KIBZ

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KIBZ
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Broadcast area Lincoln metropolitan area
Frequency 104.1 MHz
Branding104.1 The Blaze
Programming
Format Active rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
KFOR, KFRX, KLMS, KTGL, KZKX
History
First air date
August 20, 1976 (as KTAP at 103.9)
Former call signs
KTAP (1976–1986)
KBVB (1986–1988)
KKNB (1988–2001)
KSLI-FM (2001–2004)
Former frequencies
103.9 MHz (1976–1989)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 640
Class C2
ERP 31,000 watts
HAAT 187 meters (614 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kibz.com

KIBZ (104.1 FM, "104.1 The Blaze") is a commercial radio station licensed to Crete, Nebraska, and serving the Lincoln metropolitan area. It airs an active rock radio format and is owned by Alpha Media. In morning drive time, it carries a regionally syndicated wake-up show, The Todd and Tyler Radio Empire . KIBZ's studios are on Cornhusker Highway (U.S. Route 6) in Northeast Lincoln.

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KIBZ is a Class C2 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 31,000 watts. The transmitter is off SW 29th Road near West Gage Road in Hallam. [2]

History

Early years

The station signed on the air on August 20, 1976;48 years ago. [3] The original call sign was KTAP, targeting Saline County. It was owned by Airwaves Broadcasting Service and it originally broadcast on 103.9 FM, a Class A frequency with only 3,000 watts of power.

In 1986, the call letters changed to KBVB. In January 1989, after the station was sold to new owners, KBVB moved to 104.1 FM, which allowed it to increase its power as a Class C2 station. After an 82-hour stunt with a loop of "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets, on January 10, the station relaunched as KKNB, "B104", and began airing a Top 40 (CHR) format, competing with KFRX. [4] In March 1993, it flipped to alternative rock as "The Planet". [5] On June 20, 1996, KKNB shifted to modern AC as "The Point", and would network with its then-sister station KTNP in Omaha. [6]

On November 24, 2000, at 8 a.m., after three days of stunting with a loop of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" by Thurl Ravenscroft, KKNB flipped back to Top 40/CHR as "Kiss 104 FM", and changed call letters to KSLI-FM. [7] [8]

The Blaze

On March 17, 2004, at noon, KIBZ and its active rock format known as "The Blaze" moved to 104.1 from 106.3 FM. After two days of simulcasting, the 106.3 frequency would stunt with construction sounds ahead of a flip to adult contemporary as KLMY on March 24. [9] [10] [11]

Clear Channel Communications sold KIBZ to Three Eagles Communications on April 10, 2007. Three Eagles Communications sold KIBZ to Digity, LLC on February 10, 2014. The sale, which included KIBZ and 47 co-owned stations, was consummated on September 12, 2014 at a price of $66.5 million.

New transmitter and owners

On January 23, 2012, KIBZ was granted a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to move to a new transmitter site, increase ERP to 40,000 watts and decrease HAAT to 116.1 meters. It later increased its HAAT to 187 meters (614 feet) while dropping power to 31,000 watts.

Effective February 25, 2016, Digity, LLC, and its 124 radio stations including KIBZ, were acquired by Alpha Media for $264 million.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KIBZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KIBZ
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-129. Retrieved March 23, 2024
  4. ↑ L. Kent Wolgamott, "Local radio ratings race has new entry," The Lincoln Journal Star, January 19, 1989.
  5. ↑ L. Kent Wolgamott, "B-104 plays mix of alternative Top 40," The Lincoln Journal Star, March 11, 1993.
  6. ↑ "Planet radio station reborn as The Point," The Lincoln Journal Star, June 21, 1996.
  7. ↑ Jeff Korbelik, "Radio station fires its morning hosts," The Lincoln Journal Star, November 21, 2000.
  8. ↑ Jeff Korbelik, "Station unveils format," The Lincoln Journal Star, November 24, 2000.
  9. ↑ "Clear Channel pulls plug on KISS 104.1 FM".
  10. ↑ "Radio musical chairs endures with brand new formats, talent".
  11. ↑ Jeff Korbelik, "My 1063. debuts with adult contemporary in Lincoln," The Lincoln Journal Star, March 25, 2004.

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