| Broadcast area | Kansas City Metropolitan Area |
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| Frequency | 710 kHz |
| Branding | KCMO Talk Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
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| KCHZ, KCFX, KCJK, KCMO-FM, KMJK | |
| History | |
First air date | 1925 (as KWKC at 1370) |
Former call signs | KWKC (1925–1936) |
Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 33391 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°19′08″N 94°29′48″W / 39.31889°N 94.49667°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.7 K279BI (Kansas City) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live on iHeartRadio |
| Website | kcmotalkradio.com |
KCMO (710 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station airs a talk radio format. The studios and offices are on Indian Creek Parkway in Overland Park, Kansas.[2] KCMO is also heard on KCHZ (95.7 FM) in Ottawa, Kansas, FM translator K279BI (103.7) in Kansas City, Missouri, and on the second HD Radio channel of co-owned KCFX (101.1) in Harrisonville, Missouri.
The AM transmitter is off North Eastern Road, near Interstate 435, on Kansas City's Northeast side.[3] KCMO broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day and 5,000 watts at night, using a directional antenna at all times. The station is heard around the Kansas City metropolitan area, in sections of Missouri and Kansas. With a good radio, the signal can also be heard in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Illinois, Arkansas and Nebraska. Due to KCMO's low transmitting frequency, plus Kansas's flat terrain and excellent ground conductivity,[4] the station has an unusually large daytime coverage area, reaching a population area of nearly 12 million people.[5]
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCMO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Contact - KCMO Talk Radio". kcmotalkradio.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "KCMO-AM 710 kHz - Kansas City, Missouri". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "M3 Map of Effective Ground Conductivity in the United States for AM Broadcast Stations". 11 December 2015.
- ^ "NASA SEDAC Population Estimator".