KQAM is a news/talk station

Radio station

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 serving the Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

 market. KQAM broadcasts on 1480 kHz and is under ownership of Steckline Communications.

The 1480 frequency in the '60s and '70s was known as KLEO and for many years was Wichita's most popular Top 40 station.

Until January 2010, KQAM was owned by The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

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 and was Wichita's Radio Disney

Radio Disney

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 affiliate. It was announced on November 16, 2009 that Disney/ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 will be selling KQAM to Steckline Communications. According to Greg Steckline, the owner of the said company, he wasn't aiming for a purchase but "this one just kind of happened. We just happened to be in the right place at the right time." Steckline paid $350,000 for KQAM. On January 6, 2010, at 1pm Central time, KQAM unveiled the lineup for its talk format as a companion to its sister station KGSO

KGSO

KGSO is a sports radio-formatted radio station licensed in Wichita, Kansas, and owned by Steckline Communications Inc.-External links:*...

. Steckline Communications also owns KIUL

KIUL

KIUL is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Garden City, Kansas, USA, the station serves southwestern Kansas...

-Garden City Kansas, KYUL

KYUL

KYUL is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Scott City, Kansas, USA, the station is currently owned by Steckline Communications and features programing from ESPN Radio, Fox News Radio and Westwood One. It simulcasts most of the programming of sister station...

-Scott City Kansas and KGYN

KGYN

KGYN is a radio station licensed to Guymon, Oklahoma, USA. The station serves the southwestern Kansas area, and carries a country music format. The station is currently owned by Steckline Communications. KGYN broadcasts 10,000 watts on a protected signal and can be heard in 7 states during daytime...

-Guymon Oklahoma.

Lineup

(All times Central)

Don Imus

Don Imus

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, 5 a.m. – 8 a.m.

Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham

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, 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

Glenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...

, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Dr. Laura, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

John Gibson

John Gibson

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, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Joe Scarborough

Joe Scarborough

Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough is an American cable news and talk radio host, lawyer, author, and former politician. He is currently the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, and previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same channel...

, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Best of Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

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, 10 p.m. – midnight

Phil Hendrie

Phil Hendrie

Philip Stephen Hendrie is an American radio personality. He is best known as the host of The Phil Hendrie Show, a comedy talk radio program that is syndicated throughout North America on Talk Radio Network...

, Midnight – 4 a.m.

Jim Bohannon

Jim Bohannon

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, 4 a.m. – 5 a.m.