Radio KC

I remember when radio was THE entertainment medium of choice. Not that there wasn't TV, but music was everything. We all spent countless hours listening to first top 40 radio, then "underground" FM radio. I listened before school in the morning, and as soon as I got home in the afternoon. The radio was always on in the car or truck. I'd fall asleep with the music playing.

I remember well my first transistor radio. It was from the Sinclair gasoline company, a promotional model. It was red plastic, with the green Sinclair dinosaur logo on the front. It was about 3" X 6" X 1" thick... MUCH larger than today's MP3 players. It was SEVEN transistor, if I recall correctly, with a mono earphone and a leather case.... leather so thin you could almost read through it. It ran on a 9 volt battery, and recieved AM only. It was my prized possession for a very long time.

I'm not sure when it all changed. Maybe it was when the big companies really took over the airwaves in the 80's, making music too much of a business and too little fun. When the local stations became just one piece of national conglomerates, spewing forth a pasteurized pablum of sound, with no personality and no soul. At any rate, I quit listening to music on the radio for a VERY long time.

But that's starting to change some. I catch myself switching on the music stations in the Jeep once again, catching some oldies, some new stuff, a little country, a little blues. It's almost FUN again. Maybe I'm starting into my second, or seventeenth, childhood.

Here's a listing of Kansas City radio stations. It might not be complete, so feel free to let me know if there's any left out!

KCSP 610 AM - (Sports and Jim Rome)
KCMO 710 AM - (News/Talk)
KCCV 760 AM - (Christian Talk)
WHB 810 AM - (Sports)
KMBZ 980 AM - (News/Talk)
KCWJ 1030 AM - Contemporary Christian
KEXS 1090 AM - EWTN (Catholic Network Radio)
KCXL 1140 AM - (Talk/Music/Alex Jones {2nd and 3rd Hour})
KPHN 1190 AM - Radio Disney
KKHK 1250 AM - regional Mexican & Spanish
KCNW 1380 AM - (Christian Talk)
KCZZ 1480 AM - Spanish
KCTE 1510 AM - (Talk/Don Imus)
KPRT 1590 AM - Black Gospel
KXTR 1660 AM - (Classical)
KLJC 88.5 FM - Contemporary Christian
KCUR 89.3 FM - National Public Radio
KKFI 90.1 FM - Community Radio
KCCV 92.3 FM - (Christian/Bott Radio Network)
KMXV 93.3 FM - #1 Hits
KFKF 94.1 FM - Today's Best Country Music
KCMO 94.9 FM - (60'S, 70'S and 80'S Oldies)
KCHZ 95.7 FM - Urban Contemporary
KRBZ 96.5 FM - Alternative
KCXM 97.3 FM - Rock and Mancow Muller
KUDL 98.1 FM - Adult Contemporary
KQRC 98.9 FM - Rock, Heavy Metal
KYYS 99.7 FM - Rock
KCFX 101.1 FM - Classic Rock and Bob and Tom
KCKC 102.1 FM - Adult Contemporary
KPRS 103.3 FM - Hip-Hop, (R&B) and Steve Harvey
KBEQ 104.3 FM - Country
KCJK 105.1 FM - (70's, 80's, 90's and Current Hits- Jack FM)
WDAF-FM 106.5 FM - Country Music
KMJK 107.3 FM - (Urban Contemporary, R&B and Tom Joyner)

Many of these stations now broadcast on the internet. If you're interested in listening on the web, be sure to check out the websites to see if a webcast is available. Something that is starting to pique my interest in radio again is ReplayA/V, software that let's me record streaming audio and vidio from the web. It even functions like a Tivo, letting me set the time and station to record while I'm away from the computer. This is opening up a whole new world of music to me again. Maybe the thrill ISN'T gone!

posted by B.G. Roberts @ 12:29 AM