KTOP-FM (102.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to St. Marys, Kansas, United States and serving the Topeka metropolitan area. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a conservative talk radio format simulcasting KCMO from Kansas City, Missouri. The studios are located within Cumulus’ Kansas City cluster in Overland Park (alongside its sister Topeka stations).TopekaCatCountry.com/contests
KTOP-FM's transmitter is located off SW Wanamaker Road in Topeka, near Kaw River State Park and the Kansas River.
History The station signed on the air on December 4, 1994.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1997 page B-184. Retrieved May 11, 2025. While it was still a construction permit, it had the call sign KTPQ. But by the time it debuted, its call letters were KQTP. It was the FM sister station to KTOP in Topeka. KQTP had an oldies format and was owned by Shawnee Broadcasting. In 2009, it changed its call letters to match its sister station, as KTOP-FM.
On October 31, 2014, KTOP-FM rebranded as "Nash FM 102.9". On December 21, 2015, KTOP-FM began calling itself "102.9 Nash Icon".KTOP-FM Shifts From Nash to Nash Icon
On September 13, 2021, KTOP-FM dropped its Nash branding, and rebranded as "102.9 Cat Country".Cat Country Is On The Prowl In Topeka Radioinsight - September 13, 2021
On June 8, 2026, at noon, after playing "With a Woman You Love" by Justin Moore,"Final two hours of 102.9 Cat Country and flip to KCMO simulcast | 6/8/26"- YouTube KTOP-FM abruptly dropped the country format and began simulcasting the conservative talk radio format of KCMO in Kansas City, with Cumulus performing the move to help provide a Topeka home for the local broadcasts on KCMO, intending to expand their audience to another city. It also gives Cumulus two talk stations in the Topeka market, along with KMAJ.KCMO Adds Topeka Simulcast, Replacing Cat Country
See also KTOP (AM)
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