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KQCH
KQCH (94.1 FM) is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station serving the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area. It is owned by SummitMedia. KQCH's studios are located on Mercy Road in Omaha's Aksarben Village, while its transmitter is located off North 72nd Avenue and Crown Point at the Omaha master antenna farm. History Early years (1941-1959) The 94.1 frequency was originally KOAD, owned by the Omaha World-Herald, and launched on 94.3 FM in 1941. This lasted until 1949, when it moved to 94.1 and went silent. MOR (1959-1968) In 1959, it returned to the air as KMEO, where it had an MOR format. Rock (1968-1979) In 1968, it changed to an album rock format under the call letters KOWH-FM. R&B (1979-1982) By 1979, KOWH-FM switched formats to R&B as KYNN-FM under then-new owner Great Empire Broadcasting. Country (1982-2002) In 1982, it flipped to country. In September 1983, it became WOW-FM and retained the country format, where it enjoyed a successful 17-year run. Journal Broadcasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KQKQ-FM
KQKQ-FM (98.5 FM, ''Sweet 98-5'') is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States, the station serves the Omaha metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by NRG Media. Its studios are located at Dodge Street and 50th Avenue in Midtown Omaha, and its transmitter site is located in North Central Omaha at the Omaha master antenna farm on North 72nd Avenue and Crown Point. History KRCB-FM (1969-1974) The station signed on in 1969 with the callsign KRCB-FM, and was co-owned with AM station KRCB. Through the first five years of operations, KRCB-FM simulcasted the AM station's programming. Rock (1974-1980) In 1974, KRCB-FM changed callsigns to KQKQ-FM, and flipped to a progressive rock format as "Rockradio KQ98". Top 40 (1980-2004) In September 1980, KQKQ flipped to Top 40/ CHR as "Sweet 98", becoming the Omaha market's first personality-driven FM music station, putting new pressure on market leader KGOR's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Media Group
Journal Media Group (formerly Journal Communications) was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based newspaper publishing company. The company's roots were first established in 1882 as the owner of its namesake, the ''Milwaukee Journal'', and expanded into broadcasting with the establishment of WTMJ radio and WTMJ-TV, and the acquisition of other television and radio stations. On April 1, 2015, the E. W. Scripps Company acquired Journal Communications, and spun out the publishing operations of both Scripps and Journal into a new company known as Journal Media Group. It is led by Timothy E. Stautberg—the former head of Scripps' newspaper business, joined by previous Journal CEO Stephen J. Smith as a chairman. In 2016, Journal Media Group was acquired by Gannett. History The ''Milwaukee Journal'' was started in 1882, in competition with four other English-language, four German- and two Polish-language dailies. It launched WTMJ-AM (620) in 1927, and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) in 1947. The Journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKCD
KKCD (105.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States, the station serves the Omaha area. The station is owned by SummitMedia. KKCD's studios are located on Mercy Road in Omaha's Aksarben Village, while its transmitter is located near South 27th Street and Q Street (near the Kennedy Freeway), about three miles south of Downtown Omaha. History Smooth jazz (1990-1991) The station went on the air on August 11, 1990, calling itself "The View" and broadcasting a smooth jazz format. It had earlier sought the calls KUKF, but changed to KKVU a month before signing on. Classic rock (1991-present) The station initially met acceptance, but soon struggled in the ratings, and on November 15, 1991, the station flipped formats to classic rock as "CD 105.9", and changed their call sign to KKCD. Notable radio personalities include: Donna Mason,TNT LATE NIGHT Otis XII and Steve King, who was the longest running morning show host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha World-Herald
The ''Omaha World-Herald'' is a daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, the primary newspaper of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. It was locally owned from its founding in 1885 until 2020, when it was sold to the newspaper chain Lee Enterprises by its most recent local owner, Warren Buffett, chairman of Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway. For more than a century it circulated daily throughout the entirety of Nebraska — a state that is 430 miles long. It also circulated daily throughout the entirety of Iowa, as well as in parts of Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Colorado and Wyoming. It retrenched during the financial crisis of 2008, ending far-flung circulation and restricting daily delivery to an area in Nebraska and Iowa within an approximately 100-mile radius of Omaha. Background The newspaper was the world's last to print both daily morning and afternoon editions, a practice it ended in March 2016. The World-Herald was the largest employee-owned newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KXSP
KXSP (590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska. The station is owned by SummitMedia and it airs a sports format. Most weekday afternoon and evening programming is from local hosts, while during mornings, late nights and weekends, KXSP carries the ESPN Radio Network. KXSP operates at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional transmitter off Sorensen Parkway in North Omaha. Due to its location near the bottom of the AM dial, as well as Nebraska's flat land (with near-perfect ground conductivity), its signal is easily heard in most of the eastern half of Nebraska, as well as parts of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and South Dakota. It provides grade B coverage as far south as Kansas City as far east as Des Moines, and as far north as Sioux Falls. Offices and studios are located on Mercy Road in Omaha's Aksarben Village. KXSP programming is also carried on the HD-2 subchannel of KSRZ. History On April 2, 1923, the station first signed on, owned by the Woodmen of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSRZ
KSRZ (104.5 FM, "Star 104.5") is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States, the station serves the Omaha-Lincoln-Council Bluffs Metropolitan area. The station is owned by SummitMedia. KSRZ's studios are located on Mercy Road in Omaha's Aksarben Village, while its transmitter is located at the Omaha master antenna farm at North 72nd Street and Crown Point. History Country (1972-1979) The station signed on the air in 1972 as KOOO-FM, a country music station. Beautiful music (1979-1989) In 1979, the station changed their call letters to KESY and flipped to an automated beautiful music format. Throughout the early 1980s, KESY was used on a local Limelight Movie Channel when it signed off the air for the night. Soft adult contemporary (1989-1998) By 1989, KESY evolved its format to soft adult contemporary, adopted the moniker "Y 104", and used live DJs once again. Adult contemporary (1998-present) On January 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Omaha, Nebraska
This is a list of media serving the Omaha metropolitan area in Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Radio Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license. Omaha radio stations gets 25 Analog FM stations, 10 Digital HD Radio FM stations including 8 subchannels Like HD-2 and HD-3, 11 Analog AM stations, and 1 Digital HD Radio AM Station affiliated KFAB. AM FM Television Print The ''Omaha World-Herald'', the ''Omaha Bee'', and by 1900 the ''Omaha Daily News'' had developed into the city's most influential journals. The African American community in Omaha has had several newspapers serve it. The first was the ''Progress'', established in 1889 by Ferdinand L. Barnett. Cyrus D. Bell, an ex-slave, established the ''Afro-American Sentinel'' in 1892. In 1893 George F. Franklin started publishing the ''Enterprise,'' later published by Thomas P. Mahammitt. It was the longest lived of any o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KEZO-FM
KEZO-FM (92.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in Omaha, Nebraska. It is owned by SummitMedia. KEZO airs an active rock radio format. KEZO's studios are located on Mercy Road in Omaha's Aksarben Village, and the station's transmitter is off North 72nd Street and Crown Point at the Omaha master antenna farm. Todd-n-Tyler (Mike Tyler and Todd Brandt) host the station's morning show, with the program syndicated to other radio stations. KEZO broadcasts highlights from Todd-n-Tyler on its HD Radio digital audio subchannel. History Top 40 (1961-197?) On May 15, 1961, the station signed on as WOW-FM, a sister station to 590 WOW (now KXSP). Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-137 Beautiful music (197?-197?) After initially simulcasting the AM station, it switched to broadcasting beautiful music. Top 40 (197?-197?) It became a Top 40 station for a short time in the early 1970s under the call letters KFMX. Easy listening (197?-1978) Then it switched back to easy listening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence. Adult contemporary is generally a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music. Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, and is inoffensive and pleasurable enough to work well as background music. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a verse–chorus structure. The format is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KISO (FM)
KISO (96.1 MHz, "96.1 KISS-FM") is a Top 40 (CHR) FM radio station in Omaha, Nebraska owned by iHeartMedia. KISO is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format. KISO's studios are located near North 50th Street and Underwood Avenue in Midtown Omaha, while its transmitter is located at North 72nd Street and Crown Point at the Omaha master antenna farm. History KCOM, KICN, KOIL-FM and KEFM 96.1 had a rocky history, but was successful in Omaha radio for nearly two decades, before it joined the Clear Channel group. Beginning in Council Bluffs, 96.1 made its biggest splash across the river. The change of city was made after a station known as KFAM had gone dark. (This was probably KFMX Council Bluffs which switched off in 1952. OmahaRadioHistory.com) In 1959, a station known as KCOM surfaced at 96.1 when a couple of hobbyist-types used the frequency to broadcast classical music, with an Omaha license. Their studios were in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Top 40
The Adult Pop Airplay (formerly known as Adult Pop Songs and Adult Top 40) chart is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems." It is a format in which the genre is geared more towards an adult audience who are not into hard rock, hip hop, or adult contemporary fare. The main genres within this format are alternative rock and mainstream pop that is more adult-oriented. It is not to be confused with adult contemporary where rather lesser-known and more ballad-driven songs are played. The current number one song on the chart is "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift. History The chart was first published in the March 16, 1996, issue of ''Billboard''; however, historically, the chart's introduction was in October 1995, when it began as a test chart. The Adult Top 40 chart was formed following a split of the "Hot Adult Contemporary" chart due to the growing emergence of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
