KMBZ (AM)

KMBZ
Kansas City, Missouri; United States;
Broadcast area	Kansas City metropolitan area
Frequency	980 kHz
Branding	Talk 980
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Affiliations	ABC News Radio; Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks; Radio America; KMBC-TV;
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc.; (Audacy License, LLC, as Debtor-in-Possession);
Sister stations	KCSP; KMBZ-FM; KQRC-FM; KRBZ; KWOD; KYYS; KZPT; WDAF-FM;
History
First air date	April 5, 1922
Former call signs	WPE (1922–1923); KLDS (1923–192?); KFIX (192?–1928); KMBC (1928–1967);
Call sign meaning	Derived from former KMBC call sign (station was formerly owned by Midland Broadcasting Company)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6382
Class	B
Power	9,000 watts (day); 5,000 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	39°2′25.02″N 94°30′30.83″W / 39.0402833°N 94.5085639°W
Repeater(s)	98.1 KMBZ-FM HD2 (Kansas City)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/talk980am

KMBZ (980 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. KMBZ is owned by Audacy, Inc. and it airs a talk radio format. Its studios and transmitter tower are in suburban Mission, Kansas, at separate locations.

After a local morning drive time news and interview show, simulcast with sister station 98.1 KMBZ-FM, 980 KMBZ's weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk programs including The Dana Show with Dana Loesch, The Glenn Beck Program, The Sean Hannity Show, The Lars Larson Show, The Joe Pags Show, Armstrong & Getty and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. World and national news is supplied at the beginning of each hour by ABC News Radio. Weekend programming includes shows on money, health, computers and cooking, as well as paid brokered programming. While KMBZ carries mostly syndicates programming, KMBZ-FM 98.1 airs mostly local talk shows.

By day, KMBZ operates at 9,000 watts with a non-directional antenna. At night, it reduces power to 5,000 watts and uses a directional antenna to protect other stations on AM 980 from interference.^[2] On January 14, 2015, KMBZ was granted an FCC construction permit to move to the KCCV transmitter site and increase the daytime power.^[3] Its signal covers the Kansas City metropolitan area, including parts of Missouri and Kansas.^[4]