KDRO (1490 AM, "Newsradio 1490") is a

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Sedalia, Missouri Sedalia is a city located approximately south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city had ...

, United States. The station is owned by Benne Media and licensed to Mathewson Broadcasting Company. KDRO broadcasts a news/talk format.

History

KDRO first signed on the air at 1490

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on September 13, 1939. In February 1990, Sedalia Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Mathewson Broadcasting Co. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 16, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 7, 1990. In April 2006, Jim Mathewson of Mathewson Broadcasting Co. entered into a local marketing agreement with Denny Benne of Benne Broadcasting. In Spring 2017, KDRO switched to a news/talk format.

References

External links

KDRO official website
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