KQCH

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KQCH
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Broadcast area Omaha–Council Bluffs
Frequency 94.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingChannel 94-1
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
KEZO-FM, KKCD, KSRZ, KXSP
History
First air date
1959;65 years ago (1959)
Former call signs
  • KMEO (1959–1968)
  • KOWH-FM (1968–1979)
  • KYNN-FM (1979–1983)
  • WOW-FM (1983–2001)
  • KMXM (2001–2002)
Call sign meaning
"Omaha's Channel" (Q in place of O)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 50314
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 361 meters (1,184 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°18′14″N96°01′41″W / 41.304°N 96.028°W / 41.304; -96.028
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website channel941.com

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.

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History

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. In 1959, it returned to the air as KMEO, where it had a middle of the road format until 1968, when it became album-oriented rock station KOWH-FM. By 1979, KOWH-FM switched formats to R&B as KYNN-FM under then-new owner Great Empire Broadcasting, lasting until 1982, when 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 Broadcasting would buy out Great Empire in 1999. On October 10, 2000, WOW-FM changed its call letters and re-branded to KSSO, "Kiss Country", which prompted a cease and desist letter from Clear Channel Communications – who had previously trademarked and service-marked the "Kiss" name and had recently launched a "Kiss" station in nearby Lincoln, Nebraska. [2] A couple of months later, they modified the call letters and became KMXM "Max Country" on January 2, 2001. [3]

KQCH's origins began on May 21, 1999, when KESY (97.7 FM) flipped from adult contemporary to rhythmic contemporary as "Channel 97.7". The station became a serious challenger to KQKQ-FM during its three years on the 97.7 frequency. On May 3, 2002, at noon, Journal Broadcasting moved KQCH from 97.7 to 94.1 as "Channel 94.1". [4] [5] The station continued in a rhythmic direction until 2004, when it shifted to a more mainstream (and slightly adult-leaning) direction after KQKQ flipped to adult top 40. In early September 2012, KQCH received direct competition when iHeartMedia (then Clear Channel)'s KQBW flipped to Top 40.

Journal Communications and the E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E. W. Scripps Company name that owned the two companies' broadcast properties, including KQCH. The transaction was completed in 2015. [6] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Omaha stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KQCH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Kristi Wright, "WOW Reformats, Changes FM Name," The Omaha World-Herald, November 1, 2000.
  3. ↑ Christine Laue, "Radio station changing name in response to legal challenge," The Omaha World-Herald, December 29, 2000.
  4. ↑ Kristi Wright, "Spanish station increases reach by going to FM," The Omaha World-Herald, May 4, 2002.
  5. ↑ KQCH Moves From 97.7 to 94.1
  6. ↑ "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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