Kansas City: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The major daily newspaper in Kansas City is the morning The Kansas City Star. Several community newspapers also circulate weekly and monthly, including Dos Mundos bilingual newspaper. Ingram's is a monthly business and lifestyle magazine.

A number of magazines and journals are published in Kansas City. Among them are the nationally distributed Flower and Garden Magazine (the magazine's demonstration garden is also located in Kansas City) and Fishing World .

Television and Radio

Five television stations—major network affiliates and one PBS—are based in Kansas City. Broadcasts are also received from stations in neighboring Fairway, Kansas, and Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Five AM and FM radio stations in Kansas City broadcast a range of program formats, including music, news, and information; many more are available from nearby cities.

Media Information: Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108; telephone (816)234-4636

Kansas City Online

City of Kansas City home page. Available www.kcmo.org

Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri. Available www.edckc.com

Experience Kansas City. Available www.experiencekc.com

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Available www.kcchamber.com

Kansas City Area Development Council. Available www.smartkc.com

Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association. Available www.visitkc.com

Kansas City Star. Available www.kansascity.com

Missouri Department of Economic Development. Available www.ecodev.state.mo.us

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Available www.dese.mo.gov

Selected Bibliography

Christo, Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78: Essay by Ellen R. Goheen; photos by Wolfgang Volz (New York: H.N. Abrams, 1978)

DeAngelo, Dory, Kansas City, A Historical Handbook (Kansas City, MO: Two Lane Press, 1995)

Fleisher, Mark S., Dead End Kids: Gang Girls and the Boys They Know (University of Wisconsin Press, 1998)

Hemingway, Ernest, Ernest Hemingway, Cub Reporter; Kansas City Star Stories (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970)

Kansas City: A Celebration of the Heartland, (Kansas City: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1991)

Pearson, Nathan W., Jr., Goin' to Kansas City (Music in American Life) (University of Illinois Press, 1988)