KMBC-TV

KMBC-TV, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 29), is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation, as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate KCWE (channel 29). The two stations share studio facilities located on Winchester Avenue (near Swope Park) in Kansas City, Missouri; KMBC-TV maintains transmitter facilities located in eastern Kansas City, near the Blue River.

KMBC-TV serves as an alternate ABC affiliate for St. Joseph as its transmitter provides a city-grade signal in St. Joseph proper, and it is carried locally on satellite providers and select cable providers (such as Suddenlink Communications) in that market; this is despite the presence of KQTV (channel 2), which is the market's official ABC affiliate and is carried alongside KMBC-TV on some St. Joseph area cable providers.

History

Early years: two stations