KCRO

KCRO
FCC;
Facility ID	54902
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts (day); 54 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	41°18′47″N 96°0′36″W / 41.31306°N 96.01000°W
Translator(s)	106.7 K294DJ (Lincoln)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	kcro.com

KCRO (660

Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios are located on Burt Street (near North 120th Street and Dodge Road in West Omaha), while the transmitter is located behind Roncalli Catholic High School near Sorensen Parkway in Northwest Omaha.^[2]

KCRO operates with 1,000

non-directional antenna

at all times.

Programming was additionally heard on 60-watt

FM translator station K293CJ at 106.5 MHz. The translator has since been moved to Lincoln, and changed frequencies to 106.7 FM.^[3]

Programming

KCRO airs national religious leaders such as

brokered time radio station, where hosts pay Hickory Radio for 15 to 30-minute blocks of time, and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries. Most hours begin with world and national news from Salem Radio Network

.

History

The station

daytimer required to go off the air at sunset. The station's call sign

was WAAW and it was owned by the Omaha Grain Exchange, broadcasting agricultural reports and crop prices. In 1939, the call sign were switched to KOWH.

In 1946, KOWH put one of the first FM stations on the air in Omaha, KOAD (later KTGL).

By the 1950s, the owner was Mid Continent Broadcasting.

sign off

at night.

KOWH played an important role in U.S. radio programming history. In May 1956, the station became what is considered the first Top 40 station. It was owned and operated by radio pioneer Todd Storz, who crafted a radio format that played the top hits every couple of hours, using high-energy disc jockeys, aimed at young listeners. KOWH's success encouraged the spread of Top 40 stations across the country.

As contemporary music listening switched to the FM band, KOWH carried a country music format, and later an urban adult contemporary format. It became a Christian radio station in September 1979, and changed its call sign to KCRO.

In 2005, the station was bought for $3.1 million by the Salem Media Group.^[6]

In July 2018, Hickory Radio agreed to purchase KCRO, co-owned talk radio station KOTK, and two translators from Salem Media.^[7] The purchase was consummated on October 31, 2018, at a price of $1.375 million.

Former logos

References

External links

Official website
KCRO in the FCC AM station database
KCRO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 54902 (KCRO) in the REC Networks database

K294DJ in the FCC FM station database
K294DJ at FCCdata.org
FCC History Cards for KCRO

[1] "Facility Technical Data for KCRO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] Radio-Locator.com/KCRO

[3] Radio-Locator.com/K293CJ

[4] Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 40

[5] Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 199

[6] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-348

[7] BusinessWire.com "Salem Media Announces Sale of KGBI-FM Omaha" May 22, 2018 (retrieved January 19, 2019)

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v t e Religious radio stations in the state of Nebraska
Stations	KAGR-LP – Arapahoe KAYA – Hubbard KCMI – Terrytown KCRO – Omaha KCVN – Cozad KDAI – Scottsbluff KETT – Mitchell KFHC – Ponca KGRD – Orchard KGBI-FM – Omaha KHZY – Overton KIVE-LP – Aurora KJLT – North Platte KJLT-FM – North Platte KJTF – North Platte KJTM-LP – Lincoln KLCV – Lincoln KMMJ – Grand Island KNBE – Beatrice KNEF – Franklin KNFA – Grand Island KNGN – McCook KNNA-LP – Lincoln KPNO – Norfolk KPNY – Alliance KQIQ – Beatrice KQQA – Shelton KROA – Grand Island KTLX – Columbus KYFG – Omaha KZLW – Gretna KZOI – Dakota City
Defunct	KGIA-LP – Grand Island KNIF-LP – Scottsbluff KPVA-LP – Shelton
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Nebraska See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other