KCTO is an American radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Cleveland, Missouri

Cleveland, Missouri

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, USA. The station is owned by the Alpine Broadcasting Corporation. KCTO is operated by the Ramirez Group under a local marketing agreement

Local marketing agreement

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KCTO broadcasts a Spanish-language Regional Mexican music radio format

Radio format

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 to the greater Kansas City metropolitan area

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

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. Until March 2011, the station simulcast

Simulcast

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 the talk radio

Talk radio

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 programming of sister station

Sister station

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 KCXL

KCXL

KCXL is a locally-owned talk/oldies station that serves the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. From its tower in Liberty, Missouri, KCXL broadcasts all hours of the day. Despite the "daytimer" correlation with Class D stations, KCXL's six nighttime watts continue the station's operation within Clay...

 (1140 AM).

The station was assigned the call sign

Call sign

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 "KCTO" by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) on July 24, 2003

2003 in radio

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