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105.5 FM, Fremont

City of License: Fremont, NE

First Air Date: July, 1972

Operating Power: 1,500 watts

Original Call Letters: KHUB FM

General Manager: Glen Ligenfritz

Date of FCC Issue: 1972

Issued To: KHUB, Inc (H.C. Snyder)

Tagged:

Chris Walz Dean Sorenson Del Meyer George Allen Glen Ligenfritz Greg Gade H. C. Snyder Joseph Nugent Kris Davis Mary Quass Richard Chapin Richard Shaheen Rick Siebert Robert Clauss Steve Seline Terri E. Simpson

Through the Years

  • 1972

    KHUB FM signs on, simulcasting co-owned KHUB 1340 AM.

  • 1976

    April, 1976-KHUB Inc. (KHUB AM/FM) is sold by Harry Snyder to Interim, Inc. (George Allen & Richard Shaheen) for $600,000.

    June, 1976-  Interim’s corporate name is changed to KHUB, Inc.

  • 1980

    Station gets a new tower at 450 feet, two miles Southwest of Fremont across the Platte River on Reed Lane.  1,200 watts

  • 1984

    July, 1984-  Call letters are changed to KFMT.

  • 1991

    Programming drops simulcast of co-owned KHUB 1340 AM for Adult Contemporary.

  • 1992

    September, 1992- KFMT and KHUB are sold to Robert Clauss and Joseph Nugent for $400,000.  (Nugent applied for 97.3 FM in Blair September the following year.)   Format flip from Adult Contemporary to Country.

  • 1996

    Joseph Nugent agrees to sell KHUB AM/KFMT FM to K-Heartland Broadcasting (Terri E. Simpson) for $582,000.  The sale also included a Construction Permit for KMRV, Blair, NE to K-Heartland for another $18,000 (Deal fails to close, KHUB, Inc later sells to Mitchell Broadcasting).  Format is flipped from Country to Oldies/Classic Rock.

  • 1997

    May, 1997-  KFMT is sold to Mitchell Broadcasting Co. for $422,000 which includes KHUB 1340 AM.  Del Meyer is named General Manager.

  • 2002

    Mitchell sells station to Waitt Radio, Inc. as part of a $36.6 million package that included Mitchell’s other 16 Nebraska and Iowa holdings.

  • 2005

    Waitt merges with New Radio Group, forming NRG Media (Mary Quass, President).

  • 2012

    NRG sells to Community First Media (Richard Chapin, Dean Sorenson) for $900,000 plus receivables.  This includes KHUB 1340 AM and KBLR 97.3 FM, Blair, NE.

  • 2013

    Community Broadcasting sells KFMT, KHUB and KBLR to R&R Broadcasting, Inc. (Rick Siebert) for $1.15 million.  Chris Walz, Station Manager.

  • 2014

    R&R Broadcasting sells KFMT, KHUB and KBLR to Walnut Radio (Steve Seline) for $1.25 million.