KQCH
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| KQCH | |
| City of license | Omaha, Nebraska |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Omaha-Council Bluffs |
| Branding | "Channel 94.1" |
| Slogan | "All Hit Music" |
| First air date | 1960s |
| Frequency | 94.1 MHZ |
| Format | Top 40 Mainstream |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | Its assigned frequency, 94.1 on the FM dial. |
| Owner | Journal Broadcast Group |
| Website | Channel 94.1's website |
KQCH is the callsign for the Omaha, Nebraska-based Top 40 FM radio station "Channel 94.1". It is maintained by the local, employee-owned corporation Journal Broadcast Group.
[edit] History
KQCH's origins began in 1999, when it flipped from Adult Contemporary to Rhythmic Contemporary as "Channel 97.7." The station would become a success story in its three years on that signal and became a serious challenger to Top 40 Mainstream KQKQ, who had the Top 40 scene all to themselves during the 1980s and 1990s.
The 94.1 frequency was best known to Country music fans in Omaha as WOW-FM during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. But that all changed in 2000 when it became KSSO "Kiss Country," which prompted a cease & desist letter from Clear Channel Communications. After that fiasco they modified it by rebranding it KMXM "Max Country" in 2001.
After their attempts to save the format, Journal decided that the signal would be better used by replacing the format with one of its current stations. That station would be KQCH. In 2002 they moved from 97.7 to 94.1 and was relaunched as "Channel 94.1." They would continue in its Rhythmic direction until 2004, when it shifted to a Mainstream direction after KQKQ flipped to Adult Top 40.
[edit] Programs
- Weekdays, 5:00-9:00 A.M.: “The Big Party Show”, Channel 94.1’s morning show featuring “Big Party”, Jeff Degan AKA “Degan”, and “Molly”
- Weekdays, 7:00 P.M.: “Last Song Standing”, Competition where two new songs are played and listeners call in to the studio to vote on which one they want to hear on the air. If a song wins 5 nights in a row, it is placed into the “Last Song Standing Hall of Fame” and begins airplay on the station.
- Weekdays, 9:00 P.M.: “The Phat 5 @ 9”, daily countdown where the five most requested song of the day are played back from five to one. After the countdown, the 10th caller on the studio line gets to answer a question about the songs played on the countdown for a chance to win various prizes.
- Saturday, 12:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M.: “The Top 25 Live with Corey Young”, a station countdown with personality Corey Young, compiled by listener requests and “Channel Surfer” survey results.
- Sunday, 8:00 P.M.: "Sunday Night Shrink Rap with Dr. Jim", a Omaha-based local call-in show hosted by Damien "Your Boy" Montez and psychiatrist Dr. James Sorrell, M.D. from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)
[edit] External link
- Channel 94.1's website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KQCH
- Sunday Night Shrink Rap with Dr. Jim Website
| FM radio stations in the Omaha-Council Bluffs market (Arbitron #72) | |
|---|---|
| By frequency: |
87.7¹ | 88.1 | 88.9 | 89.7 | 90.7 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 93.3 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 96.1 | 97.7 | 98.5 | 99.3 | 99.9 | 100.7 | 101.9 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 104.5 | 104.9 | 105.5 | 105.9 | 106.9 | 107.7 & 97.3 |
| By callsign: |
KBLR | KBBX | KCSI | KEZO | KFMT | KGBI | KGOR | KHUS | KIOS | KIWR | KKBZ | KKCD | KLTQ | KMLV | KOPW | KQBW | KQCH | KQKQ | KSDE-LP | KSRZ | KVCA-LP | KVNO | KVSS | KXKT | WOWT ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (NBC) |
