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4825 Troost, Suite 202
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phone: 816-235-1551
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Become a KCUR Underwriter

An important contribution to quality radio is made by foundations, corporations and individuals who provide funds to underwrite the presentation of a program or series of programs broadcast on KCUR.

What is Underwriting?

KCUR 89.3 FM acknowledges corporate contributions to the radio station with brief on-air messages called "underwriting." Since these contributions help pay for programming costs, underwriting is to public radio what advertising is to commercial stations. The value and number of on-air messages is determined by their placement during the broadcast schedule. KCUR provides a rate sheet which specifies the values of the messages throughout our program schedule.

Who Hears Your Messages?
Underwriting on KCUR provides your business or organization an audience notably distinguished by its education level and professional success. You will benefit from reaching an audience which includes a high concentration of affluent, well-educated business decision-makers, community leaders and opinion shapers.

How Does Underwriting Help Your Business?
By making the decision to underwrite KCUR programming, you can put radio to work for you in three distinct areas of marketing: advertising, public relations and community involvement.

  • Advertising: KCUR reaches a very desirable and frequently hard to reach target market. By running underwriting credits strategically placed either in specific programs or throughout the KCUR schedule, your message will be heard by an attractive potential consumer of your product or service.
  • Public Relations: KCUR listeners are extremely loyal to public radio and often choose to do business with fellow supporters. Your association with public radio enhances your credibility. You will create a most positive image when you sponsor programming on KCUR.
  • Community Involvement: KCUR is a worthwhile, non-profit community resource, serving the Kansas City area for over 45 years. Your support is also tax-deductible as a philanthropic gift.


How Can You Underwrite On KCUR?
KCUR's staff of experienced professionals will work with you to develop a custom-designed schedule of underwriting announcements to meet your organizational goals. Your plan can range from sponsorship of a specific program to a schedule that spans all segments of the day. We also offer sponsorships in special events as well a corporate partnership program for KCUR's on-air membership drives.

For more information on how to use KCUR as a marketing tool for your business, contact:

C. Parker Van Hecke, Director of Development
816-235-2861
vanhecke@umkc.edu.

Meet our Underwriting Sales Staff!



Please Support the Businesses that Support KCUR!

18th and Vine Jazz District
40 Sardines

Aberdeen Village
Actors Theatre of Kansas City

Aesthetica
Agenda USA
AHA Dance Theater
All Souls Unitarian Church
American Heartland Theatre
American Humanic
American Jazz Museum
American Numismatic Association
American Restaurant
Ameristar Casino
Andre's Confiserie Suisse
Angie's List
Annedore's Fine Chocolate's
Annuciation Greek Orthodox Church
Arcadian Event Site & Catering
Archadeck
Aristocrat Motors
Associated Students of the University of Missouri
Association of Unity Churches
Assurant Employee Benefits
AT&T

Atchison Historical Society
Audio Mart

Austin Peters Group
Baker University
Barkley Evergreen
Baron BMW
Barstow School
Bartlett-West
Bayer Corporation
BB's Lawnside Bar-B-Q
BKD, LLP
Bailey's Wine Bar
Beaver Productions
Bella
Benton Festival
Bernstein Rein
Bishop Spencer Place
Black Bamboo
Bloomsday Books
Bloch Cancer Foundation
Blue Nile Cafe
Blumer, Nally & Siro
Bo Ling's
Boasberg Wheeler Communications
Bob Jones Shoes
Bonterra Catering
Bradfield Organics
Brookside Art Show
Brookside Business Association
Brookside Chiropractic and Acupuncture
Brookside Farmers Market
Brookside Frontier Math and Science School
Bud Simpson Photography, Inc.
Ruth Burke and Associates
The Business Journal
Business Software Alliance
C-BIZ
CCO
Cafe Sebastienne
Californos Restaurant
Capella University
Cardioscan
Carolyn Curry Elbel Memorial Foundation
Carondolet Health
The Casey Family Program & Annie E. Casey Foundation
Catholic Charities
Catholic Diocese of KC - St. Joe
Central Baptist Theological Seminary
Central Exchange-Women's Lyceum
Central Presbyterian Church
Center for Practical Bioethics
Central Exchange
Christenberry Collet
Children’s Mercy Hospital

Chipotle Mexican Grill
Cingular Wireless
CitiCards
City in Motion Dance Theater 
City of Independence
City of KCMO 
Civic Opera Theater of KC
Clear Channel Communications
Collaborative Law Institute of Missouri
Commerce Bank
Community Christian Church
Community of Christ
Community LINC
Communiversity
ComfortCare Homes
Congregation Kol Ami
Conservatory of Music
Contract Furnishings

Cookingham Institute of Public Affairs
Coronado Comunicacion, LLC
The Corbin Theatre Company
Cornerstone Foundation
Corporate Communications Group
Corporate Woods
Coterie Theatre
Country Club Bank
Country Club Christian Church
Coventry Healthcare of Kansas
Creative Courseware

Cromwell Environmental

Crossroads Music Fest
Crown Books
CyTek Corporation
DST Systems
Datamax
Deer Creek Imaging
Dement, O'Flaherty & Collier
Dermatology Consultants Midwest
DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids)

Digital Labrador
Digital Lagoon
Digix Inc.
Discovery Channel
Dos Mundos
Downtown Council
Drury University
Dry Basement and Foundation Systems
Durrie Vision
EKC/Discovery Publications, Inc.
Earthbound Expeditions
Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri
Escher-Fitzgerald & Company
Espresso Dell' Anatra
Ethnic Enrichment Festival
Fast Signs
The Family Conservancy
Fast Signs
Fasone & Partners
Festa Italiana
The Fiddly Fig Florist
Fields Gallery
Fine Arts Chorale
Fleishman Hillard
Folly Theater
Fox Collision
Friends of Alvin Ailey
Friends of Chamber Music
Friends of Lakeside Nature Center
Friends of the Johnson County Library
Friends of the Library
Friends University
Friendship House/ Catherine’s Place
Ghengis Khan Restaurant Group
Good Eats Catering
Good Samaritan Project
Gould Evans Goodman Associates
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church

Gragg Advertising and Design
Great Harvest Bread Company
Great Plains Trust
Great West Healthcare
Greater Kansas City Business Magazine/The Star
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Greek Festival
Green Door Gallery
HCAP International
H.M.S. Beagle
Habitat for Humanity Kansas City/Habitat ReStore
Halls Plaza
HarmonyNCCJ
Harriman Arts Program
Harris Construction
Heart of America Indian Center
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
Heartland All Species Project
Heartland Men’s Chorus

Heartland Renewable Energy Society
Helzberg Diamonds
Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration
Hidden Glen Arts Festival
Highway Publishing
Hilton President Hotel
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Historic Kansas City Foundation

HNTB Corporation
Hotel Phillips
Hotz Business Solutions
Hovey Williams
Hudson Home
Hunt Midwest Subtropolis
IMA Corporation

Intercontinental Hotel
International Relations Council
Irish Festival
Islamic Center of Greater Kansas City
JCCC Carlsen Center
JCCC Center for Business and Technology
JCCC Continuing Education
JDRF-Kansas City

James B. Nutter
Japan Festival
Jeffrey Burne & Associates
Jewell Inc.
Jewish Community Center
Ann C. Johnson -Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Johnson County Community College
Johnson County
Library
Johnson County Transit

KCATA
KC Foundation on Aging
KC Jazz Orchestra
KC Originals
KCK Fellows
KCPT Public TV 19
KCTV
KDOT
KU Confucius Institute
KU Endowment
KU Edwards Campus
Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City Business Committee for the Arts
Kansas City Cancer Center
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra
Kansas City Chorale
Kansas City Civic Orchestra
Kansas City Design Center
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra
Kansas City Kansas Public Library
Kansas City Missouri Health Department
Kansas City Missouri Police Officers' Association, Lodge #99
Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance  
Kansas City Public Library
Kansas City Puccini Festival
Kansas City Repertory Theater
Kansas City Sailing
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City Young Audiences
Kansas City Zoo
Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy
Kansas Speedway
Kauffman Foundation
Kauffman Performing Arts Center
Keller Graduate School of Management
William T. Kemper Foundation
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kenneth C. Hill Foundation
Kevin Sink Photography
King Hershey
Kipp Foundation
Kirkwood Condos
Kokopelli Mexican Cantina
KU School of Business
Landon Center on Aging
Learning RX of Johnson County

Leavenworth Online
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Lewis Rice Fingersh
Liberty Memorial Museum
Lidia's Italian Restaurant
Lied Center
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
Live Nation/CCE St. Louis
Local Investment Commission (LINC)
M&I Bank

MPress Printing
Madrid Theatre
Mass Street Music
Mast Ambulance Services
McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan
Mercedes Benz of Kansas City
Metropolitan Community College
Metropolitan Energy Center
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
Metzler Remodeling
Meya Metalworks
Mid-America Nazarene University
Mid-America Regional Council
Midwest Highland's Arts Fund
Midwest Poet's Series
Minsky's Pizza
Missouri Coalition for the Environment
Missouri Employers Mutual
Missouri River Relief
Missouri Valley Folklife Society
Missouri Western University
MODOT
Morse Chevrolet

Mountain Valley Spring Water
Moxie Catering
Mundy & Yazdi Oriental Rugs
Music Theater for Young People
NASD National Association of Securities Dealers
NECA/IBEW
National Frontier Trails Museum
National Public Broadcasting
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
New Ear
Newburger Foundation
Northland Symphony Orchestra
Notre Dame de Sion
OGGI
O'Neill Automotive
Ottawa University
Outback Concerts
Partnership For Children
Paul Messner Puppets
Pembroke Hill School
Perceptive Software

Picador Books
Pitch
Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative

The Polished Edge
Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus

Powell Gardens
Prairie Village Art Show
Prairie Village Environmental Committee
Prime Development Company
Productivity Solutions
Project Blue River Rescue
Radio Kansas
Rainy Day Books
Reading Reptile
Renaissance Festival
Resources of Kansas City, Inc.
Retro Inferno
Rimann Liquors
River City Solutions
The Roasterie
Robert McGuire, CPA
Rockhurst University
Rosemann & Associates
Roto Rooter
RSM McGladrey
Rhythmic Medicine
Schloegel Design Remodel
Screenland Theatre

Second Presbyterian Church
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Shoal Creek Community Church
Siro & Moyer
Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal
Sony Pictures
Spanish Voice Group

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne
Spur Communications
St. Andrew Christian Church
St. James Church
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
St. Teresa's Academy
Stinson Morrison Hecker
Studio Dan Meiners
Stueve Siegel Hanson

Stuff
Suburban Lawn & Garden
Summerfest Concerts
Superior Volvo
TM Housecleaning
TastingSpace
Ten Thousand Villages
The Elders
The Grasspad
The Private Bank

Ticket Solutions
Time Warner Cable - Road Runner Business Class
Tinseltown Media
Traditions Furniture

Truman Library
Truman Medical Charitable Foundation
US Green Building Council
Union Bank
Union Station
United Heating and Cooling
Universal Highways
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Saint Mary
Unity at Unity Village
Versfeld and Hugo, LLC

Village Presbyterian Church
Visionpace
Visiting Nurse Association

Vista Condominiums
WNET Productions
Waldo Area Business Association
Washburn School of Business
Washington University
WaterPartners International
Webster University
Weston Chamber of Commerce
White Light New Age Books
William Jewell College
Willow Productions
Winslow's Barbeque
World's Window
Writers At Work
The Writer’s Place
Xerox - The Document Company



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Kansas City, Mo, 64110
816-235-1551
kcur@umkc.edu