KWBW ( 1450

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licensed to

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, and serving

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. The station has a

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and is owned by Eagle Communications. KWBW is powered at 1,000

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KWBW FM 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 ...

at 98.5

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

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program, called the ''BW Party Line'', airs at 10 a.m. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated

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show hosts:

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, Bill O'Reilly,

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Ben Shapiro Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American attorney, businessman, columnist, conservative political commentator, and media personality. At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. ...

Dennis Prager Dennis Mark Prager (; born August 2, 1948) is an American conservative radio talk show host and writer. He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show ''The Dennis Prager Show''. In 2009, he co-founded PragerU, which creates five-m ...

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and America In The Morning. World and national news is provided by

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. 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

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and

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. Some weekend hours feature the

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Network. KWBW also broadcasts Hutchinson

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and

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games.

History

On May 28, 1935, KWBW first

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the air. It was the first radio station to serve the Hutchinson area and featured programming from the

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. During the "

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," KWBW carried NBC dramas, comedies, news, sports,

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s and

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broadcasts. In the 1950s, as network programming moved to TV, KWBW switched to a middle of the road format of popular music, news, talk and sports. Over time, as more music listening shifted to FM, KWBW reduced music and increased talk until it made the transition to

. In 2013, KWBW launched an FM translator at 98.5 MHz for listeners who prefer listening on the FM band.

References

External links

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