KCMO (710 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station airs a news/talk radio format. The studios and offices are located in Overland Park, Kansas. KCMO is also heard on FM translator 103.7 MHz K279BI and on the digital subchannel of co-owned 101.1 KCFX-HD2. The transmitter is off North Eastern Road, near Interstate 435, on Kansas City's Northeast side. KCMO broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day and 5,000 watts at night, using a directional antenna at all times. The station is heard around the Kansas City metropolitan area, in sections of Missouri and Kansas. With a good radio, the signal can also be heard in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Illinois, Arkansas and Nebraska. Due to KCMO's low transmitting frequency, plus Kansas's flat terrain and excellent ground conductivity, the station has an unusually large daytime coverage area, reaching a population area of nearly 12 million people. Programming Weekdays begin with a local news and information show hosted by Pete Mundo. Nationally syndicated conservative talk shows make up the rest of the day's broadcast schedule. Hosts include Chris Plante, Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Michael J. Knowles, "Red Eye Radio," "First Light" and "America in The Morning." KCMO also carries "The Dave Ramsey Show." Weekends feature shows on money, health, religion, cooking, travel, gardening and horses, some of which are brokered programming. At various times in its history, KCMO has carried hourly newscasts from either CBS Radio News or Fox News Radio. At the beginning of 2015, KCMO and most Cumulus talk stations switched to Westwood One News, a Cumulus network. When that service ended in 2020, KCMO returned to hourly updates from Fox. History Early years The station started in 1925 by Wilson Duncan Broadcasting as AM 1370 KWKC. In 1936 it changed its call letters to KCMO (Kansas City, Missouri). In 1939 it moved to 1450 AM and then 1480 AM in 1941. In November, 1947 it moved to 810 AM. It stayed at 810 for more than half a century. During much of that time, KCMO was a CBS Radio Network affiliate, carrying its line up of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio." Walter Cronkite was a sports announcer at the station in 1936 with the on air name of "Walter Wilcox". While at KCMO, Cronkite