KCMO Morning Show Blog

Friday, June 1, 2007

 
Peggy Noonan has written a great article that says what many of us have been thinking, and says it well. Click here to read.

Among our guests today was Maria Perry. She is a Kansas City singer who might make it big with your help. She is one of the "Sweet Sixteen" Popsearch singers in the Boston Pops' American Idol-style competition. You can vote for her at The Boston Pops' website. Here is her audition video:



We spoke today with Mary Jo Burton, Communications Director from North Kansas City Schools, and Pastor Dave Schamuel of Towerview Baptist Church about the tragic death of fourth grader Christopher Dill. The Maplewood Elementary PTA will be taking donations in order to help Christopher's family pay for funeral expenses. You can help by dropping off or sending contributions to the Community America Credit Union (inside Festival Foods at 4357 N.E. Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64117). Please make donations payable to The Christopher Fund, c/0 Maplewood PTA

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

 
Want some more evidence that the minimum wage hike doesn't work? Click on the link.

Here's One of dozens of reasons the new immigration bill is a disaster

...but at least Missouri's Senators know the bill is a bad idea.

Here's our interview with Missouri Senator Clare McCaskill:

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...and a discussion with Missouri Representative Sam Graves:
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

 

An impromptu appearance by the McCain campaign

To clarify Senator John McCain's stance on illegal immigration, we spoke with his policy advisor, Doug Holtz.

Listen all this week for your chance to win tickets to a Kansas City Brigade Arena Football game! (And there's no shortage of opportunities for you to get some, either) We have a very special giveaway lined up for Father's Day, so keep listening for information.

Colonel Bob Patrick spoke with Chris about the Veterans History Project. The Veterans History Project, part of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, is a national initiative mandated by Congress in 2000 to collect oral histories, letters, photographs and other documents, which chronicle the stories of America’s veterans and home-front workers from WWI through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. For more information, please click here.

For your listening pleasure today, we have our interview with Mitt Romney: MittRomney.mp3

Recently declared Presidential Candidate Bill Richardson made an appearance on our show last month:
BillRichardson.mp3

Our conversation with Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders about improvements at the K:

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Monday, May 21, 2007

 

Presidents past...and future?

We were there on December 2nd, broadcasting live from the exceptional World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial on opening day, and we've been big fans ever since. The number of visitors has exploded since then, and we still recommend that you visit it as well. What better time than Memorial Day Weekend?

If you care at all about presidential politics, you need to hear our interview with Congressman Tom Tancredo, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination:

TomTancredo.mp3

Michael Beschloss is an expert on presidential history, and he's fantastic! His book is brand new and Chris is loving it: Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989. You can hear all about it by clicking on the magic words...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

 

You're it!

Tag Romney, son of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, spoke with us about his father's campaign. The magic is just a click away:
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Tom Bevan is Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com. He joined us to discuss last night's Republican presidential debate.

Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention spoke with us about the death of Jerry Falwell and the legacy he left behind.

Tune in tomorrow at 8:30 to hear Tom Tancredo explain why he should be your Republican candidate for president.

Michael Beschloss will be appearing at the Kansas City Literary Festival this weekend. He is an expert on US presidential history and author of "Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989" He will tell you all about it at 7:30 tomorrow on the KCMO Morning Show!

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

 

So many hyphens...

We celebrated the official announcement of Kay Cronkite (hyphen) Waldo (hyphen) Barnes' run for Congress. Let the countdown to a legitimate question from the press begin! Day one? None to be asked.

Tune in to KCMO Talk Radio 710 beginning at 8PM as we and our partners at Fox News bring you the second installment of the 10-candidate race for the Republican nomination.

Don't miss our exclusive interview with Tag Romney, the eldest son and campaign advisor to Governor Mitt Romney tomorrow morning at 6:15AM!

Thursday Congressman Tom Tancredo will join us to discuss his candidacy for President.

Today, we previewed this evening's debate with Jim Vandehei, Executive Editor of the Politico.com

Representative Brian Yates joined us and said legalized ticket scalping is likely to come to Missouri. Elements of the bill were removed before passage once Representatives Yates and Trent Skaggs reviewed some of the specifics. Read more...

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, Frank Gaffney Jr. shared his thoughts and updated the status of the three kidnapped American soldiers in Iraq.

U.S. News and World Report senior writer and author of Our First Revolution, Michael Barone shared the contents of a little known piece of history that he says laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.

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Monday, May 14, 2007

 

Newt Gingrich on the KCMO Morning Show

Today former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joined us to discuss his new book, "Pearl Harbor" and the upcoming presidential election. You can visit his website at www.newt.org.
Click here to our interview:

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Friday, May 11, 2007

 

Happy Friday!

Sean Hannity (Heard on 710 KCMO weekdays from 2-5pm) spoke with satellite radio morning show hosts Quinn and Rose about Kathleen Sebelius' comments and the controversy surrounding them. Hear that interview here:
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May 13th through May 19th is National Police Week. We spoke to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Chairman Craig Floyd about how we can honor our fallen officers. KCPD Chief James Corwin joined the interview as we saluted the heroic actions of our KCPD officers. You can take this opportunity to honor the police by donating to the National Law Enforcement Museum at www.lawenforcementmuseum.org (or call 866-446-NLEM.)

Yesterday we spoke with Dan Matthews, Vice President of
PETA. He wrote the book, "Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir"Click here to listen to the contradictions fly:

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Click here to listen to today's edition of "Fridays with Funk:"

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

 

Kansas hit by a whirlwind of politics.

Thankfully the Democrats aren't exploiting the Greensburg tornado tragedy for political gain! It's great when Democrats don't...

Kathleen Sebelius started the ball rolling with these comments:

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Tony Snow had this to say about her complaints:

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To make sure we hadn't misinterpreted her statement, we
analysed the audio:

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We spoke with Christopher Hitchens about his book, "God is Not Great" and discussed his take on George Tenet's book.

Danny O'Neil, President and CEO of The Roasterie told our listeners about The Entrepreneurial Exchange and their
upcoming "E-Day" event. Register at www.fortheentrepreneur.com

Listen tomorrow to hear our exclusive interview with Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas!

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Monday, May 7, 2007

 

Is this a "Kathleen" thing?

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius took a page from another Kathleen's playbook, and blamed Bush (and Iraq) for yet another natural disaster. Listen:
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We spoke with Alastair Wanklyn this morning about the victory of Pro-American French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy in France's recent elections.

If you missed the "Dave-a-palooza" this weekend, or just didn't get enough of it, here's our interview with the wildly popular Dave Ramsey:
DaveRamsey.mp3

Here's another excellent piece by John Stossel, this time about gun laws
"
Ms. Underestimated" John Stossel on gun control myths.


When John Edwards appeared on George Stephanoplous's show last night, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to show you this little gem:

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Friday, May 4, 2007

 

Dave-a-palooza and Fridays with Funk

Today was the premiere of "Fridays with Funk." Catch it every Friday at 7:40 am. We spoke with the new Mayor about tonight's inaugural ball at Union Station. Click here to listen:

FridaysWithFunk.mp3

As you know, the Dave Ramsey LIVE event on Saturday is sold out. However, if you want tickets...

Westside Family Church has 100 extra tickets available. If you are interested in purchasing from them, contact Niki Ezzell at 913-890-4243.

Dave joined us this morning and answered some of your financial questions. Don't forget to go to Borders(119th and Metcalf) tonight at 7pm to meet Dave and get your book signed!!!

Today we spoke with Alastair Wanklyn about France's upcoming presidential election. France is going to choose between a pro-American candidate and an anti-American socialist. We will have the results on Monday.

We had two guests join us to break down last night's Republican presidential debate:

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Thursday, May 3, 2007

 

We talked with Missouri Senate Majority Leader Charlie Shields about this session’s high-profile legislation and what will or won’t be passed by the end of this session.

Tom Bevan of RealClearPolitics.com joined us to preview tonight’s Republican Presidential debate.

Legal Analyst Craig Mitnick shared the story of the $65 million pants lawsuit and what the outcome may be.

Don’t miss the premiere of “Fridays with Funk” tomorrow at 7:40am. New KCMO Mayor Mark Funkhouser will join us to talk about what’s going on in Kansas City, MO.

Tomorrow Dave Ramsey will join us on the KCMO Morning Show. From 7-9pm that evening he will be signing your copy of his book, "The Total Money Makeover" at the Borders at 119th and Metcalf. Chris Stigall will be out there, and Dave will be giving away $1,000 in debt reduction, so don't miss it!

Listen for Dave's special phrase today on KCMO Talk Radio 710 from 11-2pm, then tune into the KCMO Morning Show at 7:10 am on Friday for your chance to win two tickets to his sold out live event on Saturday, May 5th!

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

 
Chris interviewed George Tenet today (His new book, "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA")
Listen tomorrow at 5:30 am to hear it replayed or click on the link to hear the interview right now!
GeorgeTenet.mp3

Here's the latest development in the KCI story from World Net Daily.

In our continuing exploration of this controversial issue, we interviewed Joe McBride, spokesman for KCI.
Click here to listen to that interview:

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From yesterday: the Don Cheadle and John Prendergast interview.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

 
We are continuing the investigation of the World Net Daily story of city-supported Muslim foot washing stations at KCI. Hear the replay of our interview with KCI spokesman Joe McBride tomorrow at 5:30 AM on KCMO.

To contact KCI for yourself and voice your opinion, contact Mark VanLoh and the
KC Aviation Department.

Mark VanLoh: Director of Aviation
Phone: 816.243.3100
Phone: 816.810.2345 (mobile)

Kansas City Aviation Department:
Address: 601
Brasilia Ave., 64153, Kansas City, MO
Phone: (816) 243-3000
Fax: (816) 243-3171
Email: avwebmail@kcmo.org

Chris spoke with Don Cheadle and John Prendergast about their campaign to end the genocide in Darfur. Their book: Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond .

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Monday, April 30, 2007

 

Today on the KCMO morning show...

We uncovered this story this morning, and it has a lot of people angry. Tune in tomorrow at 7:20 AM to hear KCI spokesman Joe McBride address the issue.

If you didn't hear Jeff Foxworthy's monologue on the Country Music Awards, click here for a must-hear:
JeffFoxworthy.mp3

Chris spoke today with Joe Cordell of the law firm Cordell & Cordell about men's domestic issues.

Check out this photo from Paula Deen's speaking event on Wednesday, April 25th.
On the left are Chris Stigall and his mother, Sue, and on the right are KCMO Morning Show producer Andrew Yates and his wife, Loretta.

Finally, listen in on Wednesday at 7:20 to hear George Tenet on the KCMO Morning Show

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Friday, April 27, 2007

 

Eight Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Today, we talked to Tom Bevan, Executive Editor of Realclearpolitics.com, about last night's debate between eight Democrat presidential candidates.

A few notable points from the debate:

In Memory of Jack Valenti, here's Chris's interview with him from May, 2006
click here to listen:

JackValenti.mp3

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Thursday, April 26, 2007

 

Food for your children and food for your car.

Congress wants to crack down on your kids' diets.

Chris's hero, Rick Berman (Known by some as "Dr. Evil")
joined us today to debunk the need for more
nanny treatment of our kids from Congress.
No. 17 Team Ethanol Driver Jeff Simmons races Sunday in the Indy Car
Series at the Kansas Speedway - and stopped by the show this morning to
tout the use of E10 in your gas tank.

http://www.drivingethanol.org/
http://www.indycar.com/

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

 

What's cookin' on the KCMO Morning Show?

We chatted with the wildly popular Food Network star, Paula Deen, about her brand new book "It Ain't All About the Cookin'" She's in town for her sold out book tour appearance tonight.

We also talked with Ward Connerly who successfully has rolled back affirmative action legislation in states like California, Washington and Michigan. Will Missouri will be next? It will if Connerly has his way.
If Connerly is successful in this campaign, Missouri voters will vote up or down on this proposed ballot language in Noveber 2008: "The state shall not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting."

Check out Ward's blog

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Thursday, April 19, 2007

 

Thursday, April 19th

Today, Chris interviewed Bernard Goldberg about the VT Massacre and his new book:














Chris also interviewed New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson about his diplomatic trip to North Korea. Now you can listen to it over and over again!

click here to listen:
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

 

Tuesday on the KCMO morning show...

Who's to blame for the V-Tech massacre?
Europe thinks it's Moses!

Do they seriously think this guy would commit 32 murders,
but
not break a gun law? Give me a break.

***
"Tuesdays with Rusty"

We talked with Rusty Humpries today.
He is teaming up with music legend Tony Orlando
and KCMO to bring a May 12th benefit concert here in
Kansas City to raise money for _______
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Catch Rusty Humpries from 8 to 11PM Monday - Saturday,
right here on KCMO Talk Radio 710

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Also today we talked with tax attorney Tommy Taylor of Shughart Thomson
& Kilroy
about today's deadline and what you can do if you're filing
late.

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Monday, April 16, 2007

 

Welcome to the KCMO Talk Radio 710 Blog!!!

This is the official blog of KCMO Talk Radio 710 and the KCMO Morning Show. Collected at the source and shipped to you in a convenient, serving-sized package, it's the informational equivalent of bottled water (Except that it's free). Bottoms up!

1.
Rep. Guest thinks the Federal Real ID act is too far reaching. Read this...

2. In case you missed it, here's Chris's interview with Senator Claire McCaskill on the KCMO Morning Show:

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