City | Shawnee, Kansas |
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Broadcast area | Kansas City Metropolitan Area |
Branding | 94-9 KCMO |
Slogan | The Greatest Hits of the 70s and 80s The Greatest Christmas Hits (Nov.-Dec.) |
Frequency | 94.9 MHz |
Translator(s) | 102.5 K273BZ (Kansas City, relays HD2) |
First air date | February 1948 (as KCFM) |
Format |
Classic hits (Christmas music Nov.-Dec.) HD2: Adult hits "102.5 Jack FM" HD3: Talk (KCMO-AM simulcast) |
Language(s) | English |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 341.1 meters (1,119 ft) |
Class | C0 |
Facility ID | 6385 |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°05′26″N 94°28′18″W / 39.09056°N 94.47167°W |
Callsign meaning | Kansas City, MissOuri |
Former callsigns | KCFM (1948-1950) KCMO-FM (1950-1968) KFMU (1968-1974 KCEZ (1974-1983) KCMO-FM (1983-1985) KBKC (1985-1986) KCPW (1986-1989) |
Owner |
Cumulus Media (CMP Houston-KC, LLC) |
Sister stations | KCFX, KCHZ, KCJK, KCMO, KMJK, K279BI |
Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live iHeart Listen Live (HD2) |
Website |
949kcmo.com 1025jackfm.com (HD2) |
KCMO-FM (94.9 MHz, "94-9 KCMO") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Shawnee, Kansas and broadcasting to the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station is owned by Cumulus Broadcasting and airs a classic hits radio format, switching to all-Christmas music from mid-November to December 25th. KCMO-FM's studios and offices are located on Foxridge Drive in Mission, Kansas. The transmitter is off Menown Avenue in Independence, Missouri.
KCMO-FM broadcasts in HD, with its HD2 signal airing an adult hits format, known as 102.5 "JACK-FM" which is simulcast on 250 watt translator K273BZ at 102.5 MHz. The talk radio format of sister station AM 710 KCMO is carried on KCMO-FM's HD3 subchannel.
One of the first FM stations in Kansas City, KCMO-FM signed on as KCFM in February of 1948. It simulcast 810 AM, at the time the dial location of KCMO-AM. During the Golden Age of Radio, the stations aired network dramas, comedies, game shows, soap operas and big bands. The KCMO-FM call letters were granted in 1950, the first of several times the station would go by that call sign. Meredith Broadcasting bought KCMO-AM-FM in 1953. On July 23, 1959, as the days of network programming ended, KCMO-AM-FM adopted an MOR and personality format.