KMBC-TV
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| KMBC-TV | |
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| Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Branding | KMBC 9 |
| Slogan | Local. Live. Coverage You Can Count On. |
| Channels | Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 7 (VHF) February 17, 2009 Digital Channel 7 will be moved in Channel 9 |
| Affiliations | ABC The AccuWeather Channel (DT2) |
| Owner | Hearst-Argyle Television (KMBC Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 2, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Midland Broadcasting Company (founding owners) |
| Sister station(s) | KCWE |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1953-1955) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 85 kW (digital) |
| Height | 357 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 65686 |
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| Website | www.kmbc.com |
KMBC-TV, channel 9, is a television station located in Kansas City, Missouri. KMBC-TV is owned by Hearst-Argyle Television, and is affiliated with the ABC Television Network. Its studios and transmitter are located in Kansas City, Missouri.
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[edit] History
The Federal Communications Commission awarded the license of Kansas City's third and last VHF station to two locally-based radio station operators who competed heavily for the license. The Cook Paint and Varnish Company, which operated WHB radio (then at 710 AM, now at 810 AM) and the Midland Broadcasting Company, owners of KMBC radio (980 AM, now KMBZ), began shared operation of channel 9 on August 2, 1953. Under the arrangement, the two separate stations would each alternate 90 minutes of airtime, broadcasting from separate studios but using the same channel and transmitter. The combined KMBC-TV and WHB-TV operation also carried programming from CBS, perhaps due to CBS' affiliation with KMBC radio.
Cook Paint and Varnish purchased Midland Broadcasting's holdings in April 1954, a move that would bring an end to the split-station arrangement. On June 14, 1954, KMBC-TV took over channel 9 full-time, absorbing WHB-TV's share of the frequency. Cook Paint also sold WHB radio to comply with FCC rules. In September 1955, KMBC-TV swapped affiliations with KCMO-TV (channel 5, now KCTV), becoming an ABC affiliate. Cook Paint then sold the KMBC stations to Metromedia in 1961. Metromedia sold KMBC radio to Bonneville International in 1967, but kept KMBC-TV until selling it to the Hearst Corporation in 1982. Under Hearst, the station expanded its local news production.
In 1981, KMBC-TV anchor/reporter Christine Craft won a multimillion-dollar judgment against the station and Metromedia. Craft accused station managers of sexual harassment; this was one of the first such cases to be widely publicized in the United States. Craft, however, lost her case on appeal.
During the late 1970s and into the 1980s KMBC was the number one television station in the Kansas City market, but the station ended the latter decade in second place behind WDAF-TV (channel 4). As soon as WDAF switched from NBC to Fox in 1994, KMBC returned to number one in the market. Currently, KMBC generally battles KCTV for first place at 10:00 p.m., while continuing to battle WDAF for first in morning timeslots. In November 2007, KMBC finished the sweeps period first in most newscasts, and tying KCTV at 10 p.m. [1] In February 2008, KMBC's newscasts won all of their time periods outright.[citation needed]
KMBC came under common management as upstart WB affiliate KCWB (channel 29, now CW affiliate KCWE) in 1996 under a local marketing agreement. In March 2008, KMBC began a morning newscast for KCWE, the first regularly scheduled news program for the station.
[edit] Switch to HD and move to new studios
Since its inception (from 1957-2007), the station has been based out of (what is now) the Lyric Opera building in downtown Kansas City. The station unveiled its new, purpose-built facility near Swope Park in Kansas City on August 23, 2007, beginning with KMBC 9 News at 5:00. The new building includes a news set designed by FX Group. With the relocation, channel 9 also became the first station in Kansas City to produce and broadcast its local programming in high definition. [2]
[edit] Awards
KMBC-TV's news department won seven 2007 Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association, which is the most Murrow awards won by a television station in the country. The station won awards in the following categories:
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- News Series
- Feature
- News Documentary
- Spot News
- Continuing Coverage
- Newscast
- Overall Excellence
[edit] 24 Hour Weather Channel
KMBC has recently launched a new digital weather channel that gives up-to-the-minute weather information 24 hours a day on their digital subchannel 2 (DT9.2).
[edit] Current personalities
- Anchors
- Kelly Eckerman - Evening
- Jim Flink - FirstNews on KCWE
- Jere Gish - Evening
- Kris Ketz - FirstNews
- Dion Lim - FirstNews on KCWE
- Larry Moore - Evening
- Lara Moritz - Evening
- Donna Pitman - FirstNews
- Dan Weinbaum - FirstNews: Weekend
- Jana Corrie - FirstNews: Weekend
- Reporters
- Maria Antonia
- Martin Augustine
- Peggy Breit
- Bev Chapman
- Micheal Mahoney
- Marcus Moore
- Chris Nagus
- Michele Rooney
- Johnny Rowlands (traffic)
- Brenda Washington
- Weather
- Bryan Busby - Chief Meteorologist/Sunday-Thursday evenings
- Pete Grigsby - Friday-Saturday evenings
- Joel Nichols - First News Weekdays
- Lisa Teachman - First News Weekends
- Sports
- Len Dawson - Sports director/Sunday-Thursday evenings
- Nick Griffith - Friday Evenings
- Karen Kornacki - Saturday Evenings
[edit] Notable alumni
- Cheryl Jones
- Bob Evans
- Crystal Jackson
- Michelle McCormack
- Emily Aylward
- Dave Dusik
- Dave Eckert
- Dick Hocter
- Christine Craft
- Don Fortune
- Fred Broski
- Zan Anderson
- Walt Bodine
- David Bodden
- Jonathan Coachman
- Drew Dimmel
- Laurie Everett
- Andy Fales
- Steve Grant
- Jeremy Hubbard
- Bruce Jones
- Erin Little
- Susan Miller
- Natalie Moultrie
- Bill Pikus
- Dave Stewart
- Ted Texter
- Robb Yagmin
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- Your Esso Reporter (1953 – 1956)
- The Kansas City Report (1956 – 1960)
- The Television 9 Report (1960 – 1965)
- Pulse (5 p.m. newscast) /24 Hours (10 p.m. newscast) (1965 – c. 1971)
- Total News (c.1971 – 1978) [3]
- The News: The xx:00 Report (1978 – 1983) [4]
- KMBC 9 News (1983 – Present) [5]
[edit] Station Slogans
- Only on Channel 9 (Early 70's)
- Kansas City Turns Us On (Mid-Late 70's)
- The Spirit of Kansas City (c.1982-83)
- So Good To Turn To (1983-c. 1985)
- Where the News Comes First (1987-2000)
- Coverage You Can Count On (2000-2007)
- Local. Live. Coverage You Can Count On (2007-present)
[edit] External links
- Official Website of KMBC-TV
- Screenshots from KMBC
- Fybush.com: Kansas City TV/FM Stations
- Pioneer Radio History: KMBZ
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KMBC-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KMBC-TV
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