KCTO

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KCTO
Broadcast area Kansas City metropolitan area
Frequency 1160 kHz
BrandingRadio Maria 12pm-10am
The Vine Connection 10am-12pm
Programming
Language(s)Spanish/English
Format Christian
Ownership
OwnerAlpine Broadcasting Corporation
KCXL
History
First air date
2006
Technical information
Facility ID 136386
Class B
Power 5,000 watts day
230 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
38°40′26″N94°36′28″W / 38.67389°N 94.60778°W / 38.67389; -94.60778
Translator(s) 99.3 K257DZ (Kansas City)
100.5 K263BU (Kansas City)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website

KCTO (1160 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Cleveland, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the Alpine Broadcasting Corporation.

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KCTO broadcasts to the greater Kansas City area with an English-language Urban Gospel format as The Vine Connection for 2 hours daily and simulcasts Spanish Catholic programming from Radio Maria for the rest of the day. 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. [1]

History

KCTO signed on in 2006 as a simulcast of sister station KCXL 1140 AM, with a talk format.

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.

In March 2011 it flipped to Regional Mexican as “La Super X” and later “La Poderosa 1160”.

In February 2016, the moniker was changed to “La Mega 1160”, with a completely different air staff and management.

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. [2]

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.

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 simulcasts 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.

Hosanna Christian Network stopped broadcasting on KCTO at 11:59pm on June 30, 2022. 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.

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References

  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  2. "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.