With all the changes in the radio industry, it really is a unique event when a station can celebrate its 50th anniversary. That's what KFKF (94.1 FM) will achieve next Tuesday when "Country 94.1" the Wilks Broadcasting-owned station hits that landmark event. On Tuesday (May 28) will commemorate the anniversary at 5 a.m. with morning guy Dale Carter playing Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire," which...

Legendary Kansas native broadcaster Bill Kurtis narrated a video tribute to another legend, Fred White, that was shown at Kauffman Stadium Thursday night and was created by Major League Baseball. Fred White died May 15 at the age of 76 (LINK). A ...

As the dust cleared on another TV Sweeps period Wednesday night, the folks at KCTV are heralding some of the finest results in years during the most recent May sweeps period. It is clear the old "Live, Late-Breaking, Investigative" slogan...

KMBC has dominated the television ratings in Kansas City for so long that it became boring to report that the ABC affiliate had captured every news period during the day. However, with the recently completed May TV sweeps period Wednesday night, those days have seemed to come to an end. KMBC won during the 4:30 a.m. hour and the prestigious 10 p.m. news period, but that was it. WDAF-Fox 4...

Anne Peterson had an amazing media career in Kansas City, and KCTV's Karen Fuller recently sat down with her to reflect on her career and life. When she started, she was just 22 years old and was the youngest person to anchor the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts in the country and she performed those anchor duties for 25 years. When she was paired with the late, great Wendall Anschutz the duo w...

It can be goofy.  Sometimes even a little juvenile. But the morning crew at WDAF-Fox 4 seems to really connect well with viewers while blending serious news stories with some not-so-serious. The formula seems to work as the May TV Sweeps period officially concludes tonight and it looks as if the Fox 4 morning show will be the ratings leader in Kansas City. "I wish our management would al...

The Red Cross is asking "civilians" not to go to Moore, OK, to assist residents there devastated by a tornado that has killed at least 51 people (now downgraded to 24), saying they will simply get in the way of emergency personnel and hamper rescue efforts. Instead, the Red Cross will use the latest tragedy as a fund-raiser. The best thing people can do is send the group money. Could the sam...

For years KCTV was the TV station in Kansas City with the "Live, Late-Breaking, Investigative" slogan. To many viewers that meant a steady diet of over-the-top "Breaking News" stories, salacious "Major Investigative" stories and "scare the hell out of them" weather coverage. The CBS affiliate had a weather policy of "first on, last off," and veteran meteorologist Katie Horner (now in St. Lou...

Lindsay Shively, who joined 41 Action News in May 2009 as a multimedia journalist from WIBW in Topeka, has been named an anchor for the NBC affiliate's "41 Action News Weekend Today," according to an announcement by News Director Carrie Hofmann. Shively will continue her weekday reporting duties. "41 Action News Weekend Today" airs Saturday from 8 am to 10 am, and Sunday from 8 am to 9 am. ...

As the May TV sweeps heads into its final week it looks as if WDAF-Fox 4 will be the morning winner and KMBC the champion at the all-important 10 p.m. news slot. Although KMBC has won the mornings the past three days, the crew at Fox 4 has built up a lead that will be difficult to beat.  Fox 4's $100 American Express gift card giveaway at the 6 a.m. hour has proven to be a winning tactic. T...