KDRO

Branding	Newsradio 1490
Slogan	"Your Hometown Radio Station"
Format	Talk
Power	780 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	40662
Owner	Benne Media (Mathewson Broadcasting Company)
Sister stations	KLOZ, KPOW-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kdro.com

KDRO (1490 AM, "Newsradio 1490") is a radio station licensed to serve Sedalia, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Benne Media and licensed to Mathewson Broadcasting Company.

KDRO broadcasts a news/talk format.

KDRO first signed on the air at 1490 kHz on September 13, 1939.

In February 1990, Sedalia Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Mathewson Broadcasting Co. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 16, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 7, 1990.

In April 2006, Jim Mathewson of Mathewson Broadcasting Co. entered into a local marketing agreement with Denny Benne of Benne Broadcasting.

In Spring 2017, KDRO switched to a news/talk format.

According to the KDRO website the shows are...

MORNING SHOW 6 am - 10 am with DEREK, JEFF and MARY

 GLENN BECK 10 am - 1 pm

 DAVID RAMSEY 1 pm - 4 pm

 MICHAEL SAVAGE 4 pm - 6pm

MARK LEVIN 6 pm - 9 pm

 JOHN BATCHELOR 10 pm - 1 am

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