KCTO
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Broadcast area | Kansas City metropolitan area |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1160 kHz |
| Branding | Radio Maria |
| Programming | |
| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | Spanish |
| Format | Christian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Alpine Broadcasting Corporation |
| KCXL | |
| History | |
First air date | 2006 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 230 watts night |
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KCTO (1160 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Cleveland, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the Alpine Broadcasting Corporation.
KCTO broadcasts to the greater Kansas City area simulcasting Spanish Catholic programming from Radio Maria. KCTO occasionally breaks away from this schedule to carry coverage of Kansas City Mavericks ice hockey in English.
The station was assigned the call sign "KCTO" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 24, 2003.[2]
History
KCTO signed on in 2006 as a simulcast of sister station KCXL 1140 AM, with a talk format.[3]
KCTO upgraded its power in 2009, and, in March 2010, broke away from simulcasting KCXL while continuing to offer a talk format during the week and Adult Standards on weekends. Other programming included football games from Lee's Summit High School and simulcasts of Catholic programming from JPEG Network.[4]
In March 2011 it flipped to Regional Mexican as “La Super X” and later “La Poderosa 1160”. [5]
In February 2016, the moniker was changed to “La Mega 1160”, with a completely different air staff and management.[6][7]
In 2017, the station became the Spanish-language home of the Kansas City Chiefs, previously heard on KDTD 1340 AM. Chiefs games are produced through Tico Productions and also air on KHLT-FM in Wichita.[8]
As of January 2020, KCTO flipped from La Mega to Catholic programming in Spanish, simulcasting Radio Maria's Spanish feed. Chiefs games in Spanish moved to KCWJ (1030 AM) for the 2020 season.[9]
Later in early 2020, KCTO began, during the morning hours, broadcasting Hosanna Christian Network (also heard full time on KWJP 89.7 FM in Paola, Kansas, with a format blending Spanish and English Contemporary Christian music, Regional Mexican music with Christian lyrics, and Urban contemporary gospel. The rest of the time, KCTO simulcasted Radio Maria, offering a Spanish Catholic format. Hosanna Christian Network's time expanded by one hour to 7am to 12pm starting in November 2020.
As of February 2021 the station switched from Radio Maria to audio from CatholicTV, offering Catholic programming in English, while Hosanna Christian Network was still heard during the morning hours.
As of Sunday, March 7, 2021, Hosanna Christian Network expanded its time on KCTO by 14 hours, now beginning at 5pm and broadcasting until noon. KCTO once again simulcasts programming from Radio Maria from noon to 5pm.
Starting in September 2021, KCTO began carrying Kansas City Mavericks games in English.[10]
Hosanna Christian Network stopped broadcasting on KCTO at 11:59pm on June 30, 2022.[11] KCTO became Spanish Radio Maria 22 hours per day, with the remaining 2 hours simulcasting “The Vine Connection”, an English Urban Gospel internet radio station based in Washington, North Carolina, formerly heard on WTOW, WSTK and WEGG.
By 2023 The Vine had ceased broadcasting on the station and it went to Radio Maria full-time.[12]
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KCTO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Medium Wave News" (PDF). Medium Wave Circle. September 2009. p. 80. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KCTO". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chiefs vs. Patriots: How to Watch and Listen". Chiefs.com. September 6, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hoffman, Reed (February 7, 2021). "Kansas City's Tico Sports brings Chiefs' Super Bowl excitement to Spanish-language audiences". KCUR. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tico Sports". Tico Sports. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kansas City Chiefs To Air In Spanish On KCTO (La Mega)/Kansas City, KHLT (La Raza)/Wichita". All Access. August 3, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hosanna Broadcasting Network Programming Guide". Hosanna Broadcasting Network. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MAVERICKS ANNOUNCE 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE". Kansas City Mavericks. May 11, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DX News" (PDF). National Radio Club. August 2022. p. 2. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."45th Edition of the NRC AM Log" (PDF). National Radio Club. October 2023. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
External links
- La Mega KC on facebook
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- KCTO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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