Album Rock
100.1	KKWK	Regional Radio "Quick"	Adult Contemporary	Shepard Group	Cameron, MO	[30]
100.3	KDVV	V100	Album Oriented Rock	Cumulus Broadcasting	Topeka, KS	[31]
100.7	KMZU	The Farm	Country	Kanza Inc.	Carrollton, MO	[32]
101.1 HD	KCFX	101 The Fox	Classic Rock	Cumulus Broadcasting	Harrisonville, MO	[33]
	HD 2	Simulcast of K279BI	Rock	Cumulus Broadcasting
102.1	KCKC	Alice 102	Adult hits2	Wilks Group	Kansas City, MO	[34]
102.5	K273BZ	Funny 102.5	Comedy	Cumulus Broadcasting	Shawnee, KS	[35]
102.9	K275BQ	Radio Free Liberty KCXL	Talk/Oldies	Alpine Broadcasting	Richmond/Kansas City, MO	[36]
103.3	KPRS	Hot 103 Jamz	Urban Contemporary	Carter Broadcast Group	Kansas City, MO	[37]
103.7	K279BI	103-7 The Dam	Rock	Cumulus Broadcasting	Kansas City, MO	[38]
103.9	KRLI	Curly	Nostalgia	Kanza, Inc.	Carrollton, MO	[39]
104.3	KBEQ	Young Country Q104	Country	Wilks Group	Kansas City, MO	[40]
105.1 HD	KCJK	Jack FM	Variety Hits	Cumulus Broadcasting	Garden City, MO	[41]
105.5	KKJO	K-Jo 105-5	Adult Contemporary	Eagle Communications	St. Joseph, MO	[42]
105.9	KLZR	Lazer 105.9	Hot Adult Contemporary	Zimmer Radio Group	Lawrence, KS	[43]
106.5 HD	WDAF	106.5 The Wolf	Country	Entercom	Liberty, MO	[44]
	HD-2	The City	Smooth Jazz
107.3 HD	KMJK	Magic 107.3	Urban Adult Contemporary	Cumulus Broadcasting	Lexington, MO1	[45]
107.7	KMAJ	Majic 107.7	Adult Contemporary	Cumulus Broadcasting	Shawnee, KS3	[46]

¹ KMJK has applied to change their city of license to North Kansas City, Missouri.

² KCKC switches to an all-holiday format during the months of November and December.

AM Radio

Frequency	Callsign	Nickname	Format	Owner	City of License	Web site
580	WIBW		News/Sports/Talk	Morris Communications	Topeka, KS	[47]
610	KCSP	610 Sports	Sports/Sports Talk	Entercom	Kansas City, MO	[48]
680	KFEQ		News/Talk	Eagle Radio	St. Joseph, MO	[49]
710	KCMO	Fox News & Talk Radio	Talk	Cumulus Broadcasting	Kansas City, MO	[50]
760	KCCV		Religion	Bott Radio	Kansas City, MO	[51]
810	WHB	Sports Radio	Sports/Sports Talk	Union Broadcasting	Kansas City, MO	[52]
890	KGGN	890 GGN Gods Good News	Urban Contemporary Gospel	Mortenson Broadcasting	Gladstone, MO	[53]
980	KMBZ	News Radio	News/Talk	Entercom	Kansas City, MO	[54]
1030	KCWJ	1030 The Light	Christian Music	Christian Broadcasting Associates	Blue Springs, MO	[55]
1090	KEXS	Catholic Radio	Religion	KC Catholic Network	Excelsior Springs, MO	[56]
1140	KCXL	Radio Free Liberty	Talk/Oldies	Alpine Broadcasting	Liberty, MO	[57]
1160	KCTO	La Super X	Español	Ramirez Spanish Radio	Cleveland, MO	[58]
1190 HD	KPHN	Radio Disney	Children's	Radio Disney Group	Kansas City, MO	[59]
1250	KYYS	La Super X	Español	Entercom	Kansas City, KS	[60]
1340	KDTD	La Gran D	Español	Davidson Media	Kansas City, KS
1380	KCNW		Religion	Wilkins Communications	Fairway, KS
1410	KKLO	Love 14	Religion	New Life Evangelistic Center	Leavenworth, KS	[61]
1480	KCZZ	Radio Activo	Español Top-40	Davidson Media	Mission, KS
1510	KCTE	Hot Talk 1510	Talk	Union Broadcasting	Independence, MO	[62]
1550	KESJ	ESPN 1550	ESPN	Eagle Broadcasting Company	St. Joseph, MO
1590	KPRT	Today's Gospel	urban contemporary gospel	Carter Broadcast Group	Kansas City, MO	[63]
1660	KUDL	The Classical Station	Classical	Entercom	Kansas City, KS	[64][dead link]

Sports Coverage

Related Article: Kansas City Sports

Team	League	Local Television	Radio
Kansas City Brigade	Arena Football League	Some national games on KMBC-TV/DT	KCXM-FM
Kansas City Chiefs	National Football League	When an NFC team visits KC, WDAF-TV/DT Sunday Night Games, KSHB-TV/DT Monday Night Games, KMBC-TV/DT (from ESPN) All other games, including pre-season and playoffs, KCTV-TV/DT	KCFX-FM, WIBW-AM
Kansas City Explorers	World Team Tennis
Kansas City Royals	Major League Baseball	FSN Kansas City	KCSP-AM, WIBW-AM
Kansas City T-Bones	American Association		KCWJ-AM KCSP-AM (Sundays)
Sporting Kansas City	Major League Soccer	KSMO 62, when the game is not nationally televised

Time Warner Cable subscribers receive local sports programming from Metro Sports (Channel 30), which includes postgame coverage of Royals and Chiefs games, high school and college game coverage, and ESPN News.

Notable personalities who worked in the market

• Walt Bodine, WHB, KCMO-AM, WDAF, now at KCUR
• Walter Cronkite, KCMO-AM
• Harris Faulkner, WDAF-TV
• Rush Limbaugh, KMBZ, KFIX (now KCXL), and KUDL
• Mancow Muller, KBEQ, now syndicated through Talk Radio Network

References

1. ^ TV by the Numbers, Nielsen People Meter Markets, November 6, 2007: "Rank, Designated Market Area, Homes"
2. ^ Arbitron, Inc., Spring '08 Blue Book, "2008 Market Survey Schedule: All Markets,", p. 4

External links

• Kansas City Radio and TV - Detailed histories of radio and television frequencies in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Lawrence, and Topeka