KMBZ (AM)
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| City | Mission, Kansas |
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| Broadcast area | Kansas City metropolitan area |
| Branding | Talk 980 |
| Slogan | THE Talk Station |
| Frequency | 980 kHz |
| First air date | April 5, 1922 (as WPE) |
| Format | Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 6382 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°02′17″N 94°36′55″W / 39.03806°N 94.61528°W |
| Callsign meaning |
K Midland Broadcasting Z (to differentiate from KMBC-TV) |
| Former callsigns | WPE (1922-1923) KLDS (1923-192?) KFIX (192?-1928) KMBC (1928-1967) |
| Affiliations | TheBlaze Radio Network |
| Owner |
Entercom Communications (Entercom License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KRBZ, KMBZ-FM, KQRC, KZPT, WDAF-FM, KCSP, KWOD |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | KMBZ website |
KMBZ (980 kHz; "Talk 980"), is a commercial AM talk radio station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. KMBZ is owned by Entercom Communications and its studios and transmitter tower are in suburban Mission, Kansas. Most of KMBZ's schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows including Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Meghan McCain, Herman Cain, Laura Ingraham and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Its sister station, 98.1 KMBZ-FM, airs mostly local talk shows.
KMBZ operates at 5,000 watts around the clock. It has been granted an FCC construction permit to move to a different transmitter site and increase day power to 9,000 watts. Its signal covers the Kansas City metropolitan area, including sections of Missouri and Kansas.
KMBZ is the oldest surviving station in Kansas City, first going on the air on April 5, 1922, with the Call sign WPE, and the second oldest radio station in the state of Missouri (behind only St. Louis' WEW).
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