KOBM (AM)

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KOBM
Simulcasts KIBM, Omaha
KOBM Boomer Radio logo.png
Broadcast area Omaha area
Frequency 1420 kHz
BrandingBoomer Radio
Programming
Format Oldies
Affiliations Chicago Cubs Radio Network
Omaha Beef
Ownership
Owner
  • Steven W. Seline
  • (Hickory Radio, LLC)
KCRO
History
First air date
March 2, 1957 (as KOOO)
Former call signs
KOOO (3/2/1957-3/1979)
KESY (3/1979-1981)
KOOO (1981-1984)
KROM (1984-1986)
KESY (1986-6/1990)
KLAO (6/1990-6/1990)
KESY (6/1990-1/1995)
KBBX (1/1995-5/2002)
KHLP (5/2002-12/2005)
KOTK (12/2005-04/2019)
Call sign meaning
KOmaha's BooMer
Technical information
Facility ID 50307
Class B
Power 1,000 watts day
330 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 41°11′59.00″N95°54′34.00″W / 41.1997222°N 95.9094444°W / 41.1997222; -95.9094444
Translator(s) 94.5 K233CO (Omaha)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website myboomerradio.com

KOBM (1420 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting an oldies format, simulcasting KIBM (1490 AM). Licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States, the station serves the Omaha area. KOBM's license is owned by Hickory Radio, LLC, located in Omaha, Nebraska. [1]

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KOBM's studios are located on Burt Street (near North 120th Street and Dodge Road) in West Omaha, while its two-tower transmitter array is located in south Council Bluffs, Iowa, across the Missouri River from South Omaha.

History

The station went on the air on March 2, 1957 under the name KOOO, sporting a country music format, later simulcasting with 104.5 FM, which went on the air on May 12, 1972.

By 1978, KOOO had changed to a news/talk format, with 104.5 FM moving to MOR.

In March 1979, it flipped to an easy listening format and was renamed KESY, again simulcasting with 104.5. In 1981, the AM reverted to the old KOOO call sign and adopted a Music of Your Life/nostalgia format.

In 1984, the call sign changed to KROM. In 1986, the AM once again became KESY with a beautiful music format, although not simulcasting 104.5.

For a brief two-week period in June 1990, the calls became KLAO before reverting to KESY, though the AM would adopt an adult contemporary format as well.

In January 1995, the station changed its call sign to KBBX, and flipped to an Urban Oldies format.

Journal Communications purchased KBBX in January 1998 and changed the programming to a Regional Mexican format on April 1 of that year. On May 10, 2002, as part of a major format shuffle, the format would move to then-sister station 97.7 FM. After two weeks of simulcasting, the station became KHLP with an advice talk format.

In April 2005, it was announced that Journal had sold KHLP to Salem Communications, and in December of that year, the station flipped to Conservative Talk as "Newstalk 1420 KOTK." On September 4, 2008, KOTK flipped to a Spanish religion format with the slogan "La Luz". [2]

On April 4, 2016, KOTK changed their format to conservative talk, branded as "94.5/1420 The Answer". [3]

In July 2018, Hickory Radio purchased the station from Salem Media Group. [4]

On March 31, 2019, KOTK flipped to a simulcast of oldies-formatted KOBM (1490 AM), branded as "Boomer Radio". The following day, KOTK changed call letters to KOBM, with 1490 AM adopting the KIBM call letters. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "KOBM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KOBM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Omaha Gets Its Answer
  4. ↑ http://www.talkers.com July 26, 2018
  5. ↑ Upper Midwest Broadcasting
  6. ↑ Legal ID for the "Boomer Radio" network
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