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Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Todd Leabo Built Sports Radio in KC

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Kevin Kietzman

News:sports News, News, Sports News, Politics

4.2804 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

I waited 6 months to have this conversation.  He will hate the praise, but it's true.  Todd Leabo built Sports Radio in Kansas City.  He has an incredible feel for what we all care about, he's the last reporter not fired to ask real questions and, despite not having a lot of opinions, he really does not give a crap about what you think of him. Todd is not impressed by coaches or players because he is smarter than all of them. He's also smarter than all his bosses since his days as a vendor at Kauffman Stadium.  Remarkable. His supervisors  just let him do his thing because well, they are fools if they don't.  When I met Todd Leabo,  I was unimpressed.  What a fool I am.  This man has had more impact on sports reporting in KC than anyone in the past 25 years.  Hit the play button.

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0:00.0

Window World is proud to present

0:01.6

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0:05.0

simply the best for less at Windowscansa City.com.

0:08.9

It's been 30 years since I first met Todd Lebo,

0:11.8

and let me tell you, first impressions are not everything.

0:15.5

When Todd became an intern at Channel 4,

0:17.8

I thought he was lippy, over the top, and talked too much.

0:22.3

What was I thinking?

0:26.9

Was I looking in the mirror and didn't like what I saw? I quickly learned he's brilliant,

0:32.1

hardworking, and has tremendous journalism instincts. When it came time to form Kansas City's first all-sports radio station, I told my partners we couldn't do it without bringing in Todd

0:36.6

Lebo, who was out of the business

0:38.2

at the time. Todd and I sat down. We outlined what was important for Kansas City Sports Radio

0:43.2

audience, things that had never been talked about before on the radio. Todd said, first thing,

0:47.8

it's imperative we bring in college football and basketball, not just the pro teams. I said,

0:53.4

I think it's imperative. We do live breaking

0:55.0

sports news as it happens and break our own stories. He told me to let the caller speak. Don't talk

1:00.4

over him. He told me, don't worry about getting a bunch of guests on, as most of them suck

1:04.9

anyway. He had it right, right from the start. The two of us outlined what would be a perfect match between friends and

1:13.0

collaborators that led to the longest running, highest rated, most profitable sports show in Kansas

1:18.2

City history. I think most people that listened understood how important Todd was to our success.

1:22.7

If not, let me say it right now. It never would have worked without Todd Lebo and the business never would

1:29.9

have worked without Todd Lebo. The two of us, one from Kansas, the other from Missouri, both raised

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