KYDZ
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KOIL is a radio station
licensed
to serve Bellevue, Nebraska
, USA. The station is owned by NRG Media
and the broadcast license is held by Waitt Omaha, LLC.
, plus syndicated talk shows hosted by Neal Boortz
, Clark Howard
, Dennis Miller
, Dave Ramsey
, Rusty Humphries
, Lars Larson
, and Mike Gallagher
.
from the Federal Communications Commission
for a new station licensed to serve Bellevue, Nebraska
, at the 1180 kHz frequency on May 21, 1984
. The new station was assigned the call letters KNPE by the FCC on August 15, 1984. On January 22, 1987, while still under construction the station applied for and was granted new callsign KKAR. After several extensions, two transfers, and a permit renewal, Mitchell Broadcasting Company finally received its license to cover
for KKAR from the FCC on April 26, 1989.
In September 1990, the station applied to the FCC for an increase in daytime power to the current 25,000 watt
s. The construction permit
was granted in February 1991. On August 24, 1993, this station was first assigned the KOIL call letters, a heritage Omaha broadcast callsign that dates back to 1925 (see "History of KOIL" below). After a lengthy series of extensions KOIL was licensed to operate at the new signal strength on June 23, 1998.
In September 1999, the station dropped its sports radio
programming to become a full-time affiliate of Radio Disney
.
In April 2000, Mitchell Broadcasting Company, Inc., applied to transfer the broadcast license for KOIL to JCM Broadcasting Co., LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 19, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on July 5, 2000.
In December 2001, JCM Broadcasting Co., LLC (John C. Mitchell, president) reached an agreement to sell this station to Waitt Radio, Inc. (Norman W. Waitt Jr., chairman) as part of a 16-station deal valued at $36.6 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 26, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on March 5, 2002.
On April 22, 2003, the station was assigned the callsign KYDZ to better match its service as the local Radio Disney
affiliate. The KOIL callsign was moved to sister station
KKSC (now KMMQ).
In 2005, the entire Waitt Radio station group, including KYDZ, was transferred to NRG Media
, also owned by Norman W. Waitt Jr.
In June 2006, the station's format was flipped to Spanish Classic Hits, including a blend of Mexican and other Latin American music from the 1970s and 1980s, and given the on-air branding "La Bonita."
On January 1, 2009, the station returned to the historic KOIL callsign as the format flipped to syndicated news/talk.
, KOIL signed on July 10, 1925.
KOIL was one of the stations that participated in the first CBS network radio
broadcast on September 18, 1927.
It originally broadcast at 1080 AM before moving to 1290 AM. The station moved to Omaha in 1937.
The station was purchased by salesman and promoter Don Burden in 1953.
KOIL later adopted a Top 40 format.
As a result of a Federal Communications Commission
investigation into improprieties, Burden was forced to surrender his radio licenses, and KOIL went off the air in September 1976. The last song played as it went off the air in September 1976 was Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence."
Three months later, on December 16, 1976 KOIL returned to the air under new ownership by Omaha businessman Nathan Novak.
In 1993, it moved to 1180 AM in an exchange with station KKAR
. In April 2003 it moved to 1020 AM, replacing KKSC (now KMMQ). The callsign returned to 1180 kHz in January 2009.
Announcers who once worked for KOIL include Roger W. Morgan, Gene Okerlund
, Gary Michael Ross, Dr. Don Rose
, Dick Sainte, and former Shindig!
host Jimmy O'Neill. The Real Don Steele, Frank "Coffeehead" Allen, and Sandy Jackson
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 50,137 at the 2010 census. Eight miles south of Omaha, Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Originally settled in the 1830s, It was the first state capitol. Bellevue was incorporated in...
, USA. The station is owned by NRG Media
NRG Media
NRG Media is a media company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was founded on March 1, 2005, as a result of a merger of NewRadio Group and the radio assets of Waitt Media. At its inception it was the seventh largest radio company in the USA. NRG owns and operates 54 radio stations in four...
and the broadcast license is held by Waitt Omaha, LLC.
Programming
KOIL broadcasts a News/Talk format to the Omaha metropolitan area. Notable syndicated programming on KOIL includes Morning in America hosted by Bill BennettBill Bennett
William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC , commonly known as Bill Bennett, was the 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia 1975–1986. He is a son of the former Premier, W. A. C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of R.B...
, plus syndicated talk shows hosted by Neal Boortz
Neal Boortz
Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...
, Clark Howard
Clark Howard
Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...
, Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, sports commentator, and television and radio personality. He is known for his critical assessments laced with pop culture references...
, Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey
David L. Ramsey III is an American financial author, radio host, television personality, and motivational speaker.Ramsey's syndicated radio program The Dave Ramsey Show is promoted with a tagline that "It's about your life and your money," and it is heard on over 450 radio stations throughout the...
, Rusty Humphries
Rusty Humphries
Ralph E. "Rusty" Humphries is an American radio host, conservative political commentator, and songwriter. Humphries' nationally-syndicated radio show, The Rusty Humphries Show, based in Atlanta, Georgia, airs on over 250 stations through Talk Radio Network.-Career:Humphries has hosted as a...
, Lars Larson
Lars Larson
Lars Larson is a conservative U.S. talk radio show host based in Oregon. Larson hosts a national talk radio show, which as of 2009 is syndicated by Compass Media Networks...
, and Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagheris an American radio host and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Mike Gallagher Show, a nationally-syndicated radio program that airs throughout the United States on Salem Radio Network and is also a FOX News Channel Contributor and guest host...
.
History of 1180 AM
This station received its original construction permitConstruction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
from the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
for a new station licensed to serve Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 50,137 at the 2010 census. Eight miles south of Omaha, Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Originally settled in the 1830s, It was the first state capitol. Bellevue was incorporated in...
, at the 1180 kHz frequency on May 21, 1984
1984 in radio
The year 1984 in radio involved some significant events.-Events:* June 18 - Controversial KOA/Denver radio talk show host Alan Berg gunned down in driveway of his home.* Sports writer Ralph Barbieri joined KNBR to host his own sports talk show....
. The new station was assigned the call letters KNPE by the FCC on August 15, 1984. On January 22, 1987, while still under construction the station applied for and was granted new callsign KKAR. After several extensions, two transfers, and a permit renewal, Mitchell Broadcasting Company finally received its license to cover
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
for KKAR from the FCC on April 26, 1989.
In September 1990, the station applied to the FCC for an increase in daytime power to the current 25,000 watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
s. The construction permit
Construction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
was granted in February 1991. On August 24, 1993, this station was first assigned the KOIL call letters, a heritage Omaha broadcast callsign that dates back to 1925 (see "History of KOIL" below). After a lengthy series of extensions KOIL was licensed to operate at the new signal strength on June 23, 1998.
In September 1999, the station dropped its sports radio
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
programming to become a full-time affiliate of Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
.
In April 2000, Mitchell Broadcasting Company, Inc., applied to transfer the broadcast license for KOIL to JCM Broadcasting Co., LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 19, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on July 5, 2000.
In December 2001, JCM Broadcasting Co., LLC (John C. Mitchell, president) reached an agreement to sell this station to Waitt Radio, Inc. (Norman W. Waitt Jr., chairman) as part of a 16-station deal valued at $36.6 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 26, 2002, and the transaction was consummated on March 5, 2002.
On April 22, 2003, the station was assigned the callsign KYDZ to better match its service as the local Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
affiliate. The KOIL callsign was moved to sister station
Sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio and/or television stations operated by the same ownership....
KKSC (now KMMQ).
In 2005, the entire Waitt Radio station group, including KYDZ, was transferred to NRG Media
NRG Media
NRG Media is a media company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was founded on March 1, 2005, as a result of a merger of NewRadio Group and the radio assets of Waitt Media. At its inception it was the seventh largest radio company in the USA. NRG owns and operates 54 radio stations in four...
, also owned by Norman W. Waitt Jr.
In June 2006, the station's format was flipped to Spanish Classic Hits, including a blend of Mexican and other Latin American music from the 1970s and 1980s, and given the on-air branding "La Bonita."
On January 1, 2009, the station returned to the historic KOIL callsign as the format flipped to syndicated news/talk.
History of KOIL
KOIL was originally owned by the Mona Motor Oil Company (hence the "OIL" in the call letters) and located in Council Bluffs, IowaCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across...
, KOIL signed on July 10, 1925.
KOIL was one of the stations that participated in the first CBS network radio
CBS Radio Network
The CBS Radio Network provides news, sports and other programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. The network is owned by CBS Corporation, and operated by CBS Radio ....
broadcast on September 18, 1927.
It originally broadcast at 1080 AM before moving to 1290 AM. The station moved to Omaha in 1937.
The station was purchased by salesman and promoter Don Burden in 1953.
KOIL later adopted a Top 40 format.
As a result of a Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
investigation into improprieties, Burden was forced to surrender his radio licenses, and KOIL went off the air in September 1976. The last song played as it went off the air in September 1976 was Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence."
Three months later, on December 16, 1976 KOIL returned to the air under new ownership by Omaha businessman Nathan Novak.
In 1993, it moved to 1180 AM in an exchange with station KKAR
KKAR
KKAR 1290 AM is an Omaha, Nebraska area Talk Station that airs national talk shows such as Dr. Laura, Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Tammy Bruce and Jerry Doyle...
. In April 2003 it moved to 1020 AM, replacing KKSC (now KMMQ). The callsign returned to 1180 kHz in January 2009.
Announcers who once worked for KOIL include Roger W. Morgan, Gene Okerlund
Gene Okerlund
Eugene "Mean Gene" Okerlund is a semi-retired American professional wrestling interviewer and announcer. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Hulk Hogan...
, Gary Michael Ross, Dr. Don Rose
Don Rose
Don Rose Don Rose Don Rose (born Donald Rosenberg- also known as Dr. Don Rose or just Dr. Don (July 5, 1934 – March 30, 2005) was an American radio personality on KFRC AM 610 in San Francisco, California from October 1973 to 1986. Prior to joining KFRC, Rose had been a prominent broadcaster...
, Dick Sainte, and former Shindig!
Shindig!
Shindig! was an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz....
host Jimmy O'Neill. The Real Don Steele, Frank "Coffeehead" Allen, and Sandy Jackson