By day, KKLO broadcasts at 5,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 1410 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 500 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. The transmitter is on the corner of Muncie Road at Hughes Road in Leavenworth.[2] Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translatorK224FF at 92.7 MHz in Lenexa, Kansas.[3]
History
The station signed on the air in 1948; 76 years ago (1948). The original call sign was KCLO and it was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. It was owned by the Leavenworth Broadcasting Company, with studios on 418 1/2 Cherokee Street.[4]
In 1968, it added an FM sister station, 98.1 KKLO-FM (today KMBZ-FM). In the 1980s, KKLO 1410 received authorization to broadcast around the clock.