KDRO

For the airport near Durango, Colorado, United States, assigned ICAO code KDRO, see Durango-La Plata County Airport.

KDRO (1490 AM, "Newsradio 1490") is a radio station licensed to serve Sedalia, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by Benne Media and licensed to Mathewson Broadcasting Company. KDRO broadcasts a country music format.^[2]

KDRO

Sedalia, Missouri
Broadcast area	Sedalia, Missouri
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	KDRO Hometown Country 1490 AM and 101.3 FM
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Benne Media (Mathewson Broadcasting Company)
Sister stations	KLOZ, KPOW-FM
History
First air date	September 13, 1939
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	40662
Class	C
Power	780 watts (unlimited)
Translator(s)	K267CO (101.3 MHz, Sedalia)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kdro.com

KDRO/KPOW Studios located at 301 South Ohio Avenue in Sedalia, the former Third National Bank

History

KDRO first signed on the air at 1490 kHz on September 13, 1939.

In February 1990, Sedalia Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Mathewson Broadcasting Co. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 16, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 7, 1990.^[3]

In April 2006, Jim Mathewson of Mathewson Broadcasting Co. entered into a local marketing agreement with Denny Benne of Benne Broadcasting.^[4]

In Spring 2017, KDRO switched to a news/talk format.

As of 2023, KDRO and its translator, K267CO (101.3 FM) broadcast a country music format.