KEZO-FM (92.3

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) is a commercial

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. It is owned by

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. KEZO airs a

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. KEZO's studios are located on Mercy Road in Omaha's

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, and the station's

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is off North 72nd Street and Crown Point at the Omaha master antenna farm.

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(Mike Tyler and Todd Brandt) host the station's morning show, with the program syndicated to other radio stations.

History

On May 15, 1961, the station

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as WOW-FM, a sister station to WOW (590 AM, now

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). Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-137 After initially

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ing the AM station, it switched to broadcasting beautiful music. It became a

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station for a short time in the early 1970s under the call letters KFMX. The station then switched back to

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music, and, in 1973, changed its

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to KEZO, standing for "Easy Omaha". The station flipped to rock music at 9 a.m. on September 6, 1978, still keeping its KEZO call letters but using the identification "Z-92". Notable former Z-92 announcers include Otis XII of the group

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and his long-time partner Diver Dan Doomey. A popular long-running feature of their morning show wa
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produced by Ralph Caldwell who was also the voice of announcer Yerzik Narge. Other recurring characters included the Mean Farmer and Lance Stallion, Radio Detective. Some notable DJs include Chuck Yates, Joe Blood, Rick Setchell, and Tim Bourke.

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and the

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announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new media company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that would own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KEZO-FM. The transaction was completed in 2015. Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Omaha stations went to

in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.

References

External links

Z92
(official website)
Todd-n-Tyler
(official site)
Todd and Tyler Unauthorized
{{Omaha Radio EZO-FM Mainstream rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1961 1961 establishments in Nebraska