KQCH

Infobox Radio Station


name = KQCH
airdate = 1960s
frequency = 94.1 MHz
city = Omaha, Nebraska
area = Omaha-Council Bluffs | format = Top 40 Mainstream
owner = Journal Broadcast Group
erp = 97,000 watts
haat = 361 m
branding = "Channel 94.1"
slogan = "All Hit Music"
class = C
website = [http://www.channel941.com Channel 94.1's website]
callsign_meaning = sister_stations = KEZO-FM, KKCD-FM, KSRZ-FM, KXSP-AM, KMTV-TV

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.

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.channel941.com/ Channel 94.1's website]
* [http://www.unmc.edu/podcast/shrinkrap.htm Sunday Night Shrink Rap with Dr. Jim Website]
*FMQ|KQCH
*FML|KQCH