kansas city metropolitan area and parts of missouri kansas iowa and nebraska branding 710 kcmo slogan kcmo talk radio frequency 710 khz am translator s 103.7 mhz fm first air date 1925 as kwkc at 1370 format talk power 10 000 watts day 5 000 watts night class b facility id 33391 transmitter coordinates 39 19 08 n 94 29 48 w 39.31889 n 94.49667 w 39.31889 ; 94.49667 callsign meaning kansas city missouri former callsigns kwkc 1925 1936 former frequencies 1370 khz 1925 1939 1450 khz 1939 1480 1947 810 khz 1947 1998 affiliations westwood one news owner cumulus media cmp houston kc llc sister stations kchz kcfx k279bi kcjk kcmo fm kmjk webcast listen live or listen live iheart website 710kcmo . com kcmo 710 khz is a am radio station licensed to kansas city missouri . owned by cumulus media the station s studios are located in mission kansas and the transmitter is in the kansas city s northeast side . the station airs a conservative talk format . the station broadcasts at 10 000 watts by day and 5000 watts at night covering the kansas city metropolitan area . with a good radio the station can be heard not just in sections of missouri and kansas but also parts of iowa and nebraska . on april 30 2012 kcmo am began simulcasting on fm translator 103.7 k279bi via kcfx hd2 . contents 1 programming 2 history 3 former hosts 4 controversy 5 references 6 external links programming edit kcmo airs both local and nationally syndicated talk shows most of which come from the westwood one network a subsidiary of parent company cumulus media . mornings are hosted by radio veteran rob carson 6 to 10 a.m. with hosts steve sutton doing late mornings 10 a.m. to noon and greg knapp doing late afternoons 4 to 6 p.m. . the rest of the weekday schedule comes from syndicated shows dave ramsey michael savage mark levin john batchelor red eye radio and america in the morning . weekends feature shows on money health religion gardening and horses some of which are brokered programming . syndicated shows heard on weekends include larry kudlow and bob brinker . at various times in its recent history kcmo has carried hourly newscasts from either cbs radio news or fox news radio . at the beginning of 2015 kcmo and most cumulus talk stations switched to westwood one news a cumulus network . history edit the station started in 1925 by wilson duncan broadcasting on 1370 am as kwkc . in 1936 it changed its call letters to kcmo kansas city missouri . in 1939 it moved to 1450 am and then 1480 am . in september 1947 it moved to 810 am . 1 walter cronkite was a sports announcer at the station in 1936 with the on air name of walter wilcox . 2 he met his wife mary elizabeth maxwell there and left to become a reporter for united press international . in 1953 the television station kcmo tv now kctv was launched . meredith corporation acquired both the radio and television stations in october 1953 less than a month after the television station went on the air . meredith later acquired what became kcmo fm 94.9 fm . in 1978 meredith built a new facility for its broadcasting stations in fairway kansas . the radio stations were spun off from the television station in 1983 . later the tv station changed its call letters to kctv . meredith continues to own kctv to this day . that year richard fairbanks a one time owner of what is today wxia tv in atlanta georgia bought both of the kcmo radio stations . the stations were then sold to the summit communications group in 1985 then to the gannett company in 1986 . bonneville international the then owner of kmbz and klth now kzpt acquired both kcmo stations in 1993 . four years later bonneville sold its entire kansas city cluster plus three radio stations in seattle washington to entercom communications . on october 3 1998 shortly after entercom assumed control of the kcmo stations kcmo am swapped frequencies with whb with kcmo assuming its present day 710 am position . due to the way the switch was structured the federal communications commission fcc considers kcmo to be legally the same station as the old whb . in 2000 entercom was forced to sell both kcmo stations to susquehanna radio after its purchase of sinclair broadcasting s kansas city properties kqrc fm kxtr fm and wdaf fm left it two stations over the fcc s single market ownership limit . cumulus media acquired the stations in 2006 with its acquisition of susquehanna . when cumulus assumed control of the station in mid 2006 local morning host van patrick quit on air apparently upset over the firing of his producer as well as many others in the building and during a national purge of cumulus employees . on september 12 the station began a new morning show hosted by chris stigall . stigall has since left the station and rob carson is now the morning host . former hosts edit don harrison rusty humphries rick roberts chris baker claudia lamb scott mayman kevin harlan conrad dobler wayne larrivee harold ensley controversy edit in light of michael savage s controversial remarks concerning islam a group of 70 representatives from various religious groups such christianity buddhism judaism and islam gathered in a may 2008 interfaith meeting against alleged bigotry and urged kcmo to drop savage s program . 3 references edit http www.fybush.com sites 2005 site 051202.html kansas city s kcmo whb and kcxl the duh awards in this stupid world we take the prize by bob fenster p. 176 andrews mcmeel publishing april 1 2005 isbn 0 7407 5021 6 religious group wants kcmo 710 am to drop michael savage s program external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for kcmo radio locator information on kcmo query nielsen audio s am station database for kcmo v t e radio stations in the kansas city media market by am frequency 580 610 680 710 760 810 890 980 1030 1090 1140 1160 1190 1250 1340 1380 1410 1480 1510 1550 1590 1660 by fm frequency 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.7 90.9 91.5 91.9 92.3 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.7 100.1 100.7 101.1 102.1 103.3 103.7 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 107.3 107.7 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 162.450 162.475 162.550 by callsign k279bi kanu kbeq fm kccv kcfx kchz kcjk kckc kcmo kcmo fm kcnw kcsp kcte kcto kcur fm kcwj kcxl kczz kdmr kdtd kec77 kesj kexs kfeq kfkf fm kid77 kjhk kjnw kkfi kkjo fm kklo kksw kkwk klrq klrx kmaj fm kmbz kmbz fm kmjk kmvg kmxv kmzu kpow fm kprs kprt kqrc fm krbz ktbg kwjc kwod kyys kzpt kzz34 kzz85 wdaf fm whb wibw nearby radio markets columbia jefferson city omaha pittsburg springfield topeka see also list of radio stations in missouri list of radio stations in kansas v t e news talk radio stations in the state of missouri stations kalm thayer kape cape girardeau kbmv fm birch tree kcmo kansas city kele mountain grove kfeq saint joseph kfmo flat river kfru columbia kftk fm florissant khmo hannibal kjff festus kjpw waynesville klpw union kmbz kansas city kmox saint louis kqqz desoto saint louis krei farmington krms osage 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wzyp radio networks arkansas radio network cbs sports radio titans radio network westwood one see navpage online assets iheartradio television related assets nash tv other assets broadcast software international cumulusjobs.com san francisco giants minority interest in lp see also citadel broadcasting cumulus media networks susquehanna radio corporation 1 owned by iheartmedia ; operated by cumulus under an lma . 2 co owned with champlin broadcasting under an lma . 3 operated by the mohegan sun under an lma . aabbcc owned by the walt disney company ; operated by cumulus under an lma . owned by cbs radio operated by cumulus . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kcmo am & oldid 736075738 categories radio stations in kansas city missourinews and talk radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19481948