Media in Omaha, Nebraska

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This is a list of media serving the Omaha metropolitan area in Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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Radio

Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license. Omaha radio stations gets 25 Analog FM stations, 10 Digital HD Radio FM stations including 9 subchannels Like HD-2 and HD-3, 11 Analog AM stations, and 1 Digital HD Radio AM Station affiliated KFAB.

AM

AM radio stations
Frequency HD Call signNameFormatOwnerCity
590 AMRepeats on KEZO-HD2 KXSP AM 590
ESPN Radio
Sports SummitMedia Omaha, Nebraska
660 AMNo KCRO Omaha's Christian Talk Christian Talk Hickory Radio Omaha, Nebraska
1020 AMNo KMMQ La Preciosa Spanish
(Regional Mexican)
NRG Media Plattsmouth/Omaha
1110 AM1 KFAB NewsRadio 1110 News/Talk iHeartMedia, Inc. Omaha, Nebraska
1180 AMNo KZOT The Zone 2 Sports NRG Media Bellevue/Omaha
1290 AMNo KOIL -- News/Talk NRG Media Omaha, Nebraska
1340 AMNo KHUB The Big Dog Country Walnut Radio Fremont, Nebraska
1420 AMNo KXCB Bluffs Country 106.5 Country Hickory Radio Omaha, Nebraska
1490 AMNo KIBM Boomer Radio Oldies Walnut Radio Omaha, Nebraska
1560 AMNo KLNG -- Christian Wilkins Communications Council Bluffs, Iowa
1620 AMNo KOZN The Zone
Fox Sports Radio
Sports NRG Media Bellevue/Omaha

FM

FM radio stations
Frequency HD Call signNameFormatOwnerCity
88.1 FMNoKMLV K-LOVE Contemporary Christian Music Educational Media Foundation Ralston/Omaha
88.9 FMNo KYFG Spirit Catholic Radio Christian VSS Catholic Communications Omaha, Nebraska
89.7 FMNo KIWR 89.7 The River College/Alternative Iowa Western Comm. Coll. Council Bluffs, Iowa
90.7 FM3 KVNO Classical 90.7 Classical Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
91.5 FM1 KIOS Omaha Public Radio/NPR Public radio Omaha Public Schools Omaha, Nebraska
92.3 FM2 KEZO Z92 Active rock SummitMedia Omaha, Nebraska
92.7 FMNoK224DJMy Bridge Radio Christian
rebroadcasts KRKR
My Bridge Radio La Vista/Omaha
93.3 FM2 KFFF 93.3 The Wolf Classic country iHeartMedia, Inc. Bennington/Omaha
93.7 FMNoK229BIBott Radio Network Christian
rebroadcasts KLCV
Community Broadcasting Omaha, Nebraska
94.1 FM1 KQCH Channel 94.1 Top 40 (CHR/Pop) SummitMedia Omaha, Nebraska
94.5 FMNoK233COBoomer Radio Oldies
rebroadcasts KIBM (AM)
Walnut Radio Omaha, Nebraska
96.1 FM2 KISO 96.1 KISS FM Top 40 (CHR/Pop) iHeartMedia, Inc. Omaha, Nebraska
97.3 FMNo KOBM-FM Boomer Radio Oldies Walnut Radio Blair, Nebraska
97.7 FMNo KBBX-FM Lobo 97.7 Spanish
(Regional Mexican)
Flood Communications of Omaha LLC Nebraska City/Omaha
98.5 FMNo KQKQ Sweet 98.5 Hot AC NRG Media Council Bluffs, Iowa
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area
99.9 FM2 KGOR Super Hits 99.9 Classic Hits
Oldies
iHeartMedia, Inc. Omaha, Nebraska
100.7 FMNo KGBI-FM 100.7 KGBI FM Contemporary Christian music University of Northwestern – St. Paul Omaha, Nebraska
101.9 FMNo KOOO The Big O-101.9 The Keg Classic rock NRG Media La Vista/Omaha
102.7 FMNo KVSS Spirit Catholic Radio Christian VSS Catholic Communications Omaha, Nebraska
103.7 FM3 KXKT Kat 103.7 Country iHeartMedia, Inc. Glenwood/Omaha
104.5 FM2 KSRZ Star 104.5 Hot AC
80's
SummitMedia Omaha, Nebraska
105.5 FMNo KFMT Gold 105.5 Classic rock NRG Media Fremont, Nebraska
105.9 FM1 KKCD CD 105.9 Classic rock SummitMedia Omaha, Nebraska
106.9 FMNo KOPW Power 106.9 Rhythmic (Hip Hop) NRG Media Plattsmouth/Omaha
107.7 FMNo KIMI Air1 contemporary worship music Educational Media Foundation Malvern, Iowa/Omaha

Television

Omaha TV stations gets 8 full-powered Digital channels including 29 subchannels and 1 low-powered Digital channel including 2 subchannels. In Spring 2022 KXVO channel 15 was launched and became the first television station in Nebraska to use ATSC 3.0 including 3 subchannels are KMTV (CBS), KXVO (TBD), and KPTM (Fox) and 2 DRM subchannels both are WOWT (NBC) and KETV (ABC).

Television stations in the Omaha Metro area (Ascending order)
Virtual
Ch.

ATSC
Call City OwnerStartDigital
Ch.
RF
DTV
HD
AudioNicknameProgramming
3.1 KMTV Omaha E. W. Scripps Company 194931 1080i 5.1
Stereo (SAP)
3 News Now CBS
3.2 720p StereoGrit Grit
3.3 480i StereoLAFF-TV Laff
3.4 480i StereoMystery Ion Mystery
3.5 480i StereoCourtTV Court TV
6.1 WOWT Omaha Gray Television 194922 1080i 5.1
Stereo (SAP)
WOWT 6 News
On Your Side
NBC
6.2 480i StereoCOZI Cozi TV
6.3 480i StereoHandI H&I
6.4 480i StereoION Ion Television
6.5 480i StereoStartTV Start TV
6.6 480i StereoCircle Circle
7.1 KETV Omaha Hearst Television 195720 1080i 5.1
Stereo (SAP)
Newswatch 7 ABC
7.2 480i StereoKETV-ME Me-TV
7.3 480i StereoSTORYTV Story
7.4 480i StereoDEFY Defy TV
7.5 480i StereogetTV GetTV
7.6 480i StereoQVC QVC
15.1 KXVO OmahaMitts Telecasting
(operated through SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
199529 480i StereoTBD TBD
15.2 480i StereoStadium Stadium
15.3 480i StereoCharge! Charge!
26.1 KYNE
NEB PUBLIC MEDIA
OmahaNebraska Public Media Foundation196517 1080i StereoNE-PBS PBS
26.2 1080i StereoNE-W World
26.3 480i Stereo (SAP)NE-C Create
26.4 480i Stereo (SAP)NE-KIDS PBS Kids
26.5 480i StereoNE-FNX FNX
27.1 KOHA-LD OmahaFlood Communications of Omaha LLC199227 1080i StereoTelemundo Nebraska Telemundo
27.2 720p StereoNCN-S News Channel Nebraska
(Ind.)
27.3 1080i StereoDayStar Daystar
32.1 KBIN
IOWA PBS
Council Bluffs Iowa Public Broadcasting Board197533 1080i StereoIOWA PBS PBS
32.2 720p Stereo (SAP)IOWA PBS Kids PBS Kids
32.3 480i StereoIOWA PBS World World
32.4 480i StereoIOWA PBS Create Create
36.1KHIN
IOWA PBS
Red Oak Iowa Public Broadcasting Board197535 1080i StereoIOWA PBS PBS
36.2 720p Stereo (SAP)IOWA PBS Kids PBS Kids
36.3 480i StereoIOWA PBS World World
36.4 480i StereoIOWA PBS Create Create
42.1 KPTM Omaha Sinclair Broadcast Group 198626 720p 5.1
Stereo (SAP)
FOX42 Fox
42.2 480i StereoMyNetTV Dabl MyNetworkTV
Dabl
42.3 720p StereoCW CW
42.4 480i StereoComet Comet

Print

Cover page of The Progress, June 21, 1890 Progress - Saturday, June 21, 1890.png
Cover page of The Progress, June 21, 1890
Cover page of The Afro-American Sentinel, Saturday, July 30, 1898 Afro-American Sentinel - Saturday, July 30, 1898.png
Cover page of The Afro-American Sentinel, Saturday, July 30, 1898
Cover of The Enterprise, April 4, 1896 Enterprise - Saturday, April 4, 1896.png
Cover of The Enterprise, April 4, 1896

The Omaha World-Herald , the Omaha Bee , and by 1900 the Omaha Daily News had developed into the city's most influential journals.

The African American community in Omaha has had several newspapers serve it. The first was the Progress, established in 1889 by Ferdinand L. Barnett. Cyrus D. Bell, an ex-slave, established the Afro-American Sentinel in 1892. In 1893 George F. Franklin started publishing the Enterprise, later published by Thomas P. Mahammitt. It was the longest lived of any of the early African American newspapers published in Omaha. The best known and most widely read of all African American newspapers in the city was the Omaha Monitor, established in 1915, edited and published by Reverend John Albert Williams. It stopped being published in 1929. In 1906, Lucille Skaggs Edwards published, The Women's Aurora, making her the first black woman to publish a magazine in Nebraska. George Wells Parker, co-founder of the Hamitic League of the World, founded the New Era in Omaha from 1920 through until 1926. The Omaha Guide was established by B.V. and C.C. Galloway in 1927. The Guide, with a circulation of over twenty-five thousand and an advertisers' list including business firms from coast to coast, was the largest African American newspaper west of the Missouri River. The Omaha Star , founded by Mildred Brown, began publication in 1938, and continues today as the only African American newspaper in Omaha. [1] [2]

Current

Historic

Historic newspapers in the Omaha Metro area [3] alphabetical
NameDescription
ArrowFounded in 1854, it was the first newspaper in Omaha
NebraskianFounded in 1854
TimesFounded in 1857
DemocratFounded in 1858
RepublicanFounded in 1858 under Dr. Gilbert C. Monell and from 1859 to 1861 was under E. D. Webster
TelegraphFounded in 1860
Daily HeraldFounded in 1865 under Dr. George L. Miller
Daily Evening TribuneFounded in 1870 with Phineas W. Hitchcock as a chief stockholder
Evening BeeFounded in 1871
Den Danske Pioneer The Danish Pioneer was founded in Omaha in 1872 and printed in the city until 1958
Bee Founded in 1874, bought by World-Herald in 1937 and closed
The Evening WorldFounded in 1885; purchased The Daily Herald in 1889
The ProgressFounded in 1889 by Ferdinand L. Barnett as an African-American newspaper
Afro-American SentinelFounded in 1892 by Cyrus D. Bell as an African-American newspaper
EnterpriseFounded in 1893 by George F. Franklin, later published by Thomas P. Mahammitt as an African-American newspaper
The Women's AuroraFounded in 1906 by Lucille Skaggs Edwards
Omaha TribuneFounded in 1912 as a national German-language weekly; publishing company still operates in Omaha as the Interstate Printing Company
Omaha MonitorFounded in 1915 by Father John Albert Williams as an African-American newspaper
New EraFounded in 1920 by George Wells Parker as an African-American newspaper
Omaha GuideFounded in 1927 by B.V. and C.C. Galloway as an African-American newspaper

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References

  1. Federal Writers Project. (1939) "The Negro Press", The Negroes of Nebraska. Retrieved 8/26/08.
  2. Suggs, H.L. (1996) The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press.
  3. "Early Editors' Rivalry Included Horsewhipping, With Whipper Sat Upon," Omaha First Century, Installment VII. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 9/15/07.