Todd Leabo Built Sports Radio in KC
Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Kevin Kietzman
4.2 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Window World is proud to present |
| 0:01.6 | Kevin Keatsman has issues, |
| 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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