Media Kansas City, Missouri

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1 media

1.1 print media
1.2 broadcast media
1.3 film community





media

the kansas city star s new printing facility, opened in 2006.



print media

the kansas city star area s primary newspaper. william rockhill nelson , partner, samuel morss, first published evening paper on september 18, 1880. star competed morning kansas city times before acquiring publication in 1901. times name discontinued in march 1990, when morning paper renamed star .


weekly newspapers include call (which focused toward kansas city s african-american community), kansas city business journal, pitch, ink, , bilingual publications dos mundos , kc hispanic news.


the city served 2 major faith-oriented newspapers: kansas city metro voice, serving christian community, , kansas city jewish chronicle, serving jewish community. headquarters of national catholic reporter, independent catholic newspaper.


broadcast media

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).


film community

kansas city has been locale film , television productions. between 1931 , 1982 kansas city home calvin company, large movie production company specialized in promotional , sales short films , commercials corporations, educational films schools , government. calvin important venue kansas city arts, training local filmmakers went on hollywood careers , employing local actors, of whom earned main income in fields such radio , television announcing. kansas city native robert altman directed movies @ calvin company, led him shoot first feature film, delinquents, in kansas city using many local players.


the 1983 television movie day after filmed in kansas city , lawrence, kansas. 1990s film truman, starring gary sinise, filmed in city. other films shot in or around kansas city include article 99, mr. & mrs. bridge, kansas city, paper moon, in cold blood, ninth street, , come (in , around nearby liberty, missouri). more recently, scene in controversial film brüno filmed in downtown kansas city s historic hotel phillips.


today, kansas city home active independent film community. independent filmmaker s coalition organization dedicated expanding , improving independent filmmaking in kansas city. city launched kc film office in october 2014 goal of better marketing city prospective television shows , movies filmed there. city council passed several film tax incentives in february 2016 take effect in may 2016; kc film office coordinating efforts state of missouri reinstate film incentives on statewide level.








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