KIBM
{{short description|Oldies radio station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KIBM
| logo =
| logo_size =
| city = Omaha, Nebraska
| area = Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area
| branding = Boomer Radio
| frequency = {{Frequency|1490|kHz}}
| translators = {{Radio Relay|94.5|K233CO|Omaha}}
{{Radio Relay|104.1|K281DG|Omaha}}
{{Radio Relay|106.7|K294DJ|Lincoln}}
| repeaters = {{ubl|{{Radio Relay|97.3|KOBM-FM|Blair}}|{{Radio Relay|97.7|KBBX-HD3|Nebraska City}}}}
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1942|3}} (as KBON)
| format = Oldies
| power = 970 watts day
900 watts night
| class = C
| facility_id = 74104
| coordinates = {{coord|41|13|59.0|N|95|58|2.0|W|type:landmark_region:US-NE|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "Boomer"
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KONB (1940–1941 construction permit)|KBON (1941–1970)|KLNG (1970–1977)|KYNN (1977–1985)|KEDS (1985–1987)|KEZO (1987–1996)|KOSR (1996–2005)|KOMJ (2005–2018)|KOBM (2018–2019)}}
| affiliations = Chicago Cubs
Omaha Beef
| licensee = Walnut Radio, LLC
| sister_stations = {{hlist|KCRO|KOBM-FM|KXCB}}
| webcast = {{listenlive|http://www.myboomerradio.com}}
| website = [http://www.myboomerradio.com myboomerradio.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KIBM (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station in Omaha, Nebraska, serving the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. KIBM airs an oldies radio format known as "Boomer Radio." It is owned and operated by Steven Seline, through licensee Walnut Radio, LLC. The studios and offices are on Burt Street in Omaha.
KIBM is powered at 970 watts during the day and 900 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is near South 38th Street and Wright Street in the Hanscom Park neighborhood near Downtown Omaha.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=kibm&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/KIBM] Programming is also heard on two FM translators at 94.5 and 104.1 MHz in Omaha.
History
=Early years=
The station signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1942|3}}.[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1945/Radio-Section-BC-YB-1945.pdf ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1945 page 120], Broadcasting & Cable The original call sign was KBON and the power was 250 watts, a fraction of its current output. It was owned by Inland Broadcasting and was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.
After 28 years as KBON, the station changed to KLNG on July 1, 1970, and flipped to an all-news format. By early 1977, KLNG identified as "Newsradio 149". However, on June 1 of that year, KLNG became KYNN and took on a country music format."Bye KLNG, Hello KYNN," The Omaha World-Herald, June 1, 1977. On April 9, 1985, at 6 a.m., the station flipped to oldies as KEDS.Steve Millburg, "KYNN Now KEDS, Shifts From Country to Oldies," The Omaha World-Herald, April 9, 1985. Due to poor ratings, on July 2, 1987, KEDS dropped the oldies format and began simulcasting the album rock format on KEZO-FM. The station took the call sign KEZO.
In October 1993, KEZO began adding more sports-oriented programming by becoming the new affiliate for the Omaha Royals and Omaha Lancers, as well as Nebraska baseball games. It later broke from the simulcast with the FM altogether and flipped to sports radio, the first station of its kind in the Omaha market.Jeff Bahr, "FX Channel Added to Mix," The Omaha World-Herald, April 9, 1994. The Journal Broadcast Group bought the station in October 1994. KEZO adopted the KOSR call sign on April 1, 1996."KKAR, KGDE Are Set to Air Husker Sports," The Omaha World-Herald, April 2, 1996. The sports format continued until April 25, 2005, when then-sister station KOMJ (590 AM) swapped formats, with 1490 adopting KOMJ's adult standards format and call letters.
=Cochise Radio Partners=
The Journal Broadcast Group sold the station to Cochise Radio Partners in 2007, and the intention was for KOMJ's studios to be relocated. But on August 1, 2013, an FCC agent attempted to inspect the studios of KOMJ. The on-file address, 10714 Mockingbird Drive, is the studio for Journal's television station, KMTV-TV and their then-radio sisters, and had never been changed, despite Cochise's full relocation of the station. Journal did not lease a studio out to Cochise as part of the sale. Less than a year later, in March 2014, the FCC fined Cochise $17,000, citing with KOMJ's failure to maintain access to their public file (which Journal also did not have on hand) as part of the studio address violation.
On October 17, 2014, Cochise announced the sale of KOMJ to Walnut Radio, LLC for $450,000. The sale between Cochise and Walnut closed on January 2, 2015. Five days later, the station dropped the middle of the road music from its format for adult standards, classic hits, and oldies.
=Boomer Radio=
File:KOBM Boomer Radio logo.png
At exactly 6:00 p.m. on January 7, "Boomer 1490" (a nod to baby boomers, its core demographic) was officially launched with a live listening party at Gorat's Steakhouse in Omaha. The first song played under the new Boomer format was "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys. In June of that year, long time radio legend Dave Wingert became the new Morning Show host. In May 2016, an FM translator was added on 104.1 FM, giving the station an AM/FM combo. The station is now known as "Boomer Radio."
The call sign was changed to KOBM on December 11, 2018. On April 1, 2019, the station changed its call sign to KIBM, with the KOBM call sign moving to 1420 AM (the former KOTK).[http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/audio/kotk03312019_1000.mp3 Legal ID for the "Boomer Radio" network]
Translator
In addition to the main station, KIBM is relayed by two FM translators in the core Omaha metro and suburbs. and one FM translator in Lincoln
{{RadioTranslators
| call1 = K233CO
| freq1 = 94.5
| city1 = Omaha, Nebraska
| fid1 = 146285
| watts1 = 250
| haat1 = 98
| class1 = D
| coord1 = {{Coord|41|15|12|N|96|7|8|W|type:landmark_region:US-NE_source:FCC|name=K233CO}}
| notes1 =
| call2 = K281DG
| freq2 = 104.1
| city2 = Omaha, Nebraska
| fid2 =138708
| watts2 = 235
| haat2 = 120
| class2 = D
| coord2 =
| notes2 =
| call3 = K294DJ
| freq3 = 106.7
| city3 = Lincoln, Nebraska
| fid3 =
| watts3 = 250
| haat3 = 76
| class3 = D
| coord3 = {{Coord|40|48|42|N|96|42|11|W|type:landmark_region:US-NE_source:FCC|name=K294DJ}}
| notes3 =
}}
References
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{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI14&band=am&callLetter=KOMJ|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|accessdate=December 11, 2014|work=Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings}}
{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KIBM|title=KIBM Facility Record|accessdate=December 11, 2014|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/schedule/affiliates.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403053129/http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/schedule/affiliates.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 3, 2011|title=Cubs TV and Radio Affiliates|accessdate=April 26, 2015|work=Chicago Cubs/MLB Advanced Media, LP.}}
{{cite web |title=KYNN (KIBM) history cards |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=45946 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=December 16, 2018 |format=PDF}}
{{cite news|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald|location=Omaha, Nebraska|publisher=Berkshire Hathaway|title=Where's Omaha's 'Magic 1490' radio coming from? No one seems to know|url=http://www.omaha.com/news/where-s-omaha-s-magic-radio-coming-from-no-one/article_5fadadb9-0929-5f1e-bbcc-9f791ae508a3.html|date=September 15, 2013|accessdate=December 11, 2014|last=Hubbard|first=Russell}}
{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101654773&qnum=5040©num=1&exhcnum=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211114201/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101654773&qnum=5040©num=1&exhcnum=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 11, 2014|title=Asset Purchase Agreement|accessdate=December 11, 2014|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101666928&formid=905&fac_num=74104|title=Consummation Notice|accessdate=January 7, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (KIBM) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=74104&Callsign=KIBM |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |accessdate=December 16, 2018}}
{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=K281CJ|title=K281CJ Facility Record|accessdate=May 28, 2016|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
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External links
- [http://www.myboomerradio.com Boomer 104.1 and 1490 Online]
{{AM station data|74104|KIBM}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|146285|K233CO}}
- {{FXL|K233CO}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|138708|K281DG}}
- {{FXL|K281DG}}
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=45946 FCC History Cards for KIBM]
{{Omaha Radio}}
{{Oldies Radio Stations in Nebraska}}
Category:1942 establishments in Nebraska
Category:Oldies radio stations in the United States