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KC Radio History
1340AM Frequency History
A) 1340AM KCKN (Full Service)
| Website: | N/A |
| Branding: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Positioning: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Call Letters: | KCKN (Sign-on - Signoff) |
| City of License: | Kansas City, KS (Sign-on – Signoff) |
| Format: | Full Service |
| Sign-On Date: | March 29, 1941 |
| First Song: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Sign-Off Date: | February 8, 1957 |
| Final Song: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Ownership: | The Kansas City Kansan (Capper Publications) – Arthur Capper (Sign-on – December 20, 1956) |
| Continental Stations – Cy Blumenthal (December 20, 1956 – Signoff) | |
| Prog. Director: | John Drake (??? - ???) |
| George Stump (by June 1953 - ???) |
Airstaff:
| Mornings: | Wayne Stitt (??? – 1954) |
| Breakfast with Bucky (??? – 1954) | |
| Bucky Walters (??? – 1954) | |
| Middays: | Joe Farrell (1950s) |
| Late Afternoons: | Buddy Black (??? - 1954) |
| Nights: | Eddie Clark (??? - 1954) |
| Overnights: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Weekend/Swing: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Other Staff: | Olaf S. Soward [News Director] (Sign-on – 1953) |
| Walt Lochman [Sports] (??? - ???) | |
| Larry Ray [Sports Director] (by May 1946 – by May 1952) | |
| Eric Tainter [News] (by May 1946 - ???) | |
| Eddie Clark [Station Manager] (1940s) | |
| Randall Jesse [News] (1940s) | |
| Harvey DeGoler [Talk] (1940s) | |
| Walt Bodine [News] (1941 – 1942; 1945) | |
| George Stump [News] (1942 – 1954) | |
| Ralph Nelson [Station Director] (??? - ???) | |
| Anson Weeks [Orchestra Leader] (??? - ???) | |
| R. Bernard Maltby [Chief Engineer] (Sign-on - ???) | |
| Joseph Story [Station Manager] (??? - ???) | |
| Elizabeth Wilkinson [Staff Soprano] (1930s – 1940s) | |
| W. Lee Vaughan Jr. [Safety/Traffic Reports] (1930s) | |
| Milan Mahale [Music Director] (by 1943 – at least 1944) | |
| Max Bicknell [News] (1940s) | |
| Jim Price [Announcer] (??? - ???) | |
| Ruth Meyer [Copywriter] (??? - ???) | |
| Ben Ludy [General Manager] (September 1943 - ???) | |
| Ellis Atterbury [Local Manager] (September 1943 – at least December 1949) | |
| Eric Tainter [News Director] (by 1951 - ???) | |
| Role Unknown: | Lillian Faust (??? - ???) |
| Ruth Kendall (??? - ???) | |
| Owen Balch (??? - ???) | |
| Florence Bahr Maltby (Sign-on - ???) | |
| Jack Anthony (by December 1946 – 1954) | |
| Al Christy (??? – 1954) | |
| Private Smiles aka Marylou Whitney (1940s – WWII) | |
| Buddy Black (Mid 1940s - ???) | |
| Paul Hennings (??? - ???) | |
| Jack Eichman [Announcer] (January 1955 – at least July 1955) | |
| Bob Kerr [Announcer] (by August 1954 - ???) | |
| Tom Fallon [Announcer] (by August 1954 - ???) | |
| Eddy Clark [Announcer] (by July 1947 - ???) | |
| Betty Dean (by July 1947 - ???) | |
| Helen Fraser [Announcer] (by 1944 - ???) | |
| Dorothy Findley [Announcer] (by 1944 - ???) | |
| Mamie Gordon [Announcer] (by 1944 - ???) | |
| Mary Anne Mueller [Announcer] (by 1944 - ???) | |
| Sue Crawford [Announcer] (by 1944 - ???) | |
| Beverly Brackveldt [Announcer] (by 1944 - ???) | |
| Bobby Goodman [Announcer] (by April 1942 - ???) | |
| Les Marmer [Announcer] (by April 1942 - ???) | |
| Lyle Robinette [Announcer] (by November 1942 - ???) | |
| Wayne Stitt (by November 1945 - ???) | |
| Herschel Connor (??? - ???) | |
| Ed Asner (1940s) | |
| Frank Hassert (by late 1940s - ???) |
Specialty Shows:
Ad Club – Wednesdays 9:30PM (by May 1946 - ???)
Bulletin Board – Weekdays 10AM to 10:30AM (??? - ???)
Harding College – Sundays 4:15PM (by May 1946 - ???)
Junior College – Tuesdays 9:45PM (by May 1946 - ???)
Kansas City Scene – Saturdays 9:00AM (by May 1946 - ???)
The Mother McCamish Show (??? - ???)
- Mother McCamish (??? - ???)
Police Court – Weekdays 8:30AM (??? - ???)
- Judge William H. McHale (??? - ???)
- Judge J. Earl Thomas (??? - ???)
Quizzer’s Court – Mondays 9:00PM (Sign-on - ???)
Safety Council – Thursdays 3:05PM (by May 1946 - ???)
Saturday Night Date – 7PM to 11PM (by March 1949 - ???)
- Buddy Black (by March 1949 - ???)
The Veteran Speaks – Sundays 5:15PM (by May 1946 - ???)
Youth Crusade – Saturdays 9:15AM (by May 1946 – at least 1947)
- Gene Bohi (by 1947 - ???)
User Contributions:
Thanks to Ted Cramer and Joe Vaughan for their contributions to this page!
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