KDMR (AM)

KDMR
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Broadcast area	Kansas City metropolitan area
Frequency	1190 kHz
Translator(s)	92.7 K224ET (Knob Noster)^[1]
Format	Religious
Power	5,000 watts day 500 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	4373
Transmitter coordinates	39°3′49″N 94°30′37″W / 39.06361°N 94.51028°W / 39.06361; -94.51028Coordinates: 39°3′49″N 94°30′37″W / 39.06361°N 94.51028°W / 39.06361; -94.51028
Former callsigns	KAYQ KJLA (1978-1992) KFEZ (1992-1997) KPHN (1997-2014)
Owner	Catholic Radio Network (Catholic Radio Network, Inc.)
Sister stations	KEXS
Website	thecatholicradionetwork.com

KDMR (1190 AM) is a Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri, serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Catholic Radio Network, Inc.^[2]

History

The station went on the air as KAYQ, with the handle "Fresh Air for Kansas City", and an MOR/News format, competing somewhat with ratings giant KMBZ/980. The format later changed to country music for several years.

On December 20, 1978, the station changed its call sign to KJLA under Owner/General Manager Wilton "Chip" Osborn, and played 24-hour disco music until that music phenomenon faded in 1980. Even the newscasts had a disco beat in the background. KJLA switched to "The Music of Your Life" in the fall of 1981, and dropped all local newscasts - yet several months later, the station received a national Associated Press award for its coverage of the deadly Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse.

On October 12, 1992, the station's call letters were changed to KFEZ, and on March 3, 1997, were changed again to KPHN.^[3] Prior to the Radio Disney format, KPHN broadcast Business News. On July 20, 2002, at 2 PM, Radio Disney made its debut in Kansas City, with the first song being "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne. In June 2013, Disney put KPHN and six other Radio Disney stations in medium markets up for sale, in order to refocus the network's broadcast distribution on top-25 markets.^[4]

On July 31, 2013, KPHN dropped the Radio Disney affiliation and went silent.^[5] In April, Disney filed to sell KPHN to the Catholic Radio Network (a Missouri Non-Profit Corporation), owner of KEXS.^[6]

The sale was consummated on July 25, 2014,^[7] at a purchase price of $700,000, and accepted by the FCC on July 28, 2014.

After almost 1 year, KPHN resumed operations on July 25, 2014.^[8]

Translators

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
K224ET	92.7	Knob Noster, Missouri	200	D	38°41′44″N 94°00′09″W / 38.69556°N 94.00250°W / 38.69556; -94.00250 (K224ET)	FCC

References

↑ FCC status page for K224ET
↑ "KDMR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "KDMR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Graser, Marc (June 4, 2013). "Radio Disney Stations Up for Sale (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
↑ Notification of Suspension of Operations KPHN - United States Federal Communications Commission
↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission. April 10, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
↑ "Consummation Notice - KPHN". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
↑ "Resumption of Operations - KPHN". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KDMR

Radio-Locator Information on KDMR

Radio stations in the Kansas City media market

By AM frequency	580 610 680 710 760 810 890 980 1030 1090 1140 1160 1190 1250 1340 1380 1410 1480 1510 1550 1590 1660

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 90.1 90.7 90.9 91.5 91.9 92.3 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.7 100.1 100.7 101.1 102.1 103.3 103.7 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.450 162.475 162.550

By callsign	K279BI KANU KBEQ-FM KCCV KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCKC KCMO KCMO-FM KCNW KCSP KCTE KCTO KCUR-FM KCWJ KCXL KCZZ KDMR KDTD KEC77 KESJ KEXS KFEQ KFKF-FM KID77 KJHK KJNW KKFI KKJO-FM KKLO KKSW KKWK KLRQ KLRX KMAJ-FM KMBZ KMBZ-FM KMJK KMVG KMXV KMZU KPOW-FM KPRS KPRT KQRC-FM KRBZ KTBG KWJC KWOD KYYS KZPT KZZ34 KZZ85 WDAF-FM WHB WIBW

Nearby radio markets Columbia-Jefferson City Omaha Pittsburg Springfield Topeka See also List of radio stations in Missouri List of radio stations in Kansas

Religious radio stations in the state of Missouri

Stations	KAUF – Kennett KAYX – Richmond KBCV – Hollister KBGM – Park Hills KBIY – Van Buren KBKC – Moberly KCGR – Oran KCKE – Chillicothe KCKJ – Sarkoxie KCRL – Sunrise Beach KDJR – De Soto KDKN – Ellington KDMR – Kansas City KEXS – Excelsior Springs KFUO – Clayton KGNA-FM – Arnold KGNN-FM – Cuba KGNV – Washington KGNX – Ballwin KHOJ – Saint Charles KJAB-FM – Mexico KJCV-FM – Country Club KJTR-LP – Rolla KJXX – Jackson KKLL – Webb City KLEX – Lexington KLHM-LP – St. Joseph KLJY – Clayton KLRX – Lee's Summit KLTE – Kirksville KLUH – Poplar Bluff KMCV – High Point KMHM – Lutesville KMOZ – Rolla KMRF – Marshfield KMWC – Bethany KNEO – Neosho KNLG – New Bloomfield KNLH – Cedar Hill KNLN – Vienna KNLP – Potosi KOKS – Poplar Bluff KOZO – Branson KQOH – Marshfield KRFL-LP – Fulton KRSS – Tarkio KSCV – Springfield KSDC – Centralia KSDQ – Moberly KSIV – Clayton KSIV-FM – Saint Louis KTBJ – Festus KULH – Wheeling KVSR – Kirksville KWND – Springfield KXEN – Saint Louis KYFI – Saint Louis KYHO – Poplar Bluff WRVX – Cameron

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Missouri See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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