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Kansas Association Of Broadcasters
The Kansas Association of Broadcasters is a group supporting broadcasters in Kansas, United States, primarily through lobbying and coordination. History The Kansas Association of Broadcasters began in 1951 as the Kansas Association of Radio Broadcasters, when a central Kansas broadcaster sat down to read a letter from Grover C. Cobb, who was vice-president/general manager of KVGB (AM)/ FM, in Great Bend. Board of directors The 2013 Board of Directors are: ; Officers * Monte Miller, Chair (Rocking M Radio, Inc.) * Jim Ogle, Chair-Elect ( WIBW-TV) * Bruce Dierking, Secretary-Treasurer ( KNDY (AM)/ FM) * Gordon Johnson, Past Chairman (KLEY (AM), KLEY/ KWME/KKLE) ; Directors * Rob Burton (Clear Channel Radio) * Larry Calvery ( KRSL (AM)/ FM) * Janet Campbell ( Kansas Public Radio) * John Dawson ( KNSW) * George DeMarco ( KKOW (AM)/ FM, KJML * Ron Thomas ( KVOE (AM)/ KVOE-FM, KFFX-FM * Mark Trotman (KWBW/KHUT/KHMY KHMY (93.1 FM), known as "My 93-1" is a radio station based in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began with AM radio, which came into popular use around 1920 with the spread of vacuum tube radio transmitters and receivers. Before this, all forms of electronic communication (early radio, telephone, and telegraph) were one-to-one, with the message intended for a single recipient. The term ''broadcasting'' evolved from its use as the agricultural method of sowing seeds in a field by casting them broadly about. It was later adopted for describing the widespread distribution of information by printed materials or by telegraph. Examples applying it to "one-to-many" radio transmissions of an individual station to multiple listeners appeared as early as 1898. Over the air broadcasting is usually associated with radio and television, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KRSL (AM)
KRSL (990 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Russell, Kansas Russell is the most populous city in and the county seat of Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,401. History In 1865, the Butterfield Overland Despatch established a short-lived st ..., United States, the station serves the west Kansas area. The station is currently owned by White Communications, L.L.C. KRSL carries Kansas City Royals baseball (except weekday games), Kansas State Wildcats football and basketball and Russell High School football, basketball and baseball. The AM signal for KRSL can be received in the daytime as far west as Colby, as far east as Junction City and as far south as Hesston. References External links * * RSL Classic country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1973 1973 establishments in Kansas {{Kansas-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KHUT
KHUT (102.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Hutchinson, Kansas, the station serves the Wichita metropolitan area and is owned by Eagle Communications, Inc. KHUT goes by the slogan "Country 102.9, Hutchinson's Country Station." It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, broadcasting since 1972. The transmitter is on Whiteside Road at West Clark Road in Hutchinson. Talent Weekday mornings are hosted by Pat James. James started with Eagle Radio Hutchinson in March 2017, and was soon elevated to Operations Manager of the cluster. James comes to Hutchinson after previous stops in Wichita, St. Louis and Gainesville, FL. He is best known for his years at KFDI-FM in Wichita and at WIL-FM in St. Louis as part of the CMA Award Winning Cornbread Show. Before coming to KHUT, he was Program Director of BOB-FM and HANK-FM in Wichita. In his first year on the air at KHUT, he was nominated for the Academy of Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KWBW
KWBW (1450 MHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Hutchinson, Kansas, and serving Reno County. The station has a talk radio format and is owned by Eagle Communications. KWBW is powered at 1,000 watts. Programming is simulcast on FM translator KWBW FM at 98.5 MHz. Programming KWBW has local news, talk and farm reports on weekday mornings and an hour of news at noon and at 5 p.m. A tradio program, called the ''BW Party Line'', airs at 10 a.m. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative talk show hosts: Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Dave Ramsey, Ben Shapiro, Dennis Prager, Sebastian Gorka and America In The Morning. World and national news is provided by CBS Radio News. KWBW is also a Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals affiliate. Weekends feature shows on home improvement, gardening, cars, pets, technology and religion. Weekend syndicated hosts include Kim Komando, Gordon Deal and Bill Cunningham. Some weekend hours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFFX-FM
KFFX (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format, broadcasting as "Mix 104.9 FM". The station is located in Emporia, Kansas, where it is also licensed. KFFX is owned by Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc. History KFFX signed on the air in June 1966 as the FM companion to KVOE (AM). Until the early 1970s KVOE-FM would simulcast most of its programming with the AM. In the 1970s it began playing some country music and then, around 1975, split altogether from the AM becoming KLRF (Colorful 105). Following a change in licensee in late 1984 to Emporia Broadcasting, the station shifted to a contemporary hit radio format and became KFFX (Fox 105). In January 1986 Valu Broadcasting acquired both the AM and FM stations. In 1994 Valu Broadcasting changed its name to Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc. KFFX shifted to a hot adult contemporary format around 2001 becoming Mix 104.9 and has retained that format since. Mix 104.9 is home to the Emporia State Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KVOE-FM
KVOE-FM (101.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format, broadcasting as "Country 101.7 FM". The station is located in Emporia, Kansas, where it is also licensed. KVOE-FM is owned by Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc. History KVOE-FM began broadcasting as KEGS on May 2, 1985. The "GS" in KEGS were the initials of Greg Steckline of Steckline Communications of Wichita (the first licensee). In Emporia, there was a KVOE-FM on 104.9 MHz between 1966 and 1975. But after 1975 those call letters were dropped and became available for transfer. On August 30, 1994, KEGS became the new KVOE-FM at 101.7 MHz under new owner Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc. Awards KVOE-FM has won numerous awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 2005, KVOE-FM won ''Station of the Year.'' In 2011, KVOE-FM won KAB's ''Website of the Year.'' In 2010, KVOE-FM won the KAB's ''Tony Jewell Community Service Award''. On April 17, 2012, KVOE-FM's general manager Ron Thomas, went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KVOE (AM)
KVOE (1400 AM broadcasting, AM) is an area news radio, news, talk radio, talk, and sports radio, sports radio station that airs local programming such as ''Talk of Emporia'', ''The Emporium'', and ''Area Coach's Corner'' in Emporia, Kansas. KVOE also carries national programs such as ABC News Radio. KVOE is licensed to Emporia, Kansas and owned by Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc. History KVOE AM was established in 1939 under the call sign "KTSW" broadcasting out of the Broadview Hotel at 6th and Merchant. The call letters stood for the names of its founders Kermit Trimble and Selleck Warren. KTSW initially broadcast on 1370 kHz with 100 watts of power. Under the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, KTSW would change frequency to 1400 kHz on March 29, 1941 and increase power to 250 watts. By early 1951 the station had moved out of the Broadview to a new location near the south city limits of Emporia. Then, in 1956, KTSW saw a change in ownership and a call sign cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJML
KJML (107.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Columbus, Kansas, United States, the station serves the Joplin area. The station is owned by American Media Investments Inc. History The station went on the air on December 25, 1982 as KBLT. On October 10, 1988, the station changed its call sign to KMOQ as "Q 107". On January 18, 2008 the KMOQ call sign and the CHR format were swapped with the KJML call sign and active rock format that had been broadcast on 105.3 FM in Columbus. On February 19, 2009, the call sign was changed to KBZI which had been on the now defunct 100.7 FM frequency. The format never ended up changing from the active rock to the Hot AC Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ... that had been on 100.7 FM and the call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKOW-FM
KKOW-FM "96.9 The Kow" is a country station licensed to Pittsburg, Kansas, owned by American Media Investments. History 96.9 FM was brought on the air in 1975 as KMRJ by Jim Harbart. At its inception it was an adult contemporary station broadcasting from studios on Quincy Street in Pittsburg. In 1982 the station was sold to John David and Richard Chegwin, who retained the format but changed the call letters to KDBQ. Ownership changed again in 1984, when Tim Menowsky and Frank Bell took ownership and branded the station KQWK "Quick Rock 97" with a hybrid contemporary hit radio/album-oriented rock format. In 1986 the station was purchased by its current owner, American Media Investments, which relocated the studios across the state line to Joplin, Missouri Joplin is a city in Jasper and Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern portion is in Newton County. Joplin is the largest city l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKOW (AM)
KKOW (860 kHz) is a AM radio station in Pittsburg, Kansas. It broadcasts a farm/classic country format. It began on October 11, 1937 as KOAM, owned by E. Victor Baxter and Lester L. Cox on 790 kc. It later moved to 810 kc.. It traded off 810 kHz with KCMO (AM) in Kansas City, Missouri (now on 710 kHz) for its current location on 860 kHz. KOAM originally was an NBC affiliate, carrying programming from both the Red and Blue networks. Cox and Baxter also founded KOAM-TV in 1953, an NBC affiliate carrying secondary affiliations with CBS, ABC, and DuMont. By the end of the 1970s, KOAM adopted a country music format. It was sold to American Media Investments on May 11, 1981 . Due to the ownership split of KOAM AM-FM from KOAM-TV, its callsign changed from KOAM to KKOW on May 18, 1981. Bridging KOAM with KKOW, Dan Willis hosted the morning slot 6 days a week from 1964 to 2004, administering the Community Calendar (reading obituaries and local events), the morning polka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KANU (FM)
KANU is the flagship station of Kansas Public Radio (KPR), a seven-station network based in Lawrence at the University of Kansas. In addition to KANU (91.5 FM), KPR also operates full-power stations KANH in Emporia (at 89.7 FM), KANV in Olsburg (at 91.3 FM, serving Manhattan and Junction City), and KANQ in Chanute (at 90.3 FM); and low-power translators K210CR in Atchison (at 89.9 FM), and K258BT (99.5 FM) and K250AY (97.9 FM) in Manhattan. Together, the stations cover all of northeastern Kansas, as well as large portions of Missouri, including Kansas City. Flagship KANU provides much of the Kansas City area a second choice for NPR programming alongside KCUR (Lawrence is part of the Kansas City market). Its powerful 100,000-watt signal allows it to double as the main NPR station for the state capital, Topeka. KANH, KANV, K210CR and K258BT serve as full repeaters of KANU. KPR also operates an HD2 signal, which broadcasts a mix of National Public Radio and BBC news-talk progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
