KSRZ
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KSRZ
| logo = KSRZ Logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| city = Omaha, Nebraska
| area = Omaha-Lincoln-Council Bluffs
| branding = Star 104.5
| frequency = 104.5 MHz {{HD Radio}}
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1972|5|12}} (as KOOO-FM)
| format = Adult contemporary
| subchannels = HD2: Sports (KXSP simulcast)
| erp = 100,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|331.7|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = C0
| facility_id = 50308
| coordinates = {{coord|41|18|16|N|96|1|41|W|region:US-NE_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = K StaR Z
| former_callsigns = KOOO-FM (1972–1979)
KESY-FM (1979–1997)
| affiliations =
| owner = SummitMedia
| licensee = SM-KSRZ-FM, LLC
| sister_stations = KEZO-FM, KKCD, KQCH, KXSP
| webcast = [https://www.104star.com/player Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.104star.com 104star.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KSRZ (104.5 FM, "Star 104.5") is a commercial radio station in Omaha, Nebraska.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KSRZ |title=KSRZ Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} It airs an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. The station is owned by SummitMedia, and its studios are located on Mercy Road in Omaha's Aksarben Village.{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }}
KSRZ is a Class C0 station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most stations.[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=ksrz&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=-1&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KSRZ] The transmitter tower is at the Omaha master antenna farm on North 72nd Street and Crown Point.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=ksrz&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/KSRZ]
History
= Country (1972–1979) =
The station signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1972|5|12}}.Broadcasting Yearbook 1974 [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1974/B-Radio-All-1974.pdf page B-129]. Retrieved December 21, 2023. 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, and 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 easy listening music was aging, so KESY added more vocals to its playlist to entice younger listeners. In 1989, KESY evolved to soft adult contemporary music, adopted the moniker "Y 104", and used live DJs.
= Adult contemporary (1998–present) =
On January 9, 1998, KESY moved to the 97.7 FM frequency. After a few days of simulcasting, 104.5 FM flipped to modern adult contemporary (which emphasizes on more modern rock hits targeting a female audience) as "Star 104.5", with new call letters KSRZ.Jim Minge, "Star 104 up, running," The Omaha World-Herald, January 17, 1998. The format later evolved to a more broad-based Hot AC format.
By 2008, KSRZ repositioned to a mainstream adult contemporary format, with a heavy reliance on songs from the 1980s.
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.{{cite news|title=E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/78093/ew-scripps-journal-merging-broadcast-ops|access-date=July 31, 2014|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 30, 2014}} Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Omaha stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.{{cite news |title=Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale. |url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/scripps-completes-two-more-pieces-of-radio-division-sale/article_7760f668-de69-11e8-8452-576eb3d6fc32.html |access-date=November 2, 2018 |work=Inside Radio |date=November 2, 2018 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|50308|KSRZ}}
{{Omaha Radio}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Nebraska}}
Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States