KCNW
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Broadcast area | Kansas City, Missouri |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1380 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Affiliations | Salem Communications |
| Ownership | |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 10826 | |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,500 watts day 29 watts night |
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| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | K241CU (96.1 MHz, Fairway) |
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| Website | wilkinsradio.com |
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KCNW (1380 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Fairway, Kansas. The station broadcasts a religious radio format to the Kansas City metropolitan area with a 2,500-watt daytime and 29-watt nighttime signal. KCNW is owned by Wilkins Communication Network and the broadcast license is held by Kansas City Radio, Inc.[2]
History
The 1380 AM frequency was a prominent part of the Kansas City radio market for two decades under the call sign KUDL. The station operated as KUDL from approximately 1953 to 1975.[3] In the 1960s, KUDL was the home to a popular Top 40 station.[4] During this time, it was a high-energy competitor to WHB's dominant format, known for its streamlined style referred to as "Boss Radio" and nicknamed "the Big 1380".[5]
In 1967, Starr Broadcasting acquired both KUDL (1380 AM) and its sister FM station, KCJC.[6] The FM station would eventually adopt the KUDL-FM call sign and initially simulcast the popular AM Top 40 format[7] In 1973, the Top-40 format jumped to FM and eventually became a soft adult contemporary station, while 1380 housed an oldies format for two years. The KCNW letters (Kansas City's News World) were adopted shortly after a news format debuted with programming from the short-lived "News and Information Service" based at NBC Radio.[8] Although following the lead of other AM stations dumping music for talk (notable KQV in Pittsburgh the same year), the news format didn't last long in Kansas City.[9]
In 1978, KCNW started broadcasting religious programming, yielding the acronym Kansas City's New Way. Today it is a satellite station owned by Wilkins Communication Network of Spartanburg, South Carolina, which specializes in syndicating programs devised by individual churches and airs national shows such as Sid Roth, Irvin Baxter Jr. and Noah Hutchings.
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KCNW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KCNW (1380 AM)". On The Radio.net.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KCNW 1380AM/96.1FM - Kansas City, MO". Wilkins Radio Network.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 40 radio history, streaming to be discussed at today's Great Plains Radio History Symposium". Kansas State University.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The 1960s". AIMS.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History of KOZY – Richie Kennedy". route56.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Station KCNW 1380 AM". ontheradio.net. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
External links
- Wilkins Communication Network official website
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- KCNW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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