Media in Kansas City, Missouri

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The following media outlets serve Kansas City, Missouri and the surrounding Kansas City metropolitan area.

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Print

Magazines

Newspapers

The Kansas City Star is the city's primary newspaper, published daily. [7]

Other papers published in the city include:

TV

Kansas City is the second largest television media market in the state of Missouri after St. Louis, and, as ranked by population by Arbitron, the 32nd largest market in the United States. [18]

The following is a list of television stations that broadcast from and/or are licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. [19] [20] [21]

Full-power

Low-power

Cable

Radio

Kansas City is the 32nd largest radio market (as determined by Arbitron [22] ). As of 2024, Kansas City is the largest radio market without any radio stations owned or operated by iHeartMedia. Several radio stations cover the Kansas City area, including:

FM

AM

Notable personalities

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References

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  2. ↑ "ABOUT US". The Independent. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  3. ↑ The Independent. KC, KS: The Independent. 1920.
  4. ↑ "Ingram's Magazine". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Our Health Matters (OHM) Magazine". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Spaces Kansas City Magazine". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kansas City Star". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Kansas City Call". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Kansas City Business Journal". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Kansas City Globe". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Kansas City Hispanic News". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Metro Voice Christian Newspaper". Lee’s Summit, MO: Widaman Communications, Inc.
  13. ↑ "National Catholic Reporter". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Kansas City Northeast News". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "About Us". Northeast News. January 10, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Kansas City Pitch". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  17. ↑ "UMKC University News". Mondo Times. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Market Survey Schedule & Population Rankings" (PDF). Arbitron . Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  19. ↑ "TVQ TV Database Query". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Stations for Kansas City, Missouri". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  21. ↑ "TV Signal Locator". TV Fool. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  22. ↑ Arbitron, Inc., Spring '08 Blue Book, "2008 Market Survey Schedule: All Markets,", p. 4
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