KFAB (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = KFAB-AM


city = Omaha, Nebraska
area = Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1924
frequency = 1110 kHz HD Radio
format = News/Talk
power = 50,000 Watts (day and night)
erp =
class = A (clear channel)
callsign_meaning = None. It was issued sequentially by the Federal Communications Commission. [http://earlyradiohistory.us/recap.htm#four]
former_callsigns =
owner = Clear Channel Communications
licensee = Capstar TX L.P.
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.kfab.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html Listen Live]
website = [http://www.kfab.com kfab.com]
affiliations =

KFAB (1110kHz AM) is a 50,000 watt clear channel news and talk radio station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska.

History

KFAB was first licensed in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1924. At its previous home in Lincoln, KFAB operated on 770 kHz and then 780 kHz, in an unusual shared-time arrangement with Chicago's co-channel WBBM. Beginning in 1939, both stations synchronized their carrier frequencies via a telephone line that ran from the WBBM transmitter outside Chicago to the KFAB site near Lincoln, thus providing a nearly coast-to-coast CBS signal on that frequency. The station moved to Omaha, and to the 1110 kHz frequency, in 1948. It became Nebraska's first 24 hour radio station in 1951. In 2005, KFAB became the first Nebraska radio station broadcasting in HD. The station's transmission towers are located southeast of the town of Papillion, Nebraska. [ [http://www.fybush.com/sites/2007/site-071123.html KFAB history, studio and transmitter site] ]

According to the University of Nebraska (Lincoln), while he was still an undergraduate, Johnny Carson worked at KFAB in 1948, doing some announcing and writing scripts for radio shows. [ [http://www.nufoundation.org/link.sp?page=article&id=29522 Johnny Carson at KFAB] ]

Programs

KFAB is host to such national shows as Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Matt Drudge, and Rush Limbaugh. KFAB also broadcasts local radio shows hosted by Gary Sadlemyer, Jim Rose, Scott Voorhees, and Tom Becka. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.KFAB is the home of all Nebraska Cornhuskers football and basketball games.

References

External links

* [http://www.kfab.com Official Web site]
*AM station data|KFAB