KCNW
MHz, Fairway) | |
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| Website | wilkinsradio.com |
KCNW (1380
radio station licensed to serve the community of Fairway, Kansas. The station broadcasts a religious radio format to the Kansas City metropolitan area with a 2,500-watt daytime and 29-watt nighttime signal. KCNW is owned by Wilkins Communication Network and the broadcast license is held by Kansas City Radio, Inc.[1]
In the 1960s, 1380 AM was home to a Top-40 station,
NBC Radio.[2] Although following the lead of other AM stations dumping music for talk (notable KQV in Pittsburgh the same year), the news format didn't last long in Kansas City.[3]
In 1978, KCNW started broadcasting religious programming, yielding the acronym Kansas City's New Way. Today it is a satellite station owned by
Sid Roth, Irvin Baxter Jr. and Noah Hutchings
.
References
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ "Radio Station KCNW 1380 AM". ontheradio.net. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
External links
- Wilkins Communication Network official website
- Brief History of KCNW and KUDL
- KCNW in the FCC AM station database
- KCNW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database