Bring Afentra back…read more In an era where companies are increasingly focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, the syndicated Elliot show in the morning reeks of the same old tired, somewhat scripted, masculine focused, Joe Dirt style rhetoric, that is frankly a little uncreative and boring. Tuned in this morning to hear what might be described as an old school Porky's locker room talk about "rub and tugs" going on at a new, local (not KC mind you, this show is ported out of a more major metropolitan area, likely east coast) massage parlor. While Elliot drones on over his colleagues and makes easy, targeted "jokes" (nothing is *that* funny) about the clientele, nearby school, and the female staff at this establishment, one can't help but be just outright bored at the same knock-off style humor from the early morning DJs of the world. I personally am somewhat entertained by Howard Stern, but we already have a homegrown version of this - his name is Johnny Dare and he is a long times success on the competitor 98.9 The Rock. These guys have their built in audience of middle aged, hair band loving dudes, listening from construction sites around the city. Elliot's show where he dominates 90% of the conversation, often talking over his two cohosts, just rings of boredom and unoriginality and plain laziness by the executives running the station. We have the female version of this genre - her name is Afentra. I, like many other radio listeners, were delighted when she and her equally talented husband Lazlo were brought back locally from Seattle, where they were originally lured (with hefty raises, no doubt) away from the Kansas City market years ago. When listening to her show, she not only shares the spotlight to have an actual conversation with her cohosts, there is no question she is sharing original and thoughtful content. There is nothing about the Elliot show in the morning that makes me want to tune in again - absolutely nothing. It's a complete insult to my intelligence - I actually like the originality of the music on this station and happen to love Slimfast and Lazlo's afternoon broadcast. One can only hope that today's male executives that certainly roam the halls of the station's ownership are eventually replaced by an actual diverse group of thought leaders and that they BRING BACK AFENTRA.

I love listening to Lazlo, Slimfast and Snowcone on their talk show. Unfortunately I work in the…read moreafternoons but my thirty minute drive to and from work is made so much more enjoyable by the podcasts! I may not be as complementary as Ronald Penis is but these guys are pretty awesome! If you're not a dick, you can take a joke, you don't blindly bow to white supremacy and you have a slightly indescribable uneasy feeling about Mr. Rogers ...boy is this the podcast for you!

The best ever station. Listen in the am and you'll love the drive to work. Thank you for starting…read moremy day the right way. Start your day the right way with mix 93.3.

Hey, I'm not here to argue what's good music or not…read more Simply put, Mix 93.3 is KC's main Top 40/Hit AC music station and a huge sponsor for many of the larger acts coming through the area. I'll put down the ipod and turn the dial for some Jenny Matthews or give a listen to the banter from Rocket and Teresa. It's got the music you want to hear on a night of bumping and grinding or singing badly in the car. Either way, you'll want your MTV or your Mix 93.

I love this station! The mix of classic and contemporary artists is perfectly up my alley. They…read moreplay everything from classic rock like Van Morrison, to classic punk with the Clash, to Elvis Costello, to Adele, to Mumford and Sons... Great variety and a deep music library. The on air staff is knowledgeable about all types of music and interesting to listen to. They never simply prattle on for the sake of talking and the morning show is laid back and enjoyable, not a shock fest of stupid sound effects. One of the coolest things they offer is the Alice Lounge. Members of their Alice Nation listeners club can win 2 seats at small acoustic shows, in studio, by artists performing in the area. I was lucky enough to win tickets to Michael Kiwanuka. He was phenomenal. He played three songs in front of a room of maybe 24 people. Then he signed photos and posed with fans. This is one of the best kept music secrets in town and so worth trying to get into.

102.5 is a new radio station to the KC area, that is "All Comedy All the Time"…read more If you enjoy stand ups then this is the station for you. Since I was introduced to this staion a little over a month ago, it's only been changed once and that is because I went out of town and lost signal. As soon as I was in range again it was back on. They have everyone on this station ranging from Monty Python, George Carlon, Lopez, Steve Harvey, Chris Rock and so on... Take the time to listen for a few minutes, and hopefully you will get as hooked as I am.

Awesome to hear all my Kansas City sport's coverage while living in Ohio! Keep up the great work!read more

A separation of powers in the Kansas City area has spawned a dissident and unruly, yet extremely…read morerich source of sports broadcasting. This in your face station seems to come off with an agenda with no holds barred, which, to me, presents much more engaging than its forerunner who shall remain nameless but really likes to hang out on the plaza. Almost with an avant-garde approach, the hosts expel explicit, candid thoughts giving generic issues a shot to the mouth. This can turn into a cathartic tirade of behind the scenes reality, capturing a raw glimpse of what really goes on, otherwise pretty scarce in the average, often bleak Kansas City press room. The morning opener wakes you up with two guys engaging in banter that can be very easy to disagree with. Straightforward pleas and foregone conclusions about teams that may not be very good make it entertaining enough though, especially when followed by relentless invitations to follow their Facebook accounts and eat at a local Mexican restaurant. Klingler masterfully helps string together potentially hazardous assumptions to make a solid cogent point. Together, they seem to set a tone for the station, kind of like the guys who make an important keg run for the party that's about to take place. In this sense, it's like one guy who drinks a lot while loyally defending his alma mater and the other who gets high and reads a lot of philosophy with an exceptional ability at damage control. This seems to transition nicely into the next host's show who claims to be the sheriff but opens his show with mainstream hip-hop, creating a strange illusion. Shariff's show is called "New School" and offers an ultramodern platform, tackling confrontational issues in a pretty unique way. It's almost like a teacher liquoring his students up for two hours straight with eccentric deliberation, sometimes even telling them how they can get laid in different ways; this might be because of a trade by the Royals or maybe if the Chiefs win more than 4 games. This is the part of the party where everyone is getting drunk and high, spouting off text messages about seemingly fanatical pipe-dreams related to their favorite local team. Still, a breadth of different ideas can be gleaned from his late morning show as he facilitates the raw nature of local current events and trends among listeners while also encouraging positive attitudes on Monday mornings, following a potentially devastating Sunday afternoon during football season. The final show, "What's Right", takes you into a spiraling, opinion-laden world filled of tirades, emotions, and conjectural thought that really seems to push the envelope well beyond the droning, generic sports chatter we may find elsewhere. In other words, the host, Wright, to me takes relevant issues and blows them up into an epidemic portrait, throwing it on the wall and then dissecting points listeners attempt to resolve. This happens sometimes abrasively as if he has the remedy for why the sports world is contaminated. This might be a frustrating trait at first, but ultimately becomes endearing as his honesty grows on you and you adapt to his personal beliefs as they apply to a vast range of topics. In fact, he seems to steer away from the sometimes tiresome Whitlockean school of thought, which to me conveys what many of us are ready to embrace at this point. Interjections throughout the show come from two other accompanying guys, keeping the structure of the show together at times and who may enhance the overall personality the show while taking shots at each other's personal lives at unpredictable times. Finally, sound analysis is augmented late in the show on Fridays/Mondays by highly credible input given by a KC journalist, Kent Babb (supposedly founder of a burger-see future reviews). Bill Moss, ex- KC Chief, also offers logical insight and a pretty detailed analysis on anything from the groundwork and inner workings of the coaching staff to why Charles isn't getting the ball on a regular basis (I will digress from making any other direct references). The show is like when everyone starts taking shots and throwing back extreme insight and insults back and forth at each other until the cops shut it down at 6pm. When thinking about how this city as a whole has adopted a culture of losing lately, this is the type of radio station that I think may be a solution to turning the city's attitude in the right direction. Overall, the hosts make up a collective amalgamation of personalities, blending together effectively and maybe making Kansas City feel better about itself while throwing a hell of a party over the air while they're at it...broadcast style. If anyone from anywhere reads this and gets mad at me, this is my sole interpretation and I in no way represent any affiliation related to the above and am not claiming any sort of credibility.

This is UMKC's NPR station. It's where Walt Bodine held court for almost 3 decades, and they still…read moredo area news coverage and music, some might say better than many others. KCUR started broadcasting in 1957, when FM was largely unknown. Way back in the Sam Scott (station founder/mgr.) era when I also studied music at UMKC, I was also a music programmer at KCUR, and I also later co-hosted a Spanish music and public affairs program there in the 1990s. So the station still holds my interest at 89.3 Megahertz. It's also full-power (100 Kw), so an easy choice for driving. KCUR has been a well-regarded fixture in this area for quite a while. Their mix of national and local programs has kept them relevant. Five cautious stars, because Republicans keep trying to destroy public media to silence its diversity-friendly commentary.

I've been a member of various NPR stations, depending on where I've lived in the country - and…read morewhile I'm not currently a member of KCUR - I have been in the past. KC's NPR station stands up against any national station. Our own local programming, be it the KC Business Report, Up to Date, KC Currents - all on the news and storytelling side - and the Fish Fry and 12th Street Jump - on the music side - are awesome. Add that up with This American Life, Morning Edition, and Marketplace, and you have the sort of thought-provoking radio that everyone, not just Kansas Citians, need.

Always been my favorite radio station in Kansas City! Lots of great blues and rock music, and some…read moregood edgy news reporting such as "Democracy Now." I do miss "Chicken Man" on Friday nights, though!

Love you guys! Thanks for playing Jas Miller music ! TOES IN THE SAND, most recently (spring 2021)…read more Look for the "Hybrid Edit" coming soon.

Mid days on 98.1 is hilarious listening to Grayson and jayme trying to debate anyone with an…read moreopinion that is different from the narrative they push kcmo deserves better more intelligent debate than what has been the norm on 98.1

I have been trying to listen to this news station for years, mostly in the morning. I have now…read moreturned like everyone else to my phone and abundance of news apps. What had turned me off is the volume of commercials and how you could be listening to the morning news and before you know I they morph a commercial in there as if it was part of the news. In one hour from 6am to 7am I recorded 19 minutes of news broken up and 41 minutes of commercials. Don't bother listening to the morning news on this station as you will be frustrated with the massive commercial media.