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KCUR

U.S. center-left

KCUR 89.3 is a Kansas City public radio station licensed to the University of Missouri-Kansas City and affiliated with NPR. It is funded mainly by listener donations and carries news programming consistent with NPR's center-left editorial tradition. Its recent coverage has been broadly critical of Trump administration policies, including federal cuts to public broadcasting, immigration enforcement, and reductions to social safety-net programs.

Owned byLicensed to the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC); undergoing a three-year transition (announced February 2025) to become an independent nonprofit overseen by 'Friends of KCUR,' a community-led board — expected to complete by 2028

LeaningU.S. center-left

On the administrationbroadly critical

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3.5average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

3 Missouri Judge Rules Congressional Map Cannot Be Put to a Referendum; State Supreme Court Takes the Appeal
4 Missouri Officials Near Deadline to Verify Signatures on Referendum Targeting New Congressional Map