KCXL

KCXL is a locally-owned Talk/Nostalgia station that serves the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. From its tower in Liberty, Missouri, KCXL broadcasts all hours of the day. Despite the "daytimer" correlation with Class D stations, KCXL's six nighttime watts continue the station's operation within Clay County. KCXL recently upgraded its daytime power to 4000 watts. KCXL 1140AM also serves as a translator on K275BQ 102.9 MHz FM, in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

History

Kansas Citians first heard a signal on 1140 kHz in 1967, when Liberty business owners, led by furniture store owner George Bedinger, established a country music station under the call letters KBIL. The format continued until 1978, when new owners opted for adult contemporary music. Although the switch proved unsuccessful in a matter of months, the station (as KFIX) included as its deejays Mike Murphy, who later became a legendary voice at KCMO-AM, Randy Miller, who made his name as a shock jock on KBEQ, and Rush Limbaugh, who briefly took his “Jeff Christie” moniker here before finding his niche in talk radio. Some unsuccessful formats would find a reprieve on their sister FM signal at 106.5 MHz.