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KTBG
Broadcast areaKansas City metropolitan area
Frequency90.9 MHz
Programming
FormatAdult album alternative
Ownership
OwnerPublic Television 19, Inc.
KCPT
History
First air date
2001
Former call signs
KCMW
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP97,000 watts
HAAT135 meters
Transmitter coordinates
38°55′54″N 93°49′06″W / 38.93167°N 93.81833°W / 38.93167; -93.81833
Repeater(s)K285ER 104.9 FM Osage Beach
Links
Websitebridge909.org

KTBG (90.9 FM) is a listener supported radio station in Kansas City, Missouri. The station is currently owned by Public Television 19, Inc., the holding company for the area's PBS member television station, KCPT. Known as "The Bridge," it airs an adult album alternative format. The sale of KTBG to PT19 was announced in April 2013, and after FCC approval, the actual transfer occurred Tuesday, December 17, 2013 immediately after KTBG’s 7pm broadcast of “All Things Considered.”[1]News Release, December 18, 2013

The station's programming can also be heard on a low-powered translator on 104.9 FM in Osage Beach.

History

KTBG signed on in the early 1980s as KCMW, airing National Public Radio and jazz programming under the ownership of the University of Central Missouri. In August 2001, the station adopted its current call letters and switched to the current format. The first song after NPR's Morning Edition was "Some Bridges" by Jackson Browne.

Despite its 97,000-watt signal, KTBG only provides grade B coverage of Kansas City itself, and is marginal at best on the Kansas side of the market. It operates from a 443-foot tower on the Johnson/Lafayette County line. However, the station has applied for a construction permit for a directional 1,165-foot tower in Lafayette County. While this would reduce power to 90,000 watts, the tower would provide city-grade coverage of Kansas City itself, and grade B coverage of the Kansas side of the market.

On April 18, 2013 the University of Central Missouri Board of Governors signed a letter of intent to transfer ownership of KTBG to Public Television 19, owner of KCPT.[2] Kliff Kuehl, CEO and President of KCPT, indicated that while some changes will take place to KTBG once the transfer is approved by the FCC the station will still maintain its current music format.[1] It is anticipated that the KTBG broadcast studios will also be moved to the KCPT building in Kansas City. Internships at KTBG will still be available to UCM students, and K.[2] The KTBG transmitter site will also be moved approximately twenty miles closer to Kansas City, pending FCC approval.[3] The reported sale price for the station was $1.1 million cash, plus an additional $550,000 in "in kind" services.[3]

Format

KTBG airs several music programs, including "World Cafe", "Eclectic Cafe", and "Blues Quest". The station focuses on newer music. For a long time, KTBG also aired Morning Edition, Weekend Edition and All Things Considered because the area's main NPR station, KCUR, only provides rimshot coverage of the eastern portion of the market. Unusual for an NPR station, it aired football and basketball games of the University of Central Missouri Mules. When KCPT took over the station, all NPR programming, as well as UCM sports programming, were dropped from the schedule.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Why is KCPT buyng the 90.9 FM frequency?" (PDF). KCPT website. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Intention to transfer ownership of UMC's KTBG to KCPT announced today" (PDF). 19 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b Mook, Ben (19 April 2013). "Kansas City pubTV buys Triple A music station". Current.org website. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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