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| Broadcast area | Kansas City metropolitan area COL: Liberty, Missouri |
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| Branding | 106.5 The Wolf |
| Slogan | "Kansas City's 10 in a Row Country Station" |
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 100,000 Watts |
| Class | C 1 |
| Callsign meaning | Why Dial Any Further. Assigned in 1922 to WDAF-AM |
| Owner | Entercom |
WDAF-FM is a country music radio station based in Kansas City, Missouri, branded as "106-5 The Wolf". The station is licensed to Liberty, Missouri and broadcasts at 106.5 mHz with an ERP of 100,000 watts. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City.
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[edit] The Early Days
WDAF was one of the first four radio stations in Kansas City, alongside WOQ, WPE (now sister station KMBZ) and WHB. The Kansas City Star received authorization to broadcast on May 16, 1922, days after WHB. The two shared the 730 kHz frequency until 1928, when they settled at 610 AM. WDAF-AM was in the network of stations that carried the first presidential broadcast address. WDAF came under the ownership of Taft Broadcasting in 1963 with Taft's purchase of Transcontinent Broadcasting.
In 1971, WDAF upgraded their FM station, which had been around for many years (being one of the oldest in the area), to 100,000 watts, putting the antenna atop the WDAF-TV tower, and called it Super Stereo 102.1 MHz.[1] The station changed its call letters to KYYS in 1974, while WDAF continued at 610 kHz. The Star gained authorization to begin operating a television station, WDAF-TV (an NBC-turned-Fox affiliate, but was forced to give up all three stations when ordered by the Federal Communications Commission.
[edit] The move to FM
WDAF remained a respected country station until 2002, when owner Entercom sought to develop a rival sports station to WHB, who dropped country in 1999. Entercom originally eyed the fledgling "alternative" station at 96.5 (KRBZ), but a "Save the Buzz" campaign waged by fans prompted WDAF to instead move to 106.5 FM.
[edit] 106.5 FM
Strauss-Abernathy Broadcasting, owners of Liberty's AM station KCXL, first broadcast on 106.5 FM on May 8, 1978 with a Top-40 station, KFIX. In November 1979, the station flipped to progressive rock and changed call letters to KSAS. In March of 1983, the station slightly modified its format to album rock as "106.5 KKCI". Legendary Kansas City DJ Randy Miller started his career at KKCI. In October of 1986, the station flipped to the overcrowded soft AC format as "106.5 K-Lite" with the call letters KLYT. There were already 6 stations playing the format in the market. In August of 1988, the station returned to album rock as "106.5 KXXR" with "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood being the first song played. Like the station's first time with the format, the station competed against KYYS. On June 15, 1990, at 3 PM, due to falling market share, the station flipped to a Rhythmic-leaning CHR as "X-106", with "Me So Horny" by 2 Live Crew being the first song played. By early 1992, the station moved towards a more mainstream direction and branded simply as "106.5 KXXR".
On February 15, 1992, at Midnight, KXXR swapped frequencies with KCFM, a country station at 107.3 FM. The station's final song before the switch was "2 Legit 2 Quit" by MC Hammer. Once KCFM's country format moved to 106.5, the station ran an all-Garth Brooks marathon, then changed call letters to KKCJ and branded as "CJ 106." The "CJ" stood for "Country Junction." Due to a crowded market for country music (which resulted in low ratings for KKCJ), KKCJ began a month long stunt in March of 1995 with all-polka music and Hootie and the Blowfish tunes. One month later, the station flipped to smooth jazz as "106.5 The City" with the KCIY call letters. The first song on "The City" was "Smooth Operator" by Sade. Despite its apparent popularity in the workplace over soft rock stations KUDL (which became their sister station in 1997), KLTH and KSRC and Kansas City's place in jazz history, the format was yanked on August 10, 2003 after playing "Neither One of Us" by Gladys Knight & The Pips. After that, sister country station WDAF moved from 610 AM to 106.5 FM. The two stations simulcasted until September 10th, when 610 adopted a sports talk format to compete against WHB. After the demise of KCIY, the former smooth jazz format was aired on Saturday mornings and Sunday nights on KUDL.
In 2006, station owner Entercom announced that a smooth jazz format will debut on 106.5-HD2.
On January 10, 2007, months after moving to its new Mission, Kansas studios, WDAF-FM changed branding to 106.5 The Wolf.[2]
[edit] Airstaff
The current lineup (as of June 13, 2011) is as follows:
- Morning Show (5:30am-10am): Roger Carson & Laurie Abore
- Mid-Days (10am-2pm): Wes Poe
- Afternoon Drive (2pm-7pm): Shotgun Jaxon
- Nighttime (7pm-12am): The Wolf After Dark - Natalie Puhr
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