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88.5 FM, Lincoln

City of License: Lincoln, NE

First Air Date: 1996

Operating Power: 4,700 watts

Original Call Letters: KLCV

Format: Christian Talk

Network Affiliation: Bott Radio Network

General Manager: Tom Millett

Issued To: Community Broadcasting, Inc.

Through the Years

  • 1992

    Construction Permit for 88.5 FM, 4,700 watts at 390 feet, with call letters KFBN.

  • 1996

    Station signs on as KLCV.  Format- Christian Talk- Bott Network.  Studios/offices- 100 North 56th Street in Lincoln, NE.  Transmitter- Northwest of Lincoln and just north of Waverly along Waverly Road near its intersection with North 134th Street.

  • 2007

    Studios moved to 233 South 13th Street in Lincoln.

  • 2009

    New transmitter site.  Upgrade power to 46,000 watts at 1141 feet, directional toward Omaha (on the fringe of the primary signal), with a null to the southwest.  Shares KFRX tower 15 miles East of Lincoln, near Eagle, along South 238th Street north of the intersection with Van Dorn Street.

  • 2022

    As of 2022, KLCV FM also broadcasts its primary channel from these 6 transmitters.

    K229BI     93.7 FM   Omaha, NE (99 watts)
    K238AR   95.5 FM   Columbus, NE (250 watts)
    K257EF    99.3 FM   York, NE (250 watts)
    K276FI    103.1 FM   Fremont, NE (250 watts)
    K277CP   103.3 FM   Omaha, NE (205 watts)
    K277CD  103.3 FM   Beatrice, NE  (250 watts)