| Broadcast area | Kansas City metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1140 kHz |
| Branding | KCXL 1140 AM, 102.9 FM & 104.7 FM |
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| Affiliations | GCN Radio Sputnik TruNews |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Pete Schartel (Alpine Broadcasting) |
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| History | |
First air date | February 12, 1967 |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 1162 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°14′17″N 94°24′0″W / 39.23806°N 94.40000°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Alternative Live Stream |
| Website | kcxl.com |
KCXL (1140 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Liberty, Missouri, and serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. It features a conservative talk and brokered programming format and is owned by Alpine Broadcasting. Since 2020, KCXL has been noted for its broadcast of the English-language service of Radio Sputnik, funded by the Russian government. Sputnik is heard six hours a day during the week and twelve hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
By day, KCXL is powered at 4,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. But to protect other stations on 1140 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to only 6 watts. The AM transmitter and radio studios are on South La Frenz Road in Liberty.[2] Programming is also heard on two FM translators licensed to Kansas City: K275BQ (102.9 FM) and K284CH (104.7 FM).