KOBM-FM (97.3
MHz) is a
radio station broadcasting an
oldies format
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, partially simulcasting
Omaha
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city ...
-based
KIBM
KIBM (1490 AM) is an oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, serving the Omaha/Council Bluffs area. KIBM is owned and operated by Steven Seline, through licensee Walnut Radio, LLC. KIBM's transmitter is located near ...
(1490 AM). Licensed to
Blair, Nebraska
Blair is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,990 at the 2010 census.
History
Blair was platted in 1869 when the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. It was n ...
, United States, the station serves the Blair and
Fremont areas with fringe coverage to the northern Omaha metro area. The station is currently owned by Steven W. Seline, through licensee Walnut Radio, LLC. In addition to KIBM, sister stations to KOBM-FM are
KHUB and
KFMT-FM, both licensed to Fremont.
History
The station signed on September 10, 2001, as KBLR-FM,
carrying a satellite-fed
adult contemporary format as "Blair Radio". The station was initially owned by Baer Radio, before being sold to
Waitt Radio; the adult contemporary programming had previously aired on Waitt-owned
KISP (101.5 FM), prior to that station's concurrent move from Blair to the
Sioux City, Iowa, market.
On December 31, 2002, at Noon, KBLR-FM began to target Omaha by flipping to
urban contemporary as "Hot 107.7 & 97.3", and used a translator in Omaha at 107.7 FM (K299AK) to simulcast the station, as KBLR-FM is a rimshot signal from the north. Despite this arrangement, ratings for the station were very high. However, with the pending loss of K299AK due to a new sign-on from
Malvern, Iowa on the same frequency, the format was moved to
106.9 FM
The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 106.9 MHz:
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on December 29, 2006, evolved to a
Rhythmic CHR, and rebranded as "Power 106.9". KBLR-FM/K299AK simulcasted the new frequency until February 1, 2007, when it reverted to targeting the northern rural areas of the Omaha market by flipping to
country music as "Country 97.3". Waitt would later sell the station to Steven Seline's Walnut Radio. The station has since rebranded to "Real Country 97.3".
On December 6, 2018, KBLR-FM switched to a partial simulcast of oldies-formatted
KOMJ (1490 AM) in Omaha, branded as "Boomer Radio".
Boomer Keeps Growing in Omaha
Radioinsight - December 6, 2018 The call letters were changed to KOBM-FM on December 11, 2018.
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OBM-FM
Oldies radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2001
2001 establishments in Nebraska
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