Kansas City, Missouri

===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.