KQAM

KQAM (1450 kHz) is a commercial AM station in Wichita, Kansas. It carries a talk radio format and is owned by Steckline Communications, along with sports radio KGSO 1410 AM. The studios and offices are on South Maize Road in Wichita.
By day, KQAM is powered at 5,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 1480 AM, it reduces power to 1,000 watts at night. It uses a directional antenna at all times with a four-tower array. The transmitter is off East 29th Street North in Wichita, near Chisholm Creek. Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K273CX at 102.5 MHz.
Programming.
Weekdays on KQAM begin with a news, farm reports and information show, "The Morning News with John Wright." The rest of the weekday line up includes nationally syndicated conservative talk show hosts, including: Brian Kilmeade, Dave Ramsey, Guy Benson, Joe Pags, Buck Sexton, Jim Bohannon, "America in the Morning with John Trout" and "First Light with Michael Toscano". 
Weekends feature shows on home repair, technology, movies, beer, cigars and farm news. Weekend syndicated hosts include Larry Elder, Leo Laporte, Dana Loesch, Kim Komando and Alex Jones. Car races also are heard on weekends. World and national news is provided by CBS Radio News.
History.
On October 7, 1936, the station signed on the air as KANS, representing the word Kansas. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was owned by Swanco Broadcasting. Its call sign was KLEO and for many years was a popular Top 40 station. 
In 2002, the station was sold to The Walt Disney Company for $2 million. With the sale, KQAM became Wichita's [[Radio Disney]] [[network affiliate]] airing the Disney children's radio format. 
It was announced on November 16, 2009 that Disney/[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] would sell KQAM to Steckline Communications. According to Greg Steckline, the owner of the 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, KQAM unveiled the lineup for its talk format as a companion to its [[sister station]], [[sports radio]] [[KGSO]] [[1410 AM]].
Steckline Communications also owns [[KIUL]] ([[Garden City, Kansas]]), [[KYUL]] ([[Scott City, Kansas]]), and [[KGYN]] ([[Guymon, Oklahoma]]).
External links.
[[Category:Radio stations in Wichita, Kansas|QAM]]
[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1987]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Kansas]]
[[Category:Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company]]