Church owned and operated KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City, Missouri from the 1920s through the late 1950s. Church was also the creative force behind several syndicated radio shows.
He began his involvement with radio in 1913 while attending commercial radio courses. In 1914 Church helped create 9WU, an experimental wireless "ham" station at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. While advertising radio parts on 9WU, Church became one of the first to use radio to advertise merchandise. Having enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps in 1918 during WW I, Church was stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he taught Morse Code. Shortly after the war, Church organized the Central Radio Company and the Central Radio School. The Central Radio School began to operate station 9 AXJ, which in 1922 became WPE, the first broadcasting studio in the Midwest.
KMBC joined CBS in 1928 as the 16th affiliated station. Church instituted such innovations for KMBC including a mobile news unit, a farm department, a music director and librarian, a fully-staffed home economics department and a publicity department. During World War II, Church's Midland Radio Schools taught radio communication skills. Many radio personalities began their careers at KMBC, including John Cameron Swayze, Ted Malone, Walter Cronkite and Caroline Ellis.
He began his involvement with radio in 1913 while attending commercial radio courses. In 1914 Church helped create 9WU, an experimental wireless "ham" station at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. While advertising radio parts on 9WU, Church became one of the first to use radio to advertise merchandise. Having enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps in 1918 during WW I, Church was stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he taught Morse Code. Shortly after the war, Church organized the Central Radio Company and the Central Radio School. The Central Radio School began to operate station 9 AXJ, which in 1922 became WPE, the first broadcasting studio in the Midwest.
KMBC joined CBS in 1928 as the 16th affiliated station. Church instituted such innovations for KMBC including a mobile news unit, a farm department, a music director and librarian, a fully-staffed home economics department and a publicity department. During World War II, Church's Midland Radio Schools taught radio communication skills. Many radio personalities began their careers at KMBC, including John Cameron Swayze, Ted Malone, Walter Cronkite and Caroline Ellis.
Church owned and operated KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City, Missouri from the 1920s through the late 1950s. Church was also the creative force behind several syndicated radio shows.
He began his involvement with radio in 1913 while attending commercial radio courses. In 1914 Church helped create 9WU, an experimental wireless "ham" station at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. While advertising radio parts on 9WU, Church became one of the first to use radio to advertise merchandise. Having enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps in 1918 during WW I, Church was stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he taught Morse Code. Shortly after the war, Church organized the Central Radio Company and the Central Radio School. The Central Radio School began to operate station 9 AXJ, which in 1922 became WPE, the first broadcasting studio in the Midwest.
KMBC joined CBS in 1928 as the 16th affiliated station. Church instituted such innovations for KMBC including a mobile news unit, a farm department, a music director and librarian, a fully-staffed home economics department and a publicity department. During World War II, Church's Midland Radio Schools taught radio communication skills. Many radio personalities began their careers at KMBC, including John Cameron Swayze, Ted Malone, Walter Cronkite and Caroline Ellis.
He began his involvement with radio in 1913 while attending commercial radio courses. In 1914 Church helped create 9WU, an experimental wireless "ham" station at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. While advertising radio parts on 9WU, Church became one of the first to use radio to advertise merchandise. Having enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps in 1918 during WW I, Church was stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he taught Morse Code. Shortly after the war, Church organized the Central Radio Company and the Central Radio School. The Central Radio School began to operate station 9 AXJ, which in 1922 became WPE, the first broadcasting studio in the Midwest.
KMBC joined CBS in 1928 as the 16th affiliated station. Church instituted such innovations for KMBC including a mobile news unit, a farm department, a music director and librarian, a fully-staffed home economics department and a publicity department. During World War II, Church's Midland Radio Schools taught radio communication skills. Many radio personalities began their careers at KMBC, including John Cameron Swayze, Ted Malone, Walter Cronkite and Caroline Ellis.
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