Media in Omaha, Nebraska

This is a list of media serving the Omaha metropolitan area in Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Radio

AM

AM radio stations
FrequencyCall signNameFormatOwnerCity
590 AMKXSPAM 590
ESPN Radio
SportsJournal Broadcast GroupOmaha, Nebraska
660 AMKCROOmaha's Christian TalkChristian TalkSalem CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
1020 AMKMMQLa PreciosaSpanishNRG MediaPlattsmouth/Omaha
1110 AMKFABNewsRadio 1110News/TalkClear Channel CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
1180 AMKZOTThe Zone 2News/TalkNRG MediaBellevue/Omaha
1290 AMKOIL--News/TalkNRG MediaOmaha, Nebraska
1340 AMKHUB--TalkNRG MediaFremont, Nebraska
1420 AMKOTKLa LuzSpanishSalem CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
1490 AMKOMJMagic 1490Easy listeningCochise Broadcasting LLCOmaha, Nebraska
1560 AMKLNG--ChristianWilkins CommunicationsCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
1620 AMKOZNThe Zone
Fox Sports Radio
SportsNRG MediaBellevue/Omaha

FM

FM radio stations
FrequencyCall signNameFormatOwnerCity
88.1 FMKMLVK-LOVEContemporary Christian MusicEducational Media FoundationRalston/Omaha
88.9 FMKYFGSpirit Catholic RadioChristianVSS Catholic CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
89.7 FMKIWR89.7 The RiverCollege/AlternativeIowa Western Comm. Coll.Council Bluffs, Iowa
90.7 FMKVNOClassical 90.7ClassicalUniv. of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska
91.5 FMKIOSOmaha Public Radio/NPRPublic radioOmaha Public SchoolsOmaha, Nebraska
92.3 FMKEZOZ92Active rockJournal Broadcast GroupOmaha, Nebraska
92.7 FMK224DJBott Radio NetworkChristian
rebroadcasts KLCV
Community BroadcastingLa Vista/Omaha
93.3 FMKFFFUS 93.3Classic countryiHeartMedia, Inc.Bennington/Omaha
93.7 FMKBULMav Radio 93.7CollegeUniv. of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska
93.7 FMK229BIBott Radio NetworkChristian
rebroadcasts KLCV
Community BroadcastingOmaha, Nebraska
94.1 FMKQCHChannel 94.1Top 40 (CHR/Pop)Journal Broadcast GroupOmaha, Nebraska
96.1 FMKISO96.1 KISS FMTop 40 (CHR/Pop)iHeartMedia, Inc.Omaha, Nebraska
97.3 FMKBLRCountry 97.3CountryNRG MediaBlair, Nebraska
97.7 FMKBBX-FMRadio LoboSpanishConnoisseur MediaNebraska City/Omaha
98.5 FMKQKQQ98-5Hot ACNRG MediaOmaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area
99.9 FMKGORSuper Hits 99.9OldiesiHeartMedia, Inc.Omaha, Nebraska
100.7 FMKGBIThe Fish -- Safe For The Whole FamilyContemporary Christian musicSalem CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
101.9 FMKOOOThe Big O-101.9Classic rockNRG MediaLa Vista/Omaha
102.7 FMKVSS_(FM)Spirit Catholic RadioChristianVSS Catholic CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
103.7 FMKXKTKat 103CountryiHeartMedia, Inc.Glenwood/Omaha
104.5 FMKSRZStar 104.5Hot ACJournal Broadcast GroupOmaha, Nebraska
105.5 FMKFMTGold 105.5Classic rockNRG MediaFremont, Nebraska
105.9 FMKKCDCD 105.9Classic rockJournal Broadcast GroupOmaha, Nebraska
106.9 FMKOPWPower 106.9Rhythmic (Hip Hop)NRG MediaPlattsmouth/Omaha
107.7 FMKIMIBig Apple News RadioAdult ContemporaryKona Coast Broadcasting, Inc.Malvern, Iowa/Omaha

Television

Television stations in the Omaha Metro area (Ascending order)
Call letters Channel Description
KMTV-TV 3 / RF45 3.1 CBS affiliate; 3.2 Laff (TV network); 3.3 Escape (TV network)
WOWT 6 / RF22 6.1 NBC affiliate; 6.2 WeatherNow; 6.3 Antenna TV (beginning Jan. 18, 2016)
KETV 7 / RF20 7.1 ABC affiliate; 7.2 Me-TV
KXVO 15 / RF38 15.1 CW affiliate; 15.2 This TV; 15.3 Grit
KYNE 26 / RF17 PBS member station, part of NET Television
KBIN 32 / RF33 PBS member station, part of the Iowa Public Television network, licensed to Council Bluffs
KHIN 36 / RF35 PBS member station, part of the Iowa Public Television network, licensed to Red Oak
KPTM 42 / RF43 42.1 Fox affiliate; 42.2 My Network TV This TV; 42.3 Comet
KOHA-LD 48 / RF47 Daystar

Print

Cover page of The Progress, June 21, 1890
Cover page of The Afro-American Sentinel, Saturday, July 30, 1898
Cover of The Enterprise, April 4, 1896

The Omaha World-Herald, the Omaha Bee, and by 1900 the Omaha Daily News had developed into the city's most influential journals.

The African American community in Omaha has had several newspapers serve it. The first was the Progress, established in 1889 by Ferdinand L. Barnett. Cyrus D. Bell, an ex-slave, established the Afro-American Sentinel in 1892. In 1893 George F. Franklin started publishing the Enterprise, later published by Thomas P. Mahammitt. It was the longest lived of any of the early African American newspapers published in Omaha. The best known and most widely read of all African American newspapers in the city was the Omaha Monitor, established in 1915, edited and published by Reverend John Albert Williams. It stopped being published in 1929. In 1906, Lucille Skaggs Edwards published, The Women's Aurora, making her the first black woman to publish a magazine in Nebraska.George Wells Parker, co-founder of the Hamitic League of the World, founded the New Era in Omaha from 1920 through until 1926. The Omaha Guide was established by B.V. and C.C. Galloway in 1927. The Guide, with a circulation of over twenty-five thousand and an advertisers' list including business firms from coast to coast, was the largest African American newspaper west of the Missouri River. The Omaha Star, founded by Mildred Brown, began publication in 1938, and continues today as the only African American newspaper in Omaha.[1][2]

Current

Current newspapers and online newspapers in the Omaha Metro area alphabetical
NameDescription
Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs and western/southwestern Iowa daily newspaper established in 1857
The Daily Record Monday through Friday, daily business and legal newspaper, Omaha, established in 1886
Food & Spirits Quarterly metro area guide to food, dining, spirits and wine
Heartland Messenger Monthly watchdog newspaper
Lifestyle
metroMAGAZINE A greater Omaha lifestyle, dining, entertainment and events magazine
Omaha City Weekly Independent weekly news magazine
Omaha.Community Omaha news and neighborhood reports; schools, events, business, sports, jobs, real estate, restaurant reviews, local deals, free community classifieds
Omaha Magazine
Omaha Star Founded in 1938, it is Nebraska's only African American newspaper
Omaha World-Herald Omaha's local daily newspaper
One
The Reader Liberal independent weekly
Varsity View Area high school news since 2002
Velocity Magazine A youth culture magazine

Historic

Historic newspapers in the Omaha Metro area[3] alphabetical
NameDescription
Arrow Founded in 1854, it was the first newspaper in Omaha
Nebraskian Founded in 1854
Times Founded in 1857
Democrat Founded in 1858
Republican Founded in 1858 under Dr. Gilbert C. Monell and from 1859 to 1861 was under E. D. Webster
Telegraph Founded in 1860
Daily Herald Founded in 1865 under Dr. George L. Miller
Daily Evening Tribune Founded in 1870 with Phineas W. Hitchcock as a chief stockholder
Evening Bee Founded in 1871
Den Danske Pioneer The Danish Pioneer was founded in Omaha in 1872 and printed in the city until 1958
Bee Founded in 1874, bought by World-Herald in 1937 and closed
The Evening World Founded in 1885; purchased The Daily Herald in 1889
The Progress Founded in 1889 by Ferdinand L. Barnett
Afro-American Sentinel Founded in 1892 by Cyrus D. Bell
Enterprise Founded in 1893 by George F. Franklin, later published by Thomas P. Mahammitt
The Women's Aurora Founded in 1906 by Lucille Skaggs Edwards
Omaha Tribune Founded in 1912 as a national German-language weekly; publishing company still operates in Omaha as the Interstate Printing Company
Omaha Monitor Founded in 1915 by Father John Albert Williams
New Era Founded in 1920 by George Wells Parker
Omaha Guide Founded in 1927 by B.V. and C.C. Galloway

References

  1. Federal Writers Project. (1939) "The Negro Press", The Negroes of Nebraska. Retrieved 8/26/08.
  2. Suggs, H.L. (1996) The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press.
  3. "Early Editors' Rivalry Included Horsewhipping, With Whipper Sat Upon," Omaha First Century, Installment VII. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 9/15/07.

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