KAPE

Radio station in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

37°16′45″N 89°33′28″W / 37.27917°N 89.55778°W / 37.27917; -89.55778Translator(s)95.7 K239CQ (Cape Girardeau)LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitekaperadio1550.com

KAPE (1550 AM, "KAPE Radio") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the broadcast license is held by Withers Broadcasting Company of Missouri, LLC.

The station was assigned the call sign "KAPE" by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 2, 1987.^[1] It was licensed as "KGMO" when it signed on in 1951, and was assigned "KEWI" on April 14, 1986, and "KKPE" on May 1, 1986.^[1]

Programming

KAPE broadcasts a news/talk format.^[2] The station features programming from Fox News Radio and Salem Media Group. As of August 2022^[update], syndicated programming includes weekday talk shows hosted by Dana Loesch, Dave Ramsey, Glenn Beck, Hugh Hewitt, Joe Pags, John Gibson, and Todd Schnitt.^[3]

Legendary radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh started his career at KGMO in 1967.

Translator

KAPE programming is also carried on a broadcast translator station to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.

Broadcast translator for KAPE
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
K239CQ	95.7 FM FM	Cape Girardeau, Missouri	250	D	FMQ

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ "On Air". KAPE Radio. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

External links

KAPE official website
KAPE in the FCC AM station database
KAPE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
K239CQ in the FCC FM station database
K239CQ at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area (Missouri)

By AM frequency

960
1170
1220
1400
1490
1520
1550

By FM frequency

LPFM	107.9
Translators	94.9 95.7 99.7 98.9 100.3 101.9 103.3

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency

162.4
162.55

By call sign

Defunct

KCHR (1350 AM)
KDMC-LP (103.7 FM)

Nearby regions: Jackson and Northwest Tennessee; Jonesboro; Marion-Carbondale; Memphis; Paducah-Mayfield; Poplar Bluff; St. Louis

See also: List of radio stations in Missouri; List of radio stations in Illinois

v t e News/Talk radio stations in the state of Missouri
Stations	KALM – Thayer KAPE – Cape Girardeau KBMV-FM – Birch Tree KCMO – Kansas City KDRO – Sedalia KELE - Mountain Grove KFEQ – Saint Joseph KFMO – Flat River KFRU – Columbia KFTK-FM – Florissant KHMO – Hannibal KJFF – Festus KJPW – Waynesville KLPW – Union KMBZ – Kansas City KMOX – Saint Louis KREI – Farmington KRMS – Osage Beach KRTE-FM – Steelville KRTK – Hermann KSGF – Springfield KSGF-FM – Ash Grove KSIM – Sikeston KSIS – Sedalia KSSZ – Columbia/Fayette KTLK-FM – Columbia, IL/Saint Louis KTRS – Saint Louis KTTR – Rolla KTTR-FM – St. James KTUI – Sullivan KWOC – Poplar Bluff KWOS – Jefferson City KWPM – West Plains KWTO – Springfield KZIM – Cape Girardeau KZRG – Joplin
Defunct:	KDKD – Clinton KUKU – Willow Springs
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Missouri