topeka metropolitan area branding 580 wibw slogan the voice of kansas 580 wibw frequency 580 khz first air date 1927 format news talk sports power 5 000 watts class b callsign meaning w indiana broadcasting works affiliations cbs radio network owner alpha media alpha media licensee llc sister stations ktpk wibw fm webcast listen live via tunein website www.wibw580.com wibw 580 am is a topeka kansas area news talk and sports radio station that airs such local programming such as kansas live newsday now with nan yates alex dingman and sportstalk with jake lebahn & alex gold . wibw also carries national programs such as the dave ramsey show 1 the roger hedgecock show 2 the dana show with dana loesch 3 and the kim komando show . 4 in addition wibw is a sports radio affiliate of the kansas city royals and washburn ichabods . wibw is currently owned by alpha media which began september 1 2015 and was previously owned by morris communications . due to wibw s location near the bottom end of the am dial and kansas flat terrain with near perfect ground conductivity the station s 5 000 watt signal easily covers most of the kansas city metropolitan area during the day and provides city grade coverage to most of the eastern half of kansas as far west as wichita . it provides at least grade b coverage as far north as omaha and lincoln and as far south as tulsa . contents 1 history 1.1 shared frequency 2 programming 3 former hosts 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit wibw signed on in 1927 . it was originally owned by senator arthur capper along with the topeka daily capital . capper bought the license for a station in logansport indiana and added a w to the initials of the original owner indiana broadcast works thus making it one of the few stations west of the mississippi river whose call letters begin with w . the w k divide for call signs was not always the mississippi river and kansas was on the eastern side of the original call divide . thus it was perfectly acceptable to have a w in kansas in any event . the station eventually spawned a television station and an fm station both of which still carry the wibw calls . 5 capper died in 1949 and his family sold his holdings to stauffer publications owner of topeka s other newspaper the topeka state journal ; the papers have since merged . stauffer merged with current owner morris communications in 1995 . 5 wibw s main studios for decades were located on wanamaker road in west topeka near the menninger clinic . the programming there included live country music at 6 00 a.m. as late as the 1970s . the building housing those studios was severely damaged by fire january 5 2012 . 5 shared frequency edit until the fall of 2002 wibw shared time with a radio station in manhattan kansas kksu which was owned by kansas state university . from 1929 to 2002 kksu and wibw shared the 580 am frequency while it was common for stations to share frequencies in the early days of radio such a concept became outmoded in the 21st century . during the period the stations shared the frequency kksu would be on the air in the afternoons while wibw would be on during other times of the day . 5 many kansans were shocked by the demolishing of kksu radio which occurred after kansas state university officials decided to cancel its long time relationship with wibw after wibw morris communications tendered a much lower bid than the rest of the bidders . k state officials awarded the contract to a rival broadcaster from wichita kansas . after dueling lawsuits between ksu and wibw s owners the school sold its afternoon ownership of the frequency to wibw and the station ceased broadcasting kansas state football . 6 programming edit in 2006 three years after wibw and ksu parted ways the station became the topeka outlet for kansas jayhawks football and men s basketball . on june 14 2014 the topeka capital journal reported that wibw would end its pact with ku . the station then as now was also the flagship of the washburn ichabods and management found it difficult to find time for both of them . the jayhawks moved to kmaj and kwic fm . 7 in addition to its extensive coverage of washburn and high school sports wibw also broadcasts the kansas city royals ; for many years it was the royals flagship station . the station is an affiliate of the cbs radio network and broadcasts cbs news updates on the hour . former hosts edit mitch holthus radio announcer for the kansas city chiefs see also edit wibw tv references edit dave ramsey homepage daveramsey.com . daveramsey.com . roger hedgecock . rogerhedgecock.com . 5 january 2012 . dana loesch radio . danaloeschradio.com . kim kamando show . komando.com . a b c d kc radio history 580 . tripod.com . http www.findarticles.com p articles mi qn4179 is 20020226 ai n11778148 wibw kksu lawsuit & hl en & ct clnk & cd 3 & gl us ku football basketball games to be on different topeka radio dials in 2014 15 . cjonline.com . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wibw radio locator information on wibw query nielsen audio s am station database for wibw v t e radio stations in the topeka kansas media market by am frequency 580 610 680 710 810 980 1440 1490 by fm frequency 88.1 90.3 91.5 92.5 92.9 94.5 95.7 99.3 100.3 102.9 103.9 105.9 106.9 107.7 by callsign kanu kbuz kchz kcmo kcsp kcvt kdvv kfeq kjty kksw kmaj kmaj fm kmbz kmxn knza ktop ktop fm ktpk kwic whb wibw wibw fm nearby radio markets kansas city lincoln omaha pittsburg salina manhattan wichita see also list of radio stations in kansas 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 alpha media am radio stations kaan kabi kate kaus kbnn kbrk kcob kdkd kfor kfqd kglo kgnc kgrn khar kiik kjam kjff kjjq kjpw kkrt kmcd kmrn knwh knwq knwz knzr koka krei ksah ksal ktsa ktub kufo kvgh kwiq kwix kwok kxro kxtg kzdc wang wcha whag whbc whhw whis wibw wing wirl wjnt wjol wjqs wkez wkrs wlip wmbd wntx woad woic wrnn wrns wsgw wtni wxbd fm radio stations kaan fm kaus fm kayo kbay kbff kbls kbmg kbrj kbrk fm kbte kbtt kclb fm kclz kcob fm kcpi kdbx kdes fm kdgl kdkd fm kdks fm kdlo fm kdut kdux fm keag keez fm kezr kfbd fm kfrx kgnc fm kgnz khhl kiai kiaq kibz kink kirk kixx kjam fm kjel kjxk kkbb kkdv kkfd fm kkiq kkrv kkus kkuu kkwk klak kley fm klkl klll fm klly kmad fm kmkt kmmx kmxs knzr fm kone kooi koye kozq fm kpsi fm kres krti ksah fm ksaj fm ksal fm ktal fm ktcm ktfm ktjj ktpk kuic kupl kwhl kwiq fm kwix fm kwln kxea kxgl kxl fm kxxk kyez kykx w228ci w242by w262by w274bm warq warv fm wbbt fm wccq wcen fm wcli fm wcpr fm wdht wdjx wdld weat wero werv fm wfls fm wfxh fm wgbl wgco wger wghl wgtz wgzb fm whaj whbc fm whkx whqx whxt wibw fm wiil wikz wirk wjmi wkoy fm wkxi fm wkzq fm wlfv wmbx wmfx wmjm wmyb wngy wpbg wqbb wqcm wqsl wqzl wrks wrmf wrnn fm wrns fm wrou fm wrwn wrxq wscz wsgw fm wssr wswt wtlz wubb wvbx wwdm wwlb wwuz wxcl wxlc wxma wxqr fm wxyk wxyy wyav website alphamediausa.com v t e news talk radio stations in the state of kansas stations kina salina kjck junction city kkoy chanute kkle winfield klkc parsons kloe goodland kman manhattan kmbz fm kansas city knss wichita knss fm clearwater wichita kqam wichita krmr hays ksal salina kscb liberal kvoe emporia kyul scott city wibw topeka see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in kansas retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wibw am & oldid 739724028 categories radio stations in topeka kansasnews and talk radio stations in the united statessports radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1927alpha media radio stations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 15 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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