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Title
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Public Radio Stays Alive in Kansas City
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Description
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Article describes KCUR, the Kansas City National Public Radio affiliate, its staff and programming.
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Date
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2008-01-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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New KMBC Station Links Radio and Pioneer Era
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Description
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Description of the new KMBC radio station and tower being constructed at 50th and Belinder. Includes a drawing and details and specifics of the building and part of the "vertical radiator," or tower. Arthur B. Church, vice-president and general manager of KMBC commented, "As a key station of the Columbia Broadcasting System, we create many chain programs daily in KMBC's studios in the Pickwick Hotel. These are broadcast by KMBC through a large group of Columbia chain stations, located northwest, west and southwest of Kansas City."
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Date
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1933-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Creating a Voice
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Description
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Article is about a radio program called �??Generation Rap�?� that is run by high school students from all across the Kansas City metro area. The program has aired since 1987.
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Date
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2015-05-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Dick Smith
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Description
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Photograph of Dick Smith speaking at the March 22, 1955, meeting of the Radio and Television Council of Greater Kansas City held at the Pickwick Hotel. The program for the event was called "Kansas City Athletics." Dick Smith is listed as Director of Radio, KMBC and as moderator for the event.
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Date
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1955-02-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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WDAF Station Building
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Description
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Exterior, partial view of the WDAF broadcasting building entrance, located on Signal Hill, at the northwest corner of 31st Street and Southwest Trafficway. Also has the owner's name, The Kansas City Star, on the front. Processing date on photograph: May, 1955.
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Date
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1955-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Official Mayor Gage and Radio Program
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Description
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Interior view with radio broadcast in session. Identified as Kansas City Mayor John Gage and unidentified KMBC radio staff participating in "The People Incorporated Program" radio show. Location not given, perhaps KMBC radio studio.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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This Family Celebrates 60 Years of Radio
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Description
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Article profiles KPRS-FM, the oldest African American continually owned radio station in the United States. It was founded in 1950 by Andrew Skip Carter after he acquired a a radio transmitter from former Kansas Governor Alf Landon. The station currently operates as Hot 103 Jamz.
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Date
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2010-08-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Cruiser 980, Over and Out
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Description
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KMBZ Radio reporter Dan Verbeck retires after 34 years on the air, 23 years with KMBZ. He recalls some of his favorite stories in this article. He was always known for his sign off, "Cruiser 980, clear." Article includes his picture.
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Date
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2008-02-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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'The Most Trusted Man in America' Dies
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Description
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In-depth obituary article about Walter Cronkite who died July 17, 2009, at the age of 92. Cronkite, an anchor of the "CBS Evening News" from 1962 to 1891, was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, spent his first 10 years in Kansas City before moving to Texas. He returned to Kansas City in 1936 to work with KCMO radio "as the station's entire news and sports department." He and his wife, Betsy Maxwell, were married in 1940 at Kansas City's Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. Former mayor Kay Barnes and Cronkite were first cousins. Their fathers were brothers.
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Date
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2009-07-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Dialing Back on AM
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Description
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Article discusses KMBZ-AM Radio's transition from an AM station to an FM (98.1), as well as the decline of AM radio. It also spotlights local AM stations that have been able to thrive by developing specialized programming and faithful niche audiences. Some of these stations include: KCMO-AM (710), WHB (810), KPRT (1590), and KXTR (1660).
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Date
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2011-04-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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WRW, The Radio Station of the Kansas City Post
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Description
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A 25-page typed photocopied paper which gives the history of WRW and the radio connection that the Kansas City Post newspaper maintained.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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KXTR's Classical Memories Spanned 50 Years
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Description
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KXTR began as Kansas City's first FM all-classical station in 1959, after a group of classical music fans got together and formed the station. The article recounts the many radio personalities that broadcast on 96.5 FM and the changes that took place over the years. February 29, 2012 was the last broadcast for the radio station.
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Date
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2012-03-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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A Colorful Career Comes To a Close
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Description
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Prominent Kansas City sports figure Jerry Green died August 15, 2007, at the age of 77. He was "a flamboyant Kansas City businessman who owned banks and radio stations and tried to buy the Kansas City Royals in 1997." His career started by running his father's car dealership, Union Chevrolet. "His mother, Selma Green, later Selma Green Feld, was a well-known philanthropist who endowed the Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair for Continuing Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City." Green owned sports talk radio station WHB, auto dealerships Jerry Green Union Chevrolet and Broadway Ford, Indian Springs State Bank, and other banks which eventually became Union Bank, as well as a collection of sports cars. "Green once told a reporter that he was of establishment background but not an establishment person." Includes his picture.
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Date
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2007-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article