KOOO

KOOO
City	La Vista, Nebraska
Broadcast area	Lincoln/Omaha, Nebraska
Branding	101.9 The Keg
Slogan	Let's Rock!
Frequency	101.9 MHz
First air date	1958-06-22 (as KFMQ at 95.3)
Format	Classic rock
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	365 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	35067
Transmitter coordinates	41°03′1.00″N 96°11′33.00″W / 41.0502778°N 96.1925000°W / 41.0502778; -96.1925000
Former callsigns	KFMQ (1958-1992) KYNN (1992-1994) KGDE (1994-1998) KZFX (1998-2002) KLTQ (2002-2007)
Former frequencies	95.3 MHz (1958-1973)
Owner	NRG Media (NRG License Sub, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1019thekeg.com

KOOO (101.9 FM, "101.9 The Keg") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format.^[1] Licensed to La Vista, Nebraska, USA, the station serves the Lincoln and Omaha areas. The station is currently owned by NRG Media, LLC.^[2] Its studios are located on Dodge Street at 50th Avenue in Midtown Omaha, and its transmitter site is located southwest of Springfield, Nebraska.

History

The station was assigned the call letters KFMQ-FM beginning in 1958. On 1992-10-30, the station changed its call sign to KYNN, then on 1995-04-01 to KGDE, then on 1995-04-03 to KYNN, and on 1997-04-17 to KGDE. On 1998-04-24 the call letters changed again to KZFX, then on 2002-02-01 to KLTQ, and finally on 2007-12-28 to the current KOOO.^[3] KOOO was previously assigned to a Dallas, Texas station (which was also known as KEWS-FM for a time). Before that, KOOO was a country music station in Omaha, simulcasting on 1420 AM and 104.5 FM.

From 1973 to 1992, 101.9 was known as "Q102, Nebraska's Rock & Roll Legend", carrying an Album Oriented Rock format, until, without warning, dropping the format and flipping to "Omaha's Young Country, 101.9 KYNN". While the "Hit Kicker" began to gnaw its way up the ratings chart, the station failed to make money, and was sold. In 1995, after stunting with an automated countdown, 101.9 became Nebraska's first alternative rock station as "101.9/107.7 The Edge", with a translator to better cover Omaha. Ironically, the move from Rock to Alternative would have made sense prior to the attempted country format, but the format didn't exist commercially yet. On April 10, 1998, 101.9 The Edge signed off at 3PM and began stunting by playing It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M until 8PM before going into a simulcast of Sweet 98 and flipping to classic hits as "101.9 The Fox" on the 13th at 5:30 AM. The Fox ended on February 1, 2002, as 101.9 began stunting with the song "Winter Wonderland" on a loop until flipping to AC as "Lite Rock 101.9" on the 4th at 9AM. The format lasted until December 26, 2007, when 101.9 flipped to Adult Hits as "101.9 The Big O".

On August 11, 2014, 101.9's website was replaced by a picture of a genie's lamp, with the words, "WHAT'S YOUR WISH?". At the same time, KOOO removed all imaging on the former Big O. The new format, according to website registration, was to be country as 101.9 The Hog.^[4] These rumors were confirmed, as 101.9 began running liners the following day saying that the following day at 4 PM, "your wish will come true". 1019thehog.com also ran a countdown clock to the same time, saying the similar "Your Wish Comes True [*] days [*] hours [*] minutes [*] seconds August 13, 2014". However, in a similar way as WLTQ in Milwaukee did so in 2004, KOOO instead flipped to 80s-based Classic Rock as 101.9 The Keg at the promised time. The last song on The Big O was Goodbye by Night Ranger, and the first song on The Keg was "Kickstart My Heart" by Mötley Crüe.

The station is an affiliate of the "Floydian Slip" syndicated Pink Floyd program.

Former logo

References

↑ "KOOO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "KOOO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/89698/big-o-departing-omaha/

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KOOO

Radio-Locator information on KOOO

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KOOO

Radio stations in the Lincoln, Nebraska market

By AM frequency	590 660 960 1020 1110 1180 1240 1290 1400 1480 1560 1620

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 89.3 89.9 90.3 91.1 92.3 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.5 99.9 100.7 101.9 102.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.3 107.3 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.45 162.475

By callsign	KBBK KBBX-FM KCRO KEZO-FM KFAB KFGE KFLV KFOR KFRX KGBI-FM KGOR KIBZ KISO KLIQ KJFT-LP KLCV KLIN KLMS KLNC KLNG KMA KNBE KNTK KOIL KOOO KOZN KQCH KQKQ-FM KRKR KRNU KSRZ KTGL KTMX KUCV KUTT KVSS KXKT KXSP KZKX KZOT KZUM KZZ69 WXM20

Nearby radio markets Des Moines–Ames Grand Island–Hastings–Kearney Northeast Nebraska Omaha–Council Bluffs Salina–Manhattan Sioux City Topeka See also List of radio stations in Nebraska

Radio stations in the Omaha–Council Bluffs market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5♦ 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.7 91.5 92.3 92.7♦ 93.3 93.7♦ 94.1 95.3 96.1 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.9 102.7 102.9♦ 103.1 103.7 104.5 105.5 105.9 106.9 107.7

By AM frequency	590 660 840 920 960 1020 1110 1180 1290 1340 1420 1490 1560 1600 1620

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.475 162.525

By callsign	KBBX-FM KBIE KBLR-FM KCRO KCSI KEZO-FM KFAB KFFF KFMT-FM KGBI-FM KGOR KHUB KIMI KIOS-FM KISO KIWR KKCD KLCV KLNG KMA KMA-FM KMLV KMMQ KNCY KOIL KOMJ KOOO KOPW KOTK KOZN KQCH KQKQ-FM KSRZ KTIC KVNO KVSS KXKT KXSP KYFG KYFR KZLW KZOT

Nearby radio markets Des Moines–Ames Fort Dodge Grand Island–Hastings–Kearney Kansas City Lincoln Northeast Nebraska Sioux City See also List of radio stations in Nebraska List of radio stations in Iowa ♦KLCV and its low powered repeaters are satellites of the Bott Radio Network; KLCV is a full-signal broadcast from Lincoln covering the southern portion of the market, both 92.7 and 93.7 is heard within central Omaha-Council Bluffs proper, and 102.9 covers the northern portion of the market.

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Nebraska

By frequency	92.9 93.3 95.3 97.3 98.5 101.5 101.9 103.9 105.5 105.9

By Callsign:	KBBN KHAQ KFMT KKCD KMOR KOOO KQHK KRGY KROR KTGL

By city	Aurora Beatrice Broken Bow Fremont Gering Hastings La Vista/Omaha Maxwell McCook Omaha

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Nebraska See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

NRG Media

Illinois	WCMY WIXN WJBD-FM WRCV WRKX WSEY WSIQ

Iowa	KFMW KOKZ KPTY KQKQ-FM KXEL

Nebraska	KBBK KFGE KGFW KLIN KLNC KMMQ KOIL KOOO KOPW KOZN KQKY KRNY KROR KSYZ-FM KZOT

Wisconsin	WBCV WFAW WGLX-FM WHDG WHTQ WKCH WLKD WMQA-FM WOBT WRHN WRLO-FM WSJY WYTE

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