KCTE

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KCTE
Broadcast area Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Frequency 1510 kHz
BrandingESPN Kansas City 1510 AM and 94.5 FM
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerUnion Broadcasting
WHB
History
First air date
1947 (1947)
Former call signs
  • KIMO (1947–1962)
  • KCCV (1962–1989)
  • KIDZ (1989–1993)
  • KJLA (1993–1994)
Call sign meaning
Kansas City's Team
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 64637
Class D
Power 10,000 watts (days only)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°4′14″N94°26′58″W / 39.07056°N 94.44944°W / 39.07056; -94.44944
Translator 94.5 K233DM (Raytown)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website 1510.com

KCTE (1510 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Independence, Missouri, United States, and serving the Kansas City metropolitan area operates during the daytime hours only. [2] Owned by Union Broadcasting, it features a sports radio format in conjunction with co-owned WHB. The studios are on West 121st Street in Overland Park.

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KCTE's transmitter is sited off of Appleton Avenue at East 28th Street. Programming is heard around the clock on low-power FM translator K233DM on 94.5 MHz.

History

The station signed on the air in 1947. [3] The original call sign was KIMO, originally broadcasting with 250 watts on 1010 kilocycles. It has always been a daytime-only station. It later moved to 1510 kHz.

It was acquired in 1962 by Richard Bott and became the first of many Christian radio stations in his Bott Radio Network. [4] The call letters were changed to KCCV (Kansas City's Christian Voice). In 1990, Bott it moved to a new frequency licensed for 24-hour broadcasting. Over the next several years, 1510 played rhythm and blues, oldies and later adult standards.

In 1994, new owners acquired the station and debuted KCTE (Spelling KC-Team), Kansas City's first sports talk station. [5] Throughout the 1990s, KCTE grew in popularity, yet was constrained by the daytime-only operation. With the aid of Union Bank president Jerry Green, KCTE purchased the 50,000-watt WHB and moved its sports operations onto the 810 frequency on October 1, 1999. [6] [7] [8]

After stints as a Latin music and later an alternative rock station (playing a repeating two-hour tape loop), a Hot Talk format debuted in 2001. KCTE's programming included Don Imus's morning show, Dennis Miller's talk show, and local shows hosted by personalities from KMBC-TV. The station also carried a large portion of ESPN Radio programming until that moved to sister station 97.3 KCXM. [9] In 2007, KCXM was sold to a Christian broadcaster. [10] ESPN network shows returned to 1510 KCTE, which resumed full-time sports programming. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCTE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KCTE". FCC .
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 148. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-121. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "New Radio Station Will Broadcast Sports Talk All Day". The Kansas City Star. October 19, 1994. p. C2.
  6. ↑ "Jerry H. Green Obituary". Louis Memorial Chapel. August 17, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Media Changes". The Kansas City Star. October 1, 1999. p. C4.
  8. ↑ Kennedy, Richie. "History of WHB". route56.com. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2007). "KCTE/WHB Kansas City to be sold". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 10, 2025. Union Broadcasting is retaining the original 1510 KCTE signal, which currently airs a Hot Talk/ESPN format after stints as Alternative and Latin music.
  10. ↑ "The Christian Radio Homepage - News". HisAir.Net. December 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  11. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2007). "KCTE/WHB Kansas City to be sold". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
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