Kansas City, Missouri

==Media==
[[File:Kc-star-plant.jpg|thumb|''The Kansas City Star''{{'}}s former printing facility opened in 2006.]]
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===Print media===
''[[The Kansas City Star]]'' is the area's primary newspaper. [[William Rockhill Nelson]] and his partner, [[Samuel Morss]], first published the evening paper on September 18, 1880. The ''Star'' competed with the morning ''Kansas City Times'' before acquiring that publication in 1901. The ''Times'' name was discontinued in March 1990, when the morning paper was renamed the ''Star''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Haskell |first=Harry |title=Boss-busters & sin hounds : Kansas City and its Star |date=2007 |publisher=University of Missouri Press |isbn=978-0-8262-6612-5 |location=Columbia |oclc=614533916}}</ref>

Weekly newspapers include ''The Call'' (which is focused toward Kansas City's African-American community), the ''[[Kansas City Business Journal]]'', ''[[The Pitch (newspaper)|The Pitch]]'', ''Ink'', and the bilingual publications ''Dos Mundos'' and ''KC Hispanic News''.

Publications include ''Ingram's Magazine'' and a local [[upper class|society]] journal, the ''Independent''.

The city is served by two major faith-oriented newspapers: The ''Kansas City Metro Voice'', serving the Christian community, and the ''Kansas City Jewish Chronicle'', serving the Jewish community. It is the headquarters of the ''[[National Catholic Reporter]]'', an independent Catholic newspaper.

===Broadcast media===
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[[File:Kctv-tower1.jpg|thumb|upright|Landmark [[KCTV]] Tower on West 31st on Union Hill]]
The Kansas City media market (ranked 32nd by Arbitron<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com/downloads/bluebook_sp08.pdf |publisher=Arbitron, Inc.|title=2008 Market Survey Schedule: All Markets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819203149/http://www.arbitron.com/downloads/bluebook_sp08.pdf |archive-date=August 19, 2008 |page= 4}}</ref> and 31st by Nielsen<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/06/nielsen-people-meter-markets/1649 |title=TV by the Numbers, ''Nielsen People Meter Markets'', November 6, 2007: "Rank, Designated Market Area, Homes" |publisher=Tvbythenumbers.com |access-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416204928/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/06/nielsen-people-meter-markets/1649 |archive-date=April 16, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) includes 10 television stations, 30 FM and 21 AM radio stations. Kansas City broadcasting jobs have been a stepping stone for national television and radio personalities, notably [[Walter Cronkite]] and [[Mancow Muller]].

WDAF radio (now at 106.5 FM; original 610 AM frequency now occupied by [[KCSP (AM)|KCSP]]) signed on in 1927 as an affiliate of the [[NBC Red Network]], under the ownership of ''The Star.'' In 1949, the ''Star'' signed on [[WDAF-TV]] as an affiliate of the [[NBC]] television network. The ''Star'' sold off the WDAF stations in 1957, following an [[antitrust]] investigation by the United States government (reportedly launched at Truman's behest, following a long-standing feud with the ''Star'') over the newspaper's ownership of television and radio stations. [[KCMO (AM)|KCMO]] radio (originally at 810 AM, now at 710 AM) signed on KCMO-TV (now [[KCTV]]) in 1953. The respective owners of [[WHB (AM)|WHB]] (then at 710 AM, now at 810 AM) and KMBC radio (980 AM, now [[KMBZ (AM)|KMBZ]]), Cook Paint and Varnish Company and the Midland Broadcasting Company, signed on [[KMBC-TV|WHB-TV/KMBC-TV]] as a time-share arrangement on VHF channel 9 in 1953; KMBC-TV took over channel 9 full-time in June 1954, after Cook Paint and Varnish purchased Midland Broadcasting's stations.

The major broadcast television networks have affiliates in the Kansas City market (covering 32 counties in northwestern Missouri, with the exception of counties in the far northwestern part of the state that are within the adjacent [[Saint Joseph, Missouri|Saint Joseph]] market, and northeastern Kansas); including [[WDAF-TV]] 4 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fox4kc.com/about-us/|title=About WDAF-TV 4|website=fox4kc.com|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref> [[KCTV]] 5 ([[CBS]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kctv5.com/about-us/|title=About KCTV 5|website=kctv5.com|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref> [[KMBC-TV]] 9 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[KCPT]] 19 ([[PBS]]), [[KCWE]] 29 ([[The CW]]), [[KSHB-TV]] 41 ([[NBC]]) and [[KSMO-TV]] 62 ([[MyNetworkTV]]). Other television stations in the market include Saint Joseph-based [[KTAJ-TV]] 16 ([[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]]), Kansas City, Kansas-based TV25.tv (consisting of three locally owned stations throughout northeast Kansas, led by KCKS-LD 25, affiliated with several [[digital subchannel|digital multicast]] networks), Lawrence, Kansas-based [[KMCI-TV]] 38 ([[Independent station|independent]]), Spanish-language station [[KUKC-LD]] 20 ([[Univision]]), Spanish-language station [[KGKC-LD]] 39 ([[Telemundo]]), and [[KPXE-TV]] 50 ([[Ion Television]]). The Kansas City television stations also serve as alternates for the nearby Saint Joseph television market.

===Film community===
Kansas City has been a locale for film and television productions. Between 1931 and 1982 Kansas City was home to the [[Calvin Company]], a large film production company that specialized in promotional shorts for corporations and in educational films for schools and the government. Calvin was an important venue for Kansas City arts, training local filmmakers who went on to [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood careers]] and also employing local actors, most of whom earned their main income in fields such as radio and television announcing. Kansas City native [[Robert Altman]] directed movies at the Calvin Company, which led him to shoot his first feature film, ''[[The Delinquents (1957 film)|The Delinquents]]'', in Kansas City using many local players.

The 1983 television movie ''[[The Day After]]'' was filmed in Kansas City and Lawrence, Kansas. The 1995 film ''[[Truman (1995 film)|Truman]]'', starring [[Gary Sinise]], was filmed in the city. Other films shot in or around Kansas City include ''[[Article 99]]'', ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Bridge|Mr. & Mrs. Bridge]]'', ''[[Kansas City (film)|Kansas City]]'', ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]'', ''[[In Cold Blood (film)|In Cold Blood]]'', ''[[Ninth Street]]'', and ''[[Sometimes They Come Back (film)|Sometimes They Come Back]]'' (in and around nearby [[Liberty, Missouri]]). More recently, a scene in the controversial film ''[[Brüno]]'' was filmed in downtown Kansas City's historic Hotel Phillips.

Today, Kansas City is home to an active independent film community. The [[Independent Filmmaker's Coalition]] is an organization dedicated to expanding and improving independent filmmaking in Kansas City. The city launched the KC Film Office in October 2014 with the goal of better marketing the city for prospective television shows and movies to be filmed there. The City Council passed several film tax incentives in February 2016 to take effect in May 2016; the KC Film Office is coordinating its efforts with the State of Missouri to reinstate film incentives on a statewide level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/tax-breaks-for-films-could-bring-cash-to-kc|title=Tax breaks for films could bring cash to Kansas City|last=Monreal|first=Jane|date=April 2, 2016|publisher=KSHB|access-date=May 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417155354/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/tax-breaks-for-films-could-bring-cash-to-kc|archive-date=April 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kansas City was named as a top city to live and work in as a movie maker in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 31, 2021|title=Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2020|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/best-places-to-live-and-work-as-a-moviemaker-2020/3/|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=MovieMaker Magazine|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505052915/https://www.moviemaker.com/best-places-to-live-and-work-as-a-moviemaker-2020/3/|url-status=live}}</ref>