KCTO

KCTO (1160 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Cleveland, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the Alpine Broadcasting Corporation.

KCTO broadcasts an English-language and Spanish-language Catholic radio format to the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.[1] Until March 2011, the station simulcast the talk radio programming of sister station KCXL (1140 AM).

The station was assigned the call sign "KCTO" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 24, 2003.[2] In 2017, the station became the Spanish-language home of the Kansas City Chiefs, previously heard on KDTD 1340 AM. Chiefs games are produced through Tico Productions and also air on KHLT-FM in Wichita.[3]

As of January 2020, KCTO flipped from La Mega to Catholic programming in Spanish and English. La Mega still came on an hour before the Chiefs games and lasts until they're over, then it's back to Radio Maria. Chiefs games in Spanish moved to KCWJ (1030 AM) for the 2020 season.

Later in early 2020, KCTO began, during the morning hours, broadcasting Hosanna Christian Network (also heard full time on KWJP 89.7 FM in Paola, Kansas and KNIU-LP 97.7 FM in Kansas City, Kansas), with a format blending Spanish and English Contemporary Christian music, Regional Mexican music with Christian lyrics, and Urban contemporary gospel. The rest of the time, KCTO simulcasts Radio Maria, offering a Spanish Catholic format. Hosanna Christian Network's time expanded by one hour to 7am to 12pm starting in November 2020.