Media in Omaha, Nebraska

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

Radio

Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license. Omaha radio stations gets 25 Analog FM stations, 10 Digital HD Radio FM stations including 8 subchannels Like HD-2 and HD-3, 11 Analog AM stations, and 1 Digital HD Radio AM Station affiliated KFAB.

AM

AM radio stations
FrequencyHDCall signNameFormatOwnerCity
590 AMRepeats on KEZO-HD2KXSPAM 590
ESPN Radio		SportsE.W. Scripps CompanyOmaha, Nebraska
660 AMNoKCROOmaha's Christian TalkChristian TalkSalem CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
1020 AMNoKMMQLa PreciosaSpanish
(Regional Mexican)		NRG MediaPlattsmouth/Omaha
1110 AM1KFABNewsRadio 1110News/TalkClear Channel CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
1180 AMNoKZOTThe Zone 2News/TalkNRG MediaBellevue/Omaha
1290 AMNoKOIL--News/TalkNRG MediaOmaha, Nebraska
1340 AMNoKHUB--TalkNRG MediaFremont, Nebraska
1420 AMNoKOTKLa LuzSpanishSalem CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
1490 AMNoKOMJMagic 1490Easy listeningCochise Broadcasting LLCOmaha, Nebraska
1560 AMNoKLNG--ChristianWilkins CommunicationsCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
1620 AMNoKOZNThe Zone
Fox Sports Radio		SportsNRG MediaBellevue/Omaha

FM

FM radio stations
FrequencyHDCall signNameFormatOwnerCity
88.1 FMNoKMLVK-LOVEContemporary Christian MusicEducational Media FoundationRalston/Omaha
88.9 FMNoKYFGSpirit Catholic RadioChristianVSS Catholic CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
89.7 FMNoKIWR89.7 The RiverCollege/AlternativeIowa Western Comm. Coll.Council Bluffs, Iowa
90.7 FM3KVNOClassical 90.7ClassicalUniv. of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska
91.5 FM1KIOSOmaha Public Radio/NPRPublic radioOmaha Public SchoolsOmaha, Nebraska
92.3 FM2KEZOZ92Active rockE.W. Scripps CompanyOmaha, Nebraska
92.7 FMNoK224DJBott Radio NetworkChristian
rebroadcasts KLCV		Community BroadcastingLa Vista/Omaha
93.3 FM2KFFF93.3 The WolfClassic countryiHeartMedia, Inc.Bennington/Omaha
93.7 FMNoKBULMav Radio 93.7CollegeUniv. of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska
93.7 FMNoK229BIBott Radio NetworkChristian
rebroadcasts KLCV		Community BroadcastingOmaha, Nebraska
94.1 FM1KQCHChannel 94.1Top 40 (CHR/Pop)E.W. Scripps CompanyOmaha, Nebraska
96.1 FM2KISO96.1 KISS FMTop 40 (CHR/Pop)iHeartMedia, Inc.Omaha, Nebraska
97.3 FMNoKBLRCountry 97.3CountryNRG MediaBlair, Nebraska
97.7 FMNoKBBX-FMRadio LoboSpanish
(Regional Mexican)		Connoisseur MediaNebraska City/Omaha
98.5 FMNoKQKQQ98-5Hot ACNRG MediaCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area
99.9 FM2KGORSuper Hits 99.9OldiesiHeartMedia, Inc.Omaha, Nebraska
100.7 FMNoKGBIThe Fish—Safe For The Whole FamilyContemporary Christian musicSalem CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
101.9 FMNoKOOOThe Big O-101.9 The KegClassic rockNRG MediaLa Vista/Omaha
102.7 FMNoKVSS (FM)Spirit Catholic RadioChristianVSS Catholic CommunicationsOmaha, Nebraska
103.7 FM2KXKTKat 103.7CountryiHeartMedia, Inc.Glenwood/Omaha
104.5 FM2KSRZStar 104.5Hot ACE.W. Scripps CompanyOmaha, Nebraska
105.5 FMNoKFMTGold 105.5Classic rockNRG MediaFremont, Nebraska
105.9 FM1KKCDCD 105.9Classic rockE.W. Scripps CompanyOmaha, Nebraska
106.9 FMNoKOPWPower 106.9 Today's Hottest JamzRhythmic (Hip Hop)NRG MediaPlattsmouth/Omaha
107.7 FMNoKIMIBig Apple News RadioSilentKona Coast Broadcasting, Inc.Malvern, Iowa/Omaha

Television

Television stations in the Omaha Metro area (Ascending order)
Band
Ch. 		Call City Owner Start Virt.
Ch.
ATSC 		Pys.
Ch.
RF 		DTV
HD 		Nickname Programming
3KMTVOmaha E. W. Scripps Company 19493.1 45 1080i 3 News Now CBS
3.2 45 480i LAFF-TV Laff
3.3 45 480i Escape Escape
6WOWT Omaha Gray Television 1949 6.1 22 1080i WOWT 6 News NBC
6WOWT Omaha Gray Television 1949 6.2 22 480i COZI Cozi TV
6WOWT Omaha Gray Television 1949 6.3 22 480i WOWTANT Antenna TV
7KETV Omaha Hearst Television 1957 7.1 20 1080i Newswatch 7 ABC
7KETV Omaha Hearst Television 1957 7.2 20 480i KETV-ME Me-TV
15KXVO Omaha Mitts Telecasting
(operated through SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) 		1995 15.1 38 1080i CW15 CW
15KXVO Omaha Mitts Telecasting
(operated through SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) 		1995 15.2 38 480i TBD TBD
15KXVO Omaha Mitts Telecasting
(operated through SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) 		1995 15.3 38 480i Charge! Charge!
26KYNE
NET		 Omaha Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission 1965 26.1 17 1080i NET HD PBS
26KYNE
NET		 Omaha Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission 1965 26.2 17 720p NET-W World
26KYNE
NET		 Omaha Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission 1965 26.3 17 480i NET-C Create
26KYNE
NET		 Omaha Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission 1965 26.4 17 480i NET-K PBS Kids
32KBIN
IPTV		 Council Bluffs Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 32.1 33 1080i IPTV HD PBS
32KBIN
IPTV		 Council Bluffs Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 32.2 33 480i IPTV Learn PBS Kids
(6am-6pm)
Create
(6pm-6am)
32KBIN
IPTV		 Council Bluffs Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 32.3 33 480i IPTV World World
32KBIN
IPTV		 Council Bluffs Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 32.4 33 480i IPTV Kids PBS Kids
36KHIN
IPTV		 Red Oak Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 36.1 35 1080i IPTV HD PBS
36KHIN
IPTV		 Red Oak Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 36.2 35 480i IPTV Learn PBS Kids
(6am-6pm)
Create
(6pm-6am)
36KHIN
IPTV		 Red Oak Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 36.3 35 480i IPTV World World
36KHIN
IPTV		 Red Oak Iowa Public Broadcasting Board 1975 36.4 35 480i IPTV Kids PBS Kids
42KPTM Omaha Sinclair Broadcast Group 1986 42.1 43 720p FOX42 Fox
42KPTM Omaha Sinclair Broadcast Group 1986 42.2 43 480i MyNetTV ThisTV MyNetworkTV
This TV
42KPTM Omaha Sinclair Broadcast Group 1986 42.3 43 480i Comet Comet
48KOHA-LD Omaha Word of God Fellowship 1992 48.1 48 480i Daystar Omaha 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, today it is Nebraska's longest-running and 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
Current publishers and printing in the Omaha Metro area alphabetical
NameDescription
Aradius Group Omaha commercial printing and publishing service. Originally, Omaha Printing Company, established 1858. [3]

Historic

Historic newspapers in the Omaha Metro area[4] 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 as an African-American newspaper
Afro-American Sentinel Founded in 1892 by Cyrus D. Bell as an African-American newspaper
Enterprise Founded in 1893 by George F. Franklin, later published by Thomas P. Mahammitt as an African-American newspaper
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 as an African-American newspaper
New Era Founded in 1920 by George Wells Parker as an African-American newspaper
Omaha Guide Founded in 1927 by B.V. and C.C. Galloway as an African-American newspaper

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. ↑ Aradius Group. (1858) "", The history of Aradius Group and Omaha Printing Company
  4. ↑ "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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