KCSP (AM)

KCSP

City	Mission, Kansas
Broadcast area	Kansas City metropolitan area
Branding	610 Sports
Slogan	"Our Teams. Our Town."
Frequency	610 kHz
Repeater(s)	KRBZ-HD 2
First air date	1922 (as WDAF)
Format	Sports
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	11270
Transmitter coordinates	38° 59' 03" N, 94° 37' 42" W
Callsign meaning	Kansas City SPorts
Former callsigns	WDAF (1922-2003)
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Owner	Entercom (Entercom License, LLC)
Sister stations	KRBZ, KMBZ-FM, KQRC, KZPT, WDAF-FM, KMBZ, KWOD
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	610sports.com

KCSP (610 AM, "610 Sports") is a sports/talk radio station located in Mission, Kansas, serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Entercom-owned station broadcasts on 610 kHz. Its transmitter is located in Prairie Village, Kansas, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas.

KCSP AM is a class B regional station, with a broadcasting power of 5,000 Watts in both the daytime and nighttime, using a non-directional antenna (1 tower).^[1]

Although the station had the slogan "The Football Channel" when it began in June 2003, it is currently the flagship station of MLB's Kansas City Royals, whose rights it reacquired for the Entercom radio network in 2008 which had held the rights on KMBZ before. The Kansas Jayhawks radio network also appears on KCSP, which switched from covering the Missouri Tigers to Kansas in 2006, sending the Tigers broadcasts to KMBZ.

History

1922-1967 - WDAF (Full Service)

The Kansas City Star signed on experimental station 9XAB in 1922, licensed at 833 kHz, as part of a rivalry with other newspapers in town. Popular Science magazine noted the station in its March 1922 issue for airing weather and market reports at 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., and concerts in the evening. The Star adopted the WDAF call letters May 16, 1922. WDAF bounced around various frequencies, traveling to 750, 730, 680, 820 and 810 kHz. WDAF moved to 610 kHz in 1928, splitting time with station WOQ. WDAF joined the NBC radio network before moving to 610 kHz, running both Red & Blue programs up until 1930, when they became a primary NBC Red affiliate.^[2]

WDAF increased power to 5,000 watts daytime in 1935, and 5,000 watts nighttime in 1940. In 1958, the Star sold WDAF to National Missouri TV. In 1960, Transcontinent Television took over. Taft Broadcasting bought WDAF in 1964.^[2]

1967-1977 - WDAF (MOR)

Taft changed the format to full-time middle of the road music on April 30, 1967. WDAF used ABC's American Information Radio. They became a secondary CBS affiliate in 1974, airing programming such as the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.^[2]

1977-2003 - WDAF (Country "61 Country")

WDAF flipped to country in February 1977, and although they had several competitors, WDAF programmed country music as if it were Top 40. Taft Broadcasting owned the station until the late 1980s, when Great American Broadcasting bought it. Citicasters owned the station until 1997. Entercom took control in 1998. Despite having as many as three city-grade FM competitors at any one time, WDAF remained the top country station in KC. From 1992-1995, WDAF held the Royals broadcast rights. In 2002, they picked up the rights to University of Missouri football and basketball. David Lawrence, Phil Young, and Ted Cramer were among the longtime personalities of 61 Country, along with newscasters Charles Gray and Caroline Rooney.^[2]

2003-present - KCSP (Sports "610 Sports")

Entercom announced it would move WDAF to 106.5 on the FM dial in 2003. Beginning August 10, 2003, the station simulcasted on both frequencies until a new sports station was ready. That day came September 10, 2003. Entercom had swiped Jason Whitlock, Bill Maas and Tim Grunhard from WHB at the time, though all three have since moved on. The Jim Rome show moved to KCSP in December. Kansas Jayhawk sports moved to KCSP in September 2006. Kansas City Royals baseball moved to KCSP starting in the 2008 season. In 2011, KCSP beat WHB in the ratings for the first time. In 2012, KCSP dropped the Jim Rome show in favor of expanding its local programming.^[2]

References

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KCSP

Radio-Locator Information on KCSP

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KCSP

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

Sports Radio Stations in the state of Missouri

Stations:	KCSP - Kansas City KFMO - Flat River KGIR - Cape Girardeau KGMY - Springfield KIIK - Waynesville KLPW-FM - Steelville KLSC - Malden KMAL - Malden KMIS - Portageville KRAP - Washington KSHQ - Deerfield KTGR - Columbia KTGR-FM - Fulton KWOD - Kansas City KWTO-FM - Springfield WHB - Kansas City WXOS- East St. Louis/St. Louis WMBH - Joplin

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 ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Entercom

AM radio stations	KCSP KEZW KFH KFXX KIFM KJCE KMBZ KMTT KNSS KWOD KYYS WAXY WBEN WBT WBZU WEAL WEEI WGR WILK WKZN WMC WMFS WORD WPET WQXI WRKO WROC WSSP WVEI WWKB WWL WWWL WWWS WXNT WYRD

FM radio stations	K242CC KALC KAMX KBLX-FM KBZT KDGS KDND KEYN-FM KFBZ KGMZ KGON KHTP KISW KKDO KKMJ-FM KKWF KMBZ-FM KNDD KNRK KNSS-FM KOIT KQKS KQMT KQRC-FM KRBQ KRBZ KRSK KRXQ KSEG KSON KSOQ-FM KSWD KUDL KUFX KWJJ-FM KXSN KYCH-FM KZPT WAAF WBEE-FM WBT-FM WBZA WCMF-FM WDAF-FM WEEI-FM WEZB WFBC-FM WGGI WGGY WILK-FM WJMH WKAF WKBU WKRF WKRZ WKSE WKTK WLFP WLKK WLMG WLNK WLYF WMC-FM WMFS-FM WMHX WMMM-FM WMQX WMXJ WMYX-FM WNTR WNVZ WOLX-FM WPAW WPTE WPXY-FM WQMG WROQ WRVR WSFS WSKY-FM WSMW WSPA-FM WSTR WTPT WTSS WVEI-FM WVKL WWDE-FM WWEI WWL-FM WXSS WYRD-FM WZPL

Coordinates: 38°59′3″N 94°37′42″W / 38.98417°N 94.62833°W / 38.98417; -94.62833

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