KSRZ
Adult contemporary | |
| Subchannels | HD2: Sports (KXSP simulcast) |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KEZO-FM, KKCD, KQCH, KXSP | |
| History | |
First air date | May 12, 1972 (as KOOO-FM) |
Former call signs | KOOO-FM (1972-1979) KESY-FM (1979-1997) |
Call sign meaning | K StaR Z |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 50308 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 331.7 meters (1,088 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°18′16″N 96°1′41″W / 41.30444°N 96.02806°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 104star.com |
KSRZ (104.5
KSRZ is a
History
Country (1972-1979)
The station signed on the air in May 12, 1972.[5] Its original call sign was KOOO-FM, the sister station to KOOO 1420 AM (now KXCB). The two stations broadcast a country music format and were owned by Pier San of Nebraska, Inc. KOOO-FM's power was only 31,000 watts, a fraction of its current output.
Beautiful music (1979-1989)
In 1979, the station changed its call letters to KESY, to represent the word "easy." It flipped to a largely automated beautiful music format. It played quarter-hour sweeps of soft instrumental music, mostly cover versions of popular adult songs with Broadway and Hollywood show tunes. Throughout the early 1980s, KESY was used as the audio on a local Limelight Movie Channel when it signed off the air for the night.
Soft adult contemporary (1989-1998)
By the late 1980s, the audience for
Adult contemporary (1998-present)
On January 9, 1998, KESY moved to the
By 2008, KSRZ repositioned to a mainstream
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 KSRZ. The transaction was completed in 2015.[7] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Omaha stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[8]
References
- ^ "KSRZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
- ^ FCC.gov/KSRZ
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KSRZ
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1974 page B-129. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ^ Jim Minge, "Star 104 up, running," The Omaha World-Herald, January 17, 1998.
- ^ "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ^ "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
External links
- KSRZ in the FCC FM station database
- KSRZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database