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1510AM Frequency History
A) 1510AM KIMO
KC Radio History
1510AM Frequency History
A) 1510AM KIMO

KIMO Logo (by 1956 - at least 1956)
| Website: | N/A |
| Branding: | KIMO - pronounced kee-mo |
| Positioning: | “Your Town and Country Station” (??? - ???) |
| Call Letters: | KIMO (Sign-on - Signoff) |
| City of License: | Independence, MO (Sign-on - Signoff) |
| Format: | MOR/Country (Sign-on – February 1957) |
| Country (February 1957 – Signoff) | |
| Sign-On Date: | August 3, 1947 |
| First Song: | “Sunset to Sunrise” by Art Mooney |
| Sign-Off Date: | February 23, 1959 |
| Final Song: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Ownership: | Blue Valley Company – Craig, Cedric & Mark Siegfried (Sign-on – January 1, 1953) |
| Craig Siegfried (January 1, 1953 - May 9, 1958) | |
| Kenyon Brown Stations (May 9, 1958 – Signoff) | |
| Prog. Director: | Harry Becker (Sign-on - ???) |
| “Colorado” Bill Hardt (by February 1957 – May 1958) | |
| “The Coach” Leo Morris (May 1958 – Signoff) |
Airstaff:
| Mornings: | Breakfast with Becker (??? - ???) |
| - Harry Becker (??? - ???) | |
| Middays: | <UNKNOWN> |
| Late Afternoons: | Sagebrush Corral (??? - ???) – Afternoons at 3PM |
| - “Two Gun” Foster aka Mark Foster (??? - ???) | |
| Nights: | OFF-AIR |
| Overnights: | OFF-AIR |
| Weekend/Swing: | "King Spinner" Lawrence Barry (October 1948 - ???) |
| Murt Nold (??? - ???) | |
| Mel Maines (??? - ???) | |
| Johnny Holmes (??? - ???) | |
| Tom Hunt (??? - ???) | |
| Ron Juergenson (??? - ???) | |
| Tennessee Jim aka Jim McDonald (??? - ???) – Sunday Afternoons | |
| Little Herbie Hoeflicker (??? - ???) – Saturday Afternoons | |
| Other Staff: | Frank Fowler [Business Manager] (Sign-on - ???) |
| Charles Rayburn [Chief Engineer] (Sign-on - ???) | |
| Al Bows [Public Relations/News Editor] (Sign-on - ???) | |
| Frank Haskett [Announcer] (Sign-on - ???) | |
| Walter Burks [News Director] (??? - ???) | |
| Ted Cramer [News Director] (??? - ???) | |
| Mike Westwood [Safe Driver Segments] (by February 1957 - ???) | |
| Fred Kellerman [Teenager Segments] (by February 1957 - ???) | |
| Don Sullivan [Cowboy Singer (by 1955 – at least February 1957) | |
| Harold Ensley [Sales] (1951 – 1953) | |
| Role Unknown: | Ted Cramer (1953 - Signoff) – Fulltime Jock |
| David Butler (??? - ???) | |
| Jesse Sanstra (??? - ???) | |
| Elle Hughes (??? – July 1953) | |
| Balin' Wire Bob Strack (1955 – late 1957) | |
| “Colorado” Bill Hardt (??? – at least May 1958) – Fulltime Jock | |
| Bob Floyd (??? - ???) – Fulltime Jock | |
| Joe Kramer (by April 1948 – ???) – Fulltime Jock | |
| Jimmie Dallas (by 1953 – at least February 1957) – Fulltime Jock | |
| Tiny Tillman (by 1955 – at least February 1957) | |
| Dave Dean (by February 1957 - ???) |
Specialty Shows:
The Fisherman's Friend (1951 - Signoff)
- Harold Ensley (1951 - Signoff)
Cowtown Jubilee – Saturday Nights (1955 – at least 1956)
- Jimmy Dallas (by December 1955 - ???)
- Don Sullivan (by December 1955 - ???)
- Tiny Tillman (by December 1955 - ???)
User Contributions:
A very special thanks to Ted Cramer, whose recollection is responsible for virtually all information on this page.
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