KIBM (1490AM) is acommercialradio station inOmaha, Nebraska, serving theOmaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.^[1] KIBM airs anoldiesradio format known as "Boomer Radio." It is owned and operated by Steven Seline, through licensee Walnut Radio, LLC.^[3] Thestudios and offices are on Burt Street in Omaha.

KIBM is powered at 970watts during the day and 900 watts at night, using anon-directional antenna. Thetransmitter is near South 38th Street and Wright Street in the Hanscom Park neighborhood nearDowntown Omaha.^[6] Programming is also heard on twoFM translators at 94.5 and 104.1MHz in Omaha.

The stationsigned on the air in March 1942; 83 years ago (1942-03).^[7] The originalcall sign was KBON and the power was 250 watts, a fraction of its current output. It was owned by Inland Broadcasting and was anetwork affiliate of theMutual Broadcasting System.

After 28 years as KBON, the station changed to KLNG on July 1, 1970, and flipped to anall-news format.^[8] By early 1977, KLNG identified as "Newsradio 149". However, on June 1 of that year, KLNG became KYNN and took on acountry music format.^[9] On April 9, 1985, at 6 a.m., the station flipped tooldies as KEDS.^[10] Due to poor ratings, on July 2, 1987, KEDS dropped the oldies format and begansimulcasting thealbum rock format onKEZO-FM. The station took the call sign KEZO.

In October 1993, KEZO began adding more sports-oriented programming by becoming the new affiliate for theOmaha Royals andOmaha Lancers, as well asNebraska baseball games. It later broke from the simulcast with the FM altogether and flipped tosports radio, the first station of its kind in the Omaha market.^[11] TheJournal Broadcast Group bought the station in October 1994. KEZO adopted the KOSR call sign on April 1, 1996.^[12] The sports format continued until April 25, 2005, when then-sister stationKOMJ (590 AM) swapped formats, with 1490 adopting KOMJ'sadult standards format and call letters.

TheJournal Broadcast Group sold the station to Cochise Radio Partners in 2007, and the intention was for KOMJ's studios to be relocated.^[13] But on August 1, 2013, anFCC agent attempted to inspect the studios of KOMJ.^[13] The on-file address, 10714 Mockingbird Drive, is the studio for Journal's television station,KMTV-TV and their then-radio sisters, and had never been changed, despite Cochise's full relocation of the station. Journal did not lease a studio out to Cochise as part of the sale. Less than a year later, in March 2014, the FCC fined Cochise $17,000, citing with KOMJ's failure to maintain access to theirpublic file (which Journal also did not have on hand) as part of the studio address violation.^[14]

On October 17, 2014, Cochise announced the sale of KOMJ to Walnut Radio, LLC for $450,000.^[15][16] The sale between Cochise and Walnut closed on January 2, 2015.^[17] Five days later, the station dropped themiddle of the road music from its format foradult standards,classic hits, and oldies.^[18]

At exactly 6:00 p.m. on January 7, "Boomer 1490" (a nod tobaby boomers, its core demographic) was officially launched with a live listening party at Gorat's Steakhouse in Omaha. The first song played under the new Boomer format was "Good Vibrations" byThe Beach Boys. In June of that year, long time radio legend Dave Wingert became the new Morning Show host. In May 2016, an FM translator was added on 104.1 FM, giving the station an AM/FM combo. The station is now known as "Boomer Radio."

The call sign was changed to KOBM on December 11, 2018. On April 1, 2019, the station changed its call sign to KIBM, with the KOBM call sign moving to1420 AM (the former KOTK).^[19][20]

In addition to the main station, KIBM is relayed by two FM translators in the core Omaha metro and suburbs.^[21][22]

• Boomer 104.1 and 1490 Online
• Facility details for Facility ID 74104 (KIBM) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• KIBM inNielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 146285 (K233CO) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• K233CO at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 138708 (K281DG) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• K281DG at FCCdata.org
• FCC History Cards for KIBM

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• Radio stations in Omaha, Nebraska

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