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28-516: KNSS may refer to: KNSS (AM) , a radio station (1330 AM) licensed to Wichita, Kansas, United States KNSS-FM , a radio station (98.7 FM) licensed to Clearwater, Kansas, United States KFH (AM) , a radio station (1240 AM) licensed to Wichita, Kansas, United States, which held the KNSS call sign from 1987 until 2004 KBUL-FM , a radio station (98.1 FM) licensed to Carson City, Nevada, United States, which held

56-579: A local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group . Bill Cunningham (talk show host) On the radio, he hosts The Big Show with Bill Cunningham , heard weekdays on AM 700 WLW in Cincinnati , and Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham , a program syndicated nationally by Premiere Radio Networks . (Both WLW and Premiere Networks are subsidiaries of iHeartMedia, Inc. ) On television he hosted The Bill Cunningham Show that aired for an hour on weekdays on The CW from 2011 to 2016. He

84-657: A talk radio format from 1993 until 2002, when it shifted most of its political talk shows to KNSS, and shifted to a hot talk format. Also that year, KFH added a simulcast on 98.7 FM, displacing smooth jazz KWSJ. The FM station switched its call sign to KFH-FM. On August 30, 2004, the KFH call sign and hot talk format moved to AM 1240; concurrently, AM 1330 became KNSS, and adopted the station's news/talk format. The station's studios were originally located at North Woodlawn and East 21st in Northeast Wichita. On May 20, 2015,

112-579: A Cincinnati rally because Cunningham twice referred to Democratic candidate Barack Obama with Obama's full name, Barack Hussein Obama and called Obama a "hack Chicago-style Daley politician". McCain immediately repudiated Cunningham after being told about Cunningham's remarks. In response, Cunningham said in an interview with CNN following the rally: "John McCain threw me under a bus... I've had it up to here with John McCain. I'm joining Ann Coulter in supporting Hillary Clinton ." Cunningham would continue to be

140-572: A brief hiatus in June 2010 due to a contract dispute. Soon after, WLW's owner, Clear Channel, announced that he signed a long-term agreement to stay with the station. In released remarks commenting on his decision, Cunningham said, "Cincinnati is my home. The first air I breathed. The first milk I drank was from Cincinnati. Others may have come as carpetbaggers to loot the Queen City and then move on. Willie will remain true." In December 2003, Cunningham created

168-668: A history of the 1240 AM signal, see KFH .) KNSS is one of Kansas' oldest radio stations, signing on the air on May 26, 1922, although it began experimental broadcasts in March 1922. Its call sign was originally WEAH. On June 23, 1923, the station was sold to the Wichita Board of Trade. During a period of nearly two years, the Rigby Gray Hotel Company Corporation (operator of the Lassen Hotel ) gradually took over

196-468: A humorous way, often joined by sports talk host Bill "Seg" Dennison and anyone else in the studio. It lasts about 15 minutes and ends when Bill says, "Segman, get me out of The Stooge Report." at which point Seg Dennison responds, "Willie, in honor of [insert a topic covered in today's Stooge Report], I leave you with the immortal words of the Stoooooooooge Report." This occurs two times a show, after

224-824: A nationwide launch. It moved to The CW beginning September 10, 2012, where it was seen nationally. The series used a tabloid -style format with a conservative approach. The program was produced in New York City , with co-production from ITV Studios America. Cunningham did his radio show from New York City on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays because he taped his TV show on those days. On May 27, 2016, Cunningham announced that he mutually agreed to cancel his own talk show, which ended on September 9, 2016. Born in Covington, Kentucky , Cunningham grew up in Deer Park, Ohio , and graduated from Deer Park High School in 1966. Cunningham

252-458: A parody song mocking Nathaniel Jones, a man killed by Cincinnati police, with lyrics including: "The fat man ever after has a martyr's place/ Let's all ignore whatever drugs he had...His death was unrelated to his injuries but still we hear the people sing police brutality/ lies go on bro la la how the lies go on." On February 26, 2008, Cunningham created controversy in his warm-up speech introducing Republican presidential candidate John McCain at

280-426: A sharp critic of Obama; on his October 28, 2008 WLW show, Cunningham discussed the life of Obama's father Barack Obama, Sr. and then remarked, "... his father was a typical black father who, right after the birth, left the baby. That's what black fathers do. They simply leave." This remark has been cited as an example of hyperbolic, extreme rhetoric on talk radio. Another Cunningham statement that has been criticized

308-523: Is a commercial AM radio station in Wichita, Kansas . It carries a news/talk radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. The station simulcasts with co-owned KNSS-FM 98.7 MHz . The studios and offices are on East Douglas Avenue in Wichita. KNSS is powered at 5,000 watts . At night, to protect other stations on 1330 AM , it uses a directional antenna . The transmitter is off North Rock Road in

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336-725: Is also a commentator/contributor for Fox News Channel . Cunningham has won the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award for Large-Market Personality of the Year twice, in 2001 and in 2009. Cunningham was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1975 after graduating from the University of Toledo College of Law. Cunningham did a stint as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati-Public Defender Division. He then served in

364-1052: The Rockhurst neighborhood of Wichita. Weekdays on KNSS-AM-FM begin with Steve & Ted , a news and interview show featuring Steve McIntosh and Ted Woodward. The rest of the schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: The Glenn Beck Program , The Rush Limbaugh Show , The Sean Hannity Show , The Mark Levin Show , Savage Nation with Michael Savage , The Ben Shapiro Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory . Weekends feature shows on money, health, retirement, food and wine, some of which are paid brokered programming . Weekend syndicated shows include: Handel on The Law with Bill Handel , The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman and Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham as well as repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio . During NFL football season, KNSS-AM-FM carry Kansas City Chiefs broadcasts. (For

392-489: The 1:30 and 2:30 newscasts. The Bill Cunningham Show , a first-run syndicated television talk show hosted by Cunningham debuted on September 19, 2011. Cunningham served as the show's co-producer. It was produced and distributed by Tribune Broadcasting and at first aired only on Tribune-owned stations, stations owned by Local TV, LLC and Raycom Media -owned WXIX-TV in Cunningham's hometown of Cincinnati, prior to making

420-565: The CBS line up of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas , game shows and big band broadcasts during the " Golden Age of Radio ". In the 1930s, it began broadcasting on 1300 kilocycles with 1,000 watts. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized an increase in daytime power to 5,000 watts on May 28, 1935. In 1941, with the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA),

448-456: The KNSS call sign from 1984 until 1987 Confederation of New Trade Unions of Slovenia "Independence" , known in Slovene as Konfederacija novih sindikatov Slovenije - Neodvisnost Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KNSS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

476-423: The following March. On July 26, 1993, KFH flipped to news/talk . On July 1, 1994, Midcontinent sold KFH to Pourtales Radio Partnership. Pourtales did not retain ownership very long; the company signed a letter of intent to sell KFH to Triathlon Broadcasting on Friday, March 24, 1995, and completed the sale on June 2, 1995. The station was in turn sold to Entercom (now Audacy) on February 23, 2000. KFH carried

504-419: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KNSS&oldid=836578357 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KNSS (AM) KNSS (1330 kHz , "News Talk 98.7 and 1330")

532-473: The office of the Ohio Attorney General as Assistant Attorney General from 1978 to 1986 under Attorneys General William J. Brown and Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. Currently, Cunningham works in the law firm of Steven R. Adams, which specializes in criminal defense and DUI cases. Cunningham has been on 50,000-watt radio station 700 WLW for over 40 years, beginning in 1983. His first regular show on

560-434: The ownership, with the final sale taking place on April 30, 1925. The hotel company changed the call letters to KFH, standing for "Kansas' Finest Hotel". At 9:45   am, February 14, 1926, the first radio broadcast under the call letters KFH was made. The Wichita Eagle , a local newspaper, purchased 50% of KFH on October 1, 1929. KFH became a Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) affiliate on October 8, 1929. KFH carried

588-508: The station switched to its present-day frequency of 1330 kHz. Ownership remained under the control of the hotel company until June 5, 1963, when the FCC approved the transfer of the station license to Aeschlayer & Reynolds of Dallas, Texas . The new owner retained the station for less than five and a half years and sold KFH to Phil and Nancy Kassebaum , operating under the corporate name "KFH Radio, Inc." on November 1, 1968. (Nancy Kassebaum

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616-422: The station was at night, generally from 9:00 p.m. until midnight. His show was not heard during the summer months, when WLW broadcasts Cincinnati Reds baseball games. In the late 1990s, Cunningham's show was moved to early afternoons, which put his show directly opposite that of one of his favorite radio presenters, Rush Limbaugh , whose show is heard on sister station WKRC . Cunningham's WLW show went on

644-552: The studios moved to the Ruffin Building at 9111 East Douglas, formerly the Pizza Hut corporate headquarters. KNSS began simulcasting on KNSS-FM (98.7) on October 12, 2016. Prior to then, the 98.7 frequency was KFH-FM, a simulcast of KFH. KFH-AM-FM were network affiliates of ESPN Radio . KFH continues as a sports radio station on its own, now with an FM translator station at 97.5 MHz. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to

672-536: The widely debunked litter boxes in schools hoax , stating that litter boxes were being provided in schools for students dressing up as cats to defecate in, while interviewing Ohio Republican Senate candidate JD Vance . A popular part of his radio show is known as "The Stooge Report," which begins with a clip of the Three Stooges harmonizing the word "hello" and Moe saying " quiet numbskulls, I'm broadcasting ." This segment has Cunningham riffing on current events in

700-514: Was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978.) By this time, KFH shifted to an easy listening / beautiful music format. On September 13, 1978, KFH flipped from its longtime MOR format to country ; during this time, the station was an affiliate Wichita Wings soccer games. In 1988, the Kassebaums sold the station to Midcontinent Broadcasting; on October 19 of that year, KFH flipped to a simulcast of new station KXLK (105.3 FM), then flipped to oldies

728-483: Was his claim on the January 4, 2009, WLW show that poor people "lack values, ethics and morals." These statements, also including comparisons between Obama and Hitler and suggesting that Obama wanted to murder Jews the way Hitler did, led to Cunningham being named "one of the most prolific purveyors of hate speech" by a left-leaning media watchdog group Media Matters . In October 2022, on his radio show Cunningham promoted

756-416: Was one of four children and has described his father as an abusive alcoholic who left the family when Cunningham was 11 and his other siblings were 13, nine and four (he has an older brother and a younger brother and sister). Before his mother's death in 2010, he frequently called her on the air during his radio show; he referred to her as "Ma." At Deer Park High, Cunningham played on the basketball team and

784-468: Was the top scorer among all Cincinnati area high school basketball players his senior year. The Cincinnati Enquirer named him one of the top 100 Cincinnati-area high school basketball players in history. Cunningham later earned degrees from Xavier University , where he played for four years on the baseball team, serving as captain, and the University of Toledo College of Law. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Judge Penelope R. Cunningham of

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