1020 AM, Plattsmouth
First Air Date: October 26, 1970
Operating Power: 250 watts
Original Call Letters: KOTD AM
Format: Middle of the Road
General Manager: Charlie Warga, President David Messing, General Manager
News Director: Duane Hayman
Program Director: Duane Hayman
Sales Manager: Glen Harger
Chief Engineer: Dave Messing
Issued To: Platt Broadcasting Company
Through the Years
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1970
October 26, 1970- Signed on playing Middle of the Road music; Polka and Farm News.
Station signed on at 1000 kHz. KOTD stood for “Keep One Thousand Dialed”.
Initial power of 250 watts, daytime only with a two-tower directional pattern toward south.
Platt Broadcasting was owned 100% by Charlie Warga, who was a real estate broker in Plattsmouth, and his family.
Charlie’s wife, Irene Warga hosted the Polka Show on Sundays.
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1973
Station received pre-sunrise authority at 60 watts.
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1980
Former WOW personality Jolly Joe Martin takes over as program director, and adopts “K-One Thousand” slogan with Middle of the Road and Country music, news and farm news.
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1982
The music format goes All-Country.
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1993
Station takes Satellite Music Network’s “Stardust” standards/nostalgia format, simulcasting from new sister FM 106.9 that signs on.
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1996
Frequency moves to 1020 kHz at 1,000 watts, still daytime only. New signal pattern is now toward the West.
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2000
KOTD sells both AM and FM stations to Waitt Radio for $750,000.
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2002
February, 2002-Station calls are changed to KKSC for “Sarpy County.” Studios are moved from Plattsmouth to Bellevue. Programming includes a full AG format, using the Waitt Farm Network, with Mark Kraynak, Farm Director.
April, 2002- Waitt radio makes a power increase to 33,000 watts days, 250 watts at night. This moves requires separate signal patterns using a seven-tower array located just northeast of Glenwood, Iowa.
June, 2002- Station receives authorization for full 50,000 watts daytime power, 1,400 watts nights.
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2003
Call letters are changed to KOIL. Studios are moved from Bellevue to 5011 Capitol Street in Omaha where other Waitt-owned stations are located. Station adopts a country format from Waitt Radio Network, Omaha with the moniker, “KOIL Country 1020.”
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2006
January, 2006- Station flips format to Radio Disney.
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2009
January, 2009- Format flips to All-Spanish with new calls KMMQ (Mas Music Q). Regional Mexican music, with the slogan “La Preciosa”.
April, 2009- Changes slogan to “Ke Padre 1020” adding tropical music.
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2011
KMMQ changes format to Hit-Driven Spanish “La Nueva 1020” (the New 1020).