KMBZ (AM)

KMBZ

City	Mission, Kansas
Broadcast area	Kansas City metropolitan area
Branding	Talk 980
Slogan	THE Talk Station
Frequency	980 kHz
First air date	April 5, 1922 (as WPE)
Format	Talk
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	6382
Transmitter coordinates	39°02′17″N 94°36′55″W / 39.03806°N 94.61528°W / 39.03806; -94.61528
Callsign meaning	K Midland Broadcasting Z (to differentiate from KMBC-TV)
Former callsigns	WPE (1922-1923) KLDS (1923-192?) KFIX (192?-1928) KMBC (1928-1967)
Affiliations	TheBlaze Radio Network
Owner	Entercom Communications (Entercom License, LLC)
Sister stations	KRBZ, KMBZ-FM, KQRC, KZPT, WDAF-FM, KCSP, KWOD
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	KMBZ website

KMBZ (980 kHz; "Talk 980"), is a commercial AM talk radio station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. KMBZ is owned by Entercom Communications and its studios and transmitter tower are in suburban Mission, Kansas. Most of KMBZ's schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows including Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Meghan McCain, Herman Cain, Laura Ingraham and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Its sister station, 98.1 KMBZ-FM, airs mostly local talk shows.

KMBZ operates at 5,000 watts around the clock. It has been granted an FCC construction permit to move to a different transmitter site and increase day power to 9,000 watts.^[1] Its signal covers the Kansas City metropolitan area, including sections of Missouri and Kansas.

History

KMBZ is the oldest surviving station in Kansas City, first going on the air on April 5, 1922, with the Call sign WPE, and the second oldest radio station in the state of Missouri (behind only St. Louis' WEW).

In its history it has been owned by two rival branches of the Latter Day Saint movement although it has no church affiliation now. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (RLDS Church- based in Independence, Missouri) bought the station in 1923 and renamed the station KFIX and later KLDS (with the LDS standing for "Latter Day Saints").

In 1928, Midland Broadcasting bought the station and renamed it KMBC. Cook Paint and Varnish Company bought the Midland holdings in 1954. The AM radio and television station operated out of the Lyric Theatre.

In 1961, Cook sold the radio and television stations to Metromedia, who signed on KMBC-FM (later KMBR and KLTH, now KZPT) the next year. In 1967, Metromedia sold both radio stations to Bonneville International but kept the television station. Bonneville is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons based in Salt Lake City). They changed to KMBZ (with "Z" rhyming with "C"). In the 1970s and early 1980s, the station's nickname was "Z-98".

In 1997, Bonneville sold its entire Kansas City cluster, which by then consisted of KMBZ, KLTH, KCMO (AM) and KCMO-FM, to Entercom Communications.

Paul Henning, who created The Beverly Hillbillies, was a writer, actor, disc jockey and newsreader at the station early in his career.^[2]

Rush Limbaugh got his start in political commentary on the station in 1983. He continues to be heard on KMBZ in his live 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot and for many years also had an overnight replay heard on the station.

KMBZ was the Kansas City Royals flagship station for some time. In 2008, Royals games switched to co-owned Sports radio station 610 KCSP. Beginning in 2009, the Royals returned to KMBZ, as part of a partnership with KCSP. KMBZ is also the western flagship for the Missouri Tigers radio network, broadcasting football, men's and women's basketball and the "Tiger Talk" coach's show.

In 2009, KMBZ began simulcasting its programming on sister station KUDL's HD3 subchannel. On March 24, 2011, Entercom announced that on March 30, KUDL's analog FM broadcasts would become a full-time simulcast of KMBZ as KMBZ-FM. On December 24, 2014, Entercom announced that the KMBZ simulcast would split on January 5, 2015. On that date, KMBZ-AM flipped to "Talk 980", carrying a mostly network line up of shows.

Former hosts

References

↑ "FCC Construction Permit". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Paul Henning". The Independent. London. April 19, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2010.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KMBZ

Radio-Locator Information on KMBZ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KMBZ

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

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 KREI – Farmington KRMS – Osage Beach KRZK – Branson KSGF – Springfield KSGF-FM – Ash Grove KSIM – Sikeston KSIS – Sedalia KTRS – Saint Louis KTTR – Rolla KTTR-FM – St. James KTUI – Sullivan KWOC – Poplar Bluff KWOS – Jefferson City KWPM – West Plains KWTO – Springfield KZIM – Cape Girardeau KZRG – Joplin

Defunct:	KUKU – Willow Springs

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Missouri

Entercom

AM radio stations	KCSP KEZW KFH KFXX KIFM KJCE KMBZ KMTT KNSS KWOD KYYS WAXY WBEN WBT WBZU WEAL WEEI WGR WILK WKZN WMC WMFS WORD WPET WQXI WRKO WROC WSSP WVEI WWKB WWL WWWL WWWS WXNT WYRD

FM radio stations	K242CC KALC KAMX KBLX-FM KBZT KDGS KDND KEYN-FM KFBZ KGMZ KGON KHTP KISW KKDO KKMJ-FM KKWF KMBZ-FM KNDD KNRK KNSS-FM KOIT KQKS KQMT KQRC-FM KRBQ KRBZ KRSK KRXQ KSEG KSON KSOQ-FM KSWD KUDL KUFX KWJJ-FM KXSN KYCH-FM KZPT WAAF WBEE-FM WBT-FM WBZA WCMF-FM WDAF-FM WEEI-FM WEZB WFBC-FM WGGI WGGY WILK-FM WJMH WKAF WKBU WKRF WKRZ WKSE WKTK WLFP WLKK WLMG WLNK WLYF WMC-FM WMFS-FM WMHX WMMM-FM WMQX WMXJ WMYX-FM WNTR WNVZ WOLX-FM WPAW WPTE WPXY-FM WQMG WROQ WRVR WSFS WSKY-FM WSMW WSPA-FM WSTR WTPT WTSS WVEI-FM WVKL WWDE-FM WWEI WWL-FM WXSS WYRD-FM WZPL

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