KDRO

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KDRO

City	Sedalia, Missouri
Branding	Hometown Country 1490
Slogan	"Your Hometown Radio Station"
Frequency	1490 kHz
First air date	1939
Format	Country
Power	780 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	40662
Transmitter coordinates	38°40′35″N 93°15′18″W / 38.67639°N 93.25500°W / 38.67639; -93.25500
Owner	Benne Media (Mathewson Broadcasting Company)
Sister stations	KLOZ, KPOW-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kdro.com

KDRO/KPOW Studios located at 301 South Ohio Avenue in Sedalia

KDRO (1490 AM, "Hometown Country 1490") is a radio station licensed to serve Sedalia, Missouri, USA. The station is owned by Benne Media and licensed to Mathewson Broadcasting Company.

KDRO broadcasts a country music format.^[1]

History

KDRO first signed on the air at 1490 kHz on September 13, 1939.

In February 1990, Sedalia Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Mathewson Broadcasting Co. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 16, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 7, 1990.^[2]

In April 2006, Jim Mathewson of Mathewson Broadcasting Co. entered into a local marketing agreement with Denny Benne of Benne Broadcasting.^[3]

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19900207EC)". FCC Media Bureau. June 7, 1990.
↑ Bird-Meyer, Matt (April 26, 2006). "Two radio stations to be sold soon". Sedalia Democrat.

External links

KDRO official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KDRO

Radio-Locator Information on KDRO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KDRO

Country radio stations in the state of Missouri

Stations	KAAN-FM – Bethany KAOL – Carrollton KATI – California KAYQ – Warsaw KBBM – Jefferson City KBDZ – Perryville KBEQ-FM – Kansas City KBOD – Gainesville KBTC – Houston KBTN – Neosho KBTN-FM – Neosho KBXB – Sikeston KCLQ – Lebanon KCLR-FM – Boonville KCRV – Caruthersville KCWJ - Blue Springs KDEX – Dexter KDEX-FM – Dexter KDKD-FM – Clinton KDMO – Carthage KDRO – Sedalia KDWD – Marceline KELE-FM – Mountain Grove KESM-FM – Eldorado Springs KEZS-FM – Cape Girardeau KFAL – Fulton KFAV – Warrenton KGOZ – Gallatin KHST – Lamar KICK-FM – Palmyra KIXQ – Joplin KJEL – Lebanon KJFM – Louisiana KKDY – West Plains KKLR-FM – Poplar Bluff KKOZ – Ava KKOZ-FM – Ava KLTI – Springfield KMAM – Butler KMEM-FM – Memphis KMMO – Marshall KMMO-FM – Marshall KMOE – Butler KMRN – Cameron KMZU – Carrollton KNEM – Nevada KNMO-FM – Nevada KOEA – Doniphan KOMG – Willard KPPL – Poplar Bluff KPWB-FM – Piedmont KRES – Moberly KRLL – California KRMO – Cassville KRWP – Stockton KSD – Saint Louis KSJQ – Savannah KSMO – Salem KSWF – Aurora KTJJ – Farmington KTKS – Versailles KTMO – New Madrid KTTN-FM – Trenton KTTS-FM – Springfield KTUF – Kirksville KTUI-FM – Sullivan KTXR - Springfield KUKU-FM – Willow Springs KUNQ – Houston KWKJ – Windsor KWKZ – Charleston KWRE – Warrenton KWWR – Mexico KXKX – Knob Noster KXQX – Elsberry KYLS-FM – Ironton KYOO – Bolivar KYOO-FM – Halfway KYRO – Potosi KYRX – Marble Hill KZJF – Jefferson City KZNN – Rolla WDAF-FM – Liberty WIL-FM – Saint Louis

Defunct	KESM – Eldorado Springs

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Missouri

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