KOTM-FM

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KOTM-FM
KOTM TOM FM97.7 logo.jpg
Frequency 97.7 MHz
BrandingTOM FM 97.7
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner
  • Ottumwa Radio Group
  • (O-Town Communications, Inc.)
KLEE, KBIZ, KRKN, KKSI, KTWA
History
First air date
January 19, 1976
Former call signs
KLEE-FM (1976–1986)
Call sign meaning
Ottumwa
Technical information
Class C3
ERP 19,000 watts
HAAT 112 meters
Transmitter coordinates
41°01′28″N92°28′56″W / 41.02444°N 92.48222°W / 41.02444; -92.48222
Links
Webcast Listen Live!
Website ottumwaradio.com/97-7-tom-fm/

KOTM-FM (97.7 MHz, "97.7 Tom FM") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format serving Ottumwa, Iowa. The station is currently owned by Greg List, through licensee O-Town Communications, Inc. [1]

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History

former KOTM logo KOTM.jpg
former KOTM logo

KLEE-FM signed on the air on the morning of January 19, 1976 featuring a mix of MOR music during the day and simulcasts of its then-Top 40 sister station KLEE-AM at night. Right after KLEE-AM dropped its Top 40 format in 1981, its previous Top 40 format moved to KLEE-FM and went under the branding name of "K98". On June 28, 1986, its call letters were changed to KOTM.

On March 2, 2009, KOTM rebranded from "97.7 KOTM" to "97.7 Tom FM" to prevent confusion of the KOTM call letters, which stand for Otumwa. [2] The new branding was named after Tom Palen, the owner was FMC Broadcasting Inc. at the time of the change. [3]

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References

  1. "KOTM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Ottumwa Courier
  3. "FM Query Results -- Audio Division (FCC) USA". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 10 December 2023.