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KMBC-TV
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Branding	KMBC 9
Slogan	Local. Live. Coverage You Can Count On.
Channels	Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 7 (VHF)
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Hearst-Argyle Television
Founded	August 25, 1953
Call letters meaning	K Midland Broadcasting Company
Former affiliations	CBS (1953 - 1955)
Website	www.kmbc.com

KMBC-TV, "KMBC 9" is the ABC affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri and for Kansas City, Kansas owned by Hearst-Argyle Broadcasting. It runs nearly the entire ABC network schedule, along with local news, syndicated talk, and reality shows. Its transmitter is located in Kansas City.

From 1953 to 2007, KMBC-TV was based out of the Lyric Opera Building. The station began broadcasting in 720p HD on August 23, 2007 from a new purpose-built facility near Swope Park. The station is the first in Kansas City to produce and broadcast in high definition.

Contents 1 History 2 Operating Channels 3 Notable Personalities 3.1 Current On-Air Talent 3.1.1 Anchors 3.1.2 Reporters 3.1.3 Hearst-Argyle Washington Bureau 3.1.4 FirstAlert Weather Team 3.1.5 Sports Anchors/Reports 3.1.6 Former On-Air Talent 4 News/Station Presentation 4.1 Newscast Titles 4.2 Station Slogans 5 External links

The Channel 9 license in Kansas City was hotly contested between radio stations KMBC and WHB. In 1953, the two parties decided to come to a compromise by operating Channel 9 as a time-share signal, with KMBC-TV and WHB-TV alternating blocks of broadcast time between them. Thus, Channel 9 began operation as a CBS affiliate.

KMBC-TV then bought out WHB-TV in 1954, becoming the sole occupant of the channel. In 1955, the station swapped affiliations with KCMO-TV (now KCTV), becoming an ABC affiliate.

Cook Paint & Varnish Company bought the station outright in 1954. The station was then sold to Metromedia in 1961. Metromedia sold off KMBC-AM (now KMBZ), but kept KMBC-TV until selling it to the Hearst Corporation in 1982. Under Hearst, the station expanded its local news production.

In 1981, anchor/reporter Christine Craft won a multimillion-dollar judgment against KMBC. Craft accused station managers of sexual harassment; this was one of the first such cases to be widely publicized in the United States. Craft, however, lost her case on appeal.

During the late 1970s and into the 1980s KMBC was the number one television station in the Kansas City market, but the station ended the latter decade in second place behind WDAF. As soon as WDAF switched from NBC to Fox in 1994, KMBC returned to number one in the market. Currently, KMBC generally battles KCTV for first place at 10:00 p.m., while continuing to battle WDAF for first in other timeslots.

KMBC came under common management as upstart WB affiliate KCWB Channel 29 (now CW affiliate KCWE) in 1996 under a local marketing agreement.

Since its inception, the station has been based out of (what is now) the Lyric Opera building in downtown Kansas City. The station unveiled its new, purpose-built facility near Swope Park in Kansas City on August 23, 2007, beginning with KMBC 9 News at 5:00. The new building includes a news set designed by FX Group. With the relocation, KMBC is the first station in Kansas City to produce and broadcast its local programming in high definition. [1]

KMBC 9 News won seven 2007 Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association, which is the most Murrow awards won by a television station in the country.

KMBC 9 News won awards in the following categories in 2007:

• News Series
• Feature
• News Documentary
• Spot News
• Continuing Coverage
• Newscast
• Overall Excellence

On Comcast KMBC-TV (analog & digital) operates on channel 12 and KMBC-DT (high definition) operates on channel 231. On Time Warner KMBC-TV (analog & digital) operates on channel 12 and KMBC-DT (high definition) operates on channel 1421. On DirectTV KMBC-TV (analog & digital) operates on channel 9.

• Kelly Eckerman, 5p.m. anchor (Tuesday-Thursday)5, 6, and 10p.m. anchor (Fri. and Sat.)
• Jim Flink, weekend evening anchor/general assignment reporter
• Jere Gish, FirstNews Weekend Edition anchor
• Kris Ketz, FirstNews anchor
• Dion Lim, FirstNews Weekend Edition anchor/general assignment reporter
• Larry Moore, 6 and 10 p.m. anchor (Sunday-Thursday)as well as 5p.m. Monday
• Lara Moritz, 6 and 10p.m. anchor/reporter (Sunday-Thursday)as well as 5p.m. Monday
• Donna Pitman, FirstNews anchor

• Maria Antonia, general assignment reporter
• Martin Augustine, general assignment reporter
• Peggy Breit, general assignment reporter
• Bev Chapman, general assignment reporter
• Micheal Mahoney, general assignment reporter
• Marcus Moore, general assignment reporter
• Chris Nagus, general assignment reporter
• Michele Rooney, general assignment reporter
• Johnny Rowlands, NewsChopper 9 pilot/traffic reporter
• Brenda Washington, general assignment reporter
• Dan Weinbaum, general assignment reporter

• Sally Kidd, Washington D.C. correspondent
• Laurie Kinney, Washington D.C. correspondent
• Nikole Killion, Washington D.C. correspondent

• Bryan Busby (AMS Certified), chief meteorologist, Sunday-Thursdays
• Pete Grigsby (AMS Certified and NWA Certified),weekend evening meteorologist, Friday-Saturdays
• Joel Nichols, "FirstNews" weekday meteorologist, Monday-Fridays
• Lisa Teachman,"FirstNews" weekend meteorologist, Saturday-Sundays

• Len Dawson, sports anchor, Sunday-Thursdays
• Andy Fales, sports anchor, Fridays
• Karen Kornacki, sports anchor, Saturdays
• John Crumley, sports producer

• Dave Stewart, sports anchor (1984 – September 2001) (Now working with Metro Sports)
• Jonathan Coachman, sports anchor (Now working with WWE)
• Natalie Moultrie, FirstNews weekday anchor
• Erin Little, FirstNews Weekend Edition Meteorologist (Now working with KDVR in Denver, CO)
• David Bodden, General Assignment Reporter
• Bill Pikus, weekend sports anchor
• Robb Yagmin, general assignment reporter
• Bruce Jones, FirstNews Weather Personality
• Laurie Everett, 5,6,and 10pm anchor.
• Susan Miller, 10:00pm anchor
• Ted Texter,10:00pm anchor
• Steve Grant,10:00pm Weather Personality

• Your Esso Reporter (1953 – 1956)
• The Kansas City Report (1956 – 1960)
• The Television 9 Report (1960 – 1965)
• 24 Hours (1965 – c. 1969)
• Total News (c.1969 – 1978) [2]
• The News: The xx:00 Report (1978 – 1982) [3]
• The News or Channel 9 News (1982 – 1983)
• KMBC 9 News (c.1983 – Present) [4]

• The Spirit of Kansas City (1982-1983)
• So Good To Turn To (1983-Mid 80's)
• Where the News Comes First (1987-1999)
• Coverage You Can Count On (1999-2007)
• Local. Live. Coverage You Can Count On (2007-present)

• Official Website of KMBC-TV
• Screenshots from KMBC
• Fybush.com: Kansas City TV/FM Stations
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KMBC-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Kansas City market  (Nielsen DMA #31)
WDAF 4 (Fox) - KCTV 5 (CBS) - KMBC 9 (ABC) - KUJH-LP 14 / K27FR 27 (Ind) - KCPT 19 (PBS) - KCWE 29 (The CW) - KCDN-LP 35 (DS) - KMCI 38 (Ind) - KSHB 41 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - K45IO 45 (HSN) - KUKC-LP 48 (UNI) - KPXE 50 (ION) - KSMO 62 (MNTV) Out-of-market stations available on cable KTWU 11 (PBS, Topeka) Local cable television channels Metro Sports - 6 News Lawrence

v • d • e ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Missouri
KQTV 2 (St. Joseph) - KTVO 3 (Kirksville) - KHQA-DT 7.2 (Hannibal) - KMBC 9 (Kansas City) - KODE 12 (Joplin) - KPOB 151 (Poplar Bluff) - KMIZ 17 (Columbia) - KDNL 30 (St. Louis) - KSPR 33 (Springfield) 1Satellite of WSIL-TV, Harrisburg, Illinois
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Missouri

v • d • e Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.
Corporate Staff: David J. Barrett (President & CEO) · Victor F. Ganzi (COB) · Harry T. Hawks · Terry Mackin · Steven A. Hobbs · Philip M. Stolz · Frederick I. Young · Candy Altman · Brian Bracco · Emerson Coleman · Marv Danielski · Martin Faubell · Kathleen Keefe · Alvin Lustgarten · Ellen McClain · Jonathan Mintzer · David J. Barrett · Frank A. Bennack, Jr. · John G. Conomikes · Ken J. Elkins · George R. Hearst, Jr. · William Randolph Hearst III · Bob Marbut · Gilbert C. Maurer · Michael E. Pulitzer · David Pulver · Caroline L. Williams Radio Stations: WBAL1 · WIYY1 ABC Network Affiliates: KETV · KHBS / KHOG · KITV · KMBC · KOAT · KOCO · WAPT · WCVB · WISN · WMUR · WMTW · WPBF1 · WTAE CBS Network Affiliates: KCCI · WLKY NBC Network Affiliates: KCRA · KSBW · WBAL · WDSU · WESH · WGAL · WLWT · WPTZ / WNNE · WXII · WYFF The CW Network Affiliates: KCWE1 · WKCF MyNetwork TV Affiliate: KQCA Independent Television Station: WMOR1 1Hearst-Argyle operates these stations owned by Hearst Corporation.
Annual Revenue: $785.4 million USD (2006) · Employees: Approx. 3,000 (full-time) · Stock Symbol: NYSE: HTV · Website: www.hearstargyle.com