Broadcast media Kansas City, Missouri
landmark kctv tower on west 31st on union hill.
the kansas city media market (ranked 32nd arbitron , 31st nielsen) includes 10 television stations, 30 fm , 21 radio stations. kansas city broadcasting jobs have been stepping stone national television , radio personalities, notably walter cronkite , mancow muller.
wdaf radio (610 am, @ 106.5 fm; frequency occupied kcsp) signed on in 1927 affiliate of nbc red network, under ownership of star. in 1949, star signed on wdaf-tv affiliate of nbc television network. star sold off wdaf stations in 1957, following antitrust investigation united states government (reportedly launched @ truman s behest, following long-standing feud star) on newspaper s ownership of television , radio stations. kcmo radio (originally @ 810 am, @ 710 am) signed on kcmo-tv (now kctv) in 1953. respective owners of whb (then @ 710 am, @ 810 am) , kmbc radio (980 am, kmbz), cook paint , varnish company , midland broadcasting company, signed on whb-tv/kmbc-tv time-share arrangement on vhf channel 9 in 1953; kmbc-tv took on channel 9 full-time in june 1954, after cook paint , varnish purchased midland broadcasting s stations.
the major broadcast television networks have affiliates in kansas city market (covering 32 counties in northwestern missouri, exception of counties in far northwestern part of state within adjacent saint joseph market, , northeastern kansas); including wdaf-tv 4 (fox), kctv 5 (cbs), kmbc-tv 9 (abc), kcpt 19 (pbs), kcwe 29 (the cw), kshb-tv 41 (nbc) , ksmo-tv 62 (mynetworktv). other television stations in market include saint joseph-based ktaj-tv 16 (tbn), kansas city, kansas-based tv25.tv (consisting of 3 locally owned stations throughout northeast kansas, led kcks-ld 25, affiliated several digital multicast networks), lawrence, kansas-based kmci-tv 38 (independent), spanish-language station kukc-lp 48 (univision), , kpxe-tv 50 (ion television).
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