KMBC-TV

1953–1955


When KMBC-TV signed on the air as a CBS affiliate on August 2, 1953, the station operated as a shared service as two stations due to the FCC having awarded the channel 9 license in Kansas City to Cook Paint and Varnish Company (which operated WHB radio) and the Midland Broadcasting Company (owners of KMBC radio, now KMBZ), alternating 90 minutes of airtime and using the same channel allocation and transmitter, but broadcasting from separate studios. Cook Paint and Varnish purchased Midland in April 1954, ending the split-station arrangement, with KMBC-TV taking over the channel 9 frequency full-time on June 14 of that year.

1955–1957


KMBC became an ABC affiliate on September 28, 1955, switching affiliations with KCMO-TV (now KCTV).

1961–1971


Cook Paint and Varnish sold the KMBC stations to Metropolitan Broadcasting (later Metromedia) in 1961.

1982–1983
Metromedia sold KMBC to its current parent company Hearst Corporation in 1982. The current "circle 9" logo was also introduced that year.

1983–1985
KMBC adopted its current newscast title KMBC 9 News in 1983.

1986–1988


KMBC's slogan "Where the News Comes First" debuted in 1986, and remained the slogan for the next 13 years.

1995–


KMBC's "Where the News Comes First" slogan lasted until late 1999. After which, the slogan became "Coverage You Can Count On", which remains to this day.