"When did it start happening that local media is supposed to be the PR firm or a PR branch of an NFL team? That guy asked great questions! Those are questions that should be asked!"
Kirk later called Carroll Rivas a "conservative-hating leftist expert" before saying "NPR should lose all public funding and then see if the outlet can stand on its own. It is pathetic that a taxpayer-supported 'media' outlet can so casually insult more than half the country".
The longtime top 40 station switched to sports in 1999, and held a banquet celebrating the milestone brought former Kansas City Chiefs and Royals, as well as current and former Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats to the city.