KOMJ

KOMJ
City Omaha, Nebraska
Broadcast area Omaha, Nebraska
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Branding "Boomer 104-1 and 1490"
Slogan "The Greatest Music Ever Made"
Frequency 1490 AM kHz
First air date March 1942[1]
Format Adult Standards/Oldies[2]
Power 1,000 Watts day and night
Class C
Facility ID 74104
Transmitter coordinates 41°13′59.0″N 95°58′2.0″W / 41.233056°N 95.967222°W / 41.233056; -95.967222
Callsign meaning K Omaha's MaJic
former branding
Former callsigns KBON (1942-197?)
KLNG (197?-1977)
KYNN (1977-1985)
KEDS (1985-1987)
KEZO (1987-1996)
KOSR (1996-2005)
Affiliations Chicago Cubs Radio Network[3]
Owner Steven Seline[4]
(Walnut Radio, LLC)
Webcast KOMJ Webstream
Website KOMJ Online

KOMJ is an Adult Standards and Oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, serving the Omaha/Council Bluffs area.[2] KOMJ is owned and operated by Steven Seline, through licensee Walnut Radio, LLC.[4] KOMJ's transmitter is located near South 32nd Avenue and Vinton Street in the Hanscom Park neighborhood near Downtown Omaha.

History

Logo used until January 6, 2015, under the "Magic" branding.

KOMJ signed on in 1942 as KBON. By early 1977, the station was KLNG and identified as "Newsradio 149". However, on June 1 of that year, KLNG became KYNN and took on a country format. On April 9, 1985, at 6 a.m., the station flipped to oldies as KEDS. Due to poor ratings, on July 2, 1987, KEDS dropped the oldies format and began simulcasting KEZO-FM. The simulcast would last until the early 1990s, when KEZO flipped to sports talk (the first station of its kind in the Omaha market), and would adopt the KOSR call letters in March 1996. The sports format would last until April 25, 2005, when then-sister station KOMJ (590 AM) swapped formats, with 1490 adopting KOMJ's adult standards format and call letters.

On August 1, 2013, a Federal Communications Commission agent attempted to inspect the studios of KOMJ.[5] The address listed on filings with the FCC, 10714 Mockingbird Drive, was in fact the address for the Journal Broadcast Group studios.[5] KOMJ owner, Cochise Radio Partners, did not have staff or equipment at that location.[5] Journal Broadcast Group had sold the station to Cochise Radio Partners in 2007.[5] Less than a year later, in March 2014, the FCC fined Cochise Broadcasting, LLC $17,000 for "failing to operate and staff a main studio with a public inspection file".[6]

On October 17, 2014, Cochise Radio Partners announced they were selling KOMJ to Walnut Radio, LLC for $450,000.[7][8] The sale between Cochise and Walnut closed on January 2, 2015.[9] Five days later, the station dropped the Middle of the road music from its format for Adult Standards, Classic Hits, and Oldies.[10]

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, a low powered FM translator was added to frequency 104.1, giving the station an AM/FM combo. The station is now known as Boomer 104.1/1490.

Translator

In addition to the main station, KOMJ is relayed by an FM translator in the core Omaha metro.[11][12]

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
W		Height
m (ft)		ClassFCC info
K281CJ104.1 FMOmaha, Nebraska153185250 watts95 m (312 ft)DFCC

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 (PDF). Reed Reference Publishing Company. 2010. p. D-349. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Cubs TV and Radio Affiliates". Chicago Cubs/MLB Advanced Media, LP. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "KOMJ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hubbard, Russell (September 15, 2013). "Where's Omaha's 'Magic 1490' radio coming from? No one seems to know". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska: Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ Marcucci, Carl (March 29, 2014). "FCC nails KOMJ with $17,000 fine". Streamline RBR, Inc. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ Venta, Lance (October 17, 2014). "Walnut Radio Adds KOMJ Omaha". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  10. ↑ Venta, Lance (January 7, 2015). "Walnut Radio Launches Boomer 1490 Omaha". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ "K281CJ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". REC Networks. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
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