WIBW (AM)
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| City | Topeka, Kansas |
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| Broadcast area | Topeka metropolitan area |
| Branding | 580 WIBW |
| Slogan | The Voice of Kansas, 580 WIBW |
| Frequency | 580 kHz |
| First air date | 1927 |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Power | 5,000 Watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | W Indiana Broadcasting Works |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio Network |
| Owner |
Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee LLC) |
| Sister stations | KTPK, WIBW-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via TuneIn) |
| Website | www.wibw580.com |
WIBW (580 AM) is a Topeka, Kansas, area news, talk, and sports radio station that airs such local programming such as Kansas Live , NewsDay Now with "Nan Yates @ Alex Dingman , and SportsTalk with Jake Lebahn & Alex Gold. WIBW also carries national programs such as The Dave Ramsey Show,The Roger Hedgecock Show,The Dana Show with Dana Loesch and The Kim Komando Show. In addition, WIBW is a sports radio affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and Washburn Ichabods. WIBW is currently owned by Alpha Media, which began September 1, 2015, and was previously owned by Morris Communications.
Due to WIBW's location near the bottom end of the AM dial and Kansas' flat terrain (with near-perfect ground conductivity), the station's 5,000-watt signal easily covers most of the Kansas City metropolitan area during the day, and provides city-grade coverage to most of the eastern half of Kansas—as far west as Wichita. It provides at least grade B coverage as far north as Omaha and Lincoln and as far south as Tulsa.
WIBW signed on in 1927. It was originally owned by Senator Arthur Capper along with the Topeka Daily Capital. Capper bought the license for a station in Logansport, Indiana and added a "W" to the initials of the original owner, Indiana Broadcast Works—thus making it one of the few stations west of the Mississippi River whose call letters begin with "W". The "W/K" divide for call signs was not always the Mississippi River, and Kansas was on the eastern side of the original call divide. Thus, it was perfectly acceptable to have a "W" in Kansas in any event. The station eventually spawned a television station and an FM station, both of which still carry the WIBW calls.
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