107.3 FM, Lincoln

Through the Years

• 1968

  April 10, 1968-  Construction Permit is granted for KLIN FM.

  September 1, 1968-  KLIN FM signs on with 100,000 watts at 165 feet.  Owner:  Shurtleff-Schorr Broadcasting Corporation (Jack C. Callaway).

  December 10, 1968-  KLIN FM is licensed by the FCC.

• 1971

  September, 1971-  KLIN 107.3 FM is sold from Shurtleff-Schorr to KLIN FM (Norton & Diana Warner) for $800,000 including KLIN 1400 AM.

• 1976

  Studios/Offices move to 4343 O Street in Lincoln known as “The Broadcast House.”

• 1980

  Format flip from MOR to Beautiful Music.

• 1983

  Broadcast tower is upgraded to 600 feet, located at 7800 Yankee Hill Road (.5 miles west of 84th and Yankee Hill Road) in Lincoln.

• 1988

  December 18, 1988-  Call letters are changed to KEZG FM.  Format adjusts to Easy Listening.

• 1991

  Format change from Easy Listening to Adult Contemporary

• 2000

  March 31, 2000-  Warner Enterprises (Norton Warner) sells KEZG FM, along with KLIN AM, KFGE FM, KKUL FM and KWBE AM, Beatrice, NE to Triad Broadcasting Company, Monterey, CA (David Benjamin, President) for $12 million.  Mark Halverson, General Manager.

  August 28, 2000- Call letters are changed to KBBK FM

• 2007

  September 4, 2007-  Triad Broadcasting Company sells KBBK FM, KFGE FM, KLIN AM, KLNC FM and KWBE AM to NRG Media (Mary Quass, President) for $17.5 million.

  KBBK is branded as B-107.3 and format shifts to Hot Adult Contemporary

• 2012

  February 6, 2013-  KBBK (HD2) signs on an FM translator  K233AN at 94.5 and 250 watts at 174 feet, branded as “Red 94.5” with a Top 40 format.  Antenna located at 15th & M Street in Lincoln.