KOBM (1420

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) is an AM

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broadcasting an

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, simulcasting

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(1490 AM). Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Omaha area. KOBM's license is owned by Hickory Radio, LLC, located in

. 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

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, 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

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and adopted a

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/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

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format. Journal Communications purchased KBBX in January 1998 and changed the programming to a

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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

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, and in December of that year, the station flipped to Conservative Talk as "Newstalk 1420 KOTK." On September 4, 2008, KOTK flipped to a

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format with the slogan "La Luz". On April 4, 2016, KOTK changed their format to conservative talk, branded as "94.5/1420 The Answer". In July 2018, Hickory Radio purchased the station from

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. 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. Legal ID for the "Boomer Radio" network
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References

External links

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FCC History Cards for KOBM
{{Oldies Radio Stations in Nebraska OBM (AM) Radio stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Nebraska Oldies radio stations in the United States