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90.7 FM, Omaha

City of License: Omaha, NE

First Air Date: August 27, 1972

Operating Power: 2,750 watts

Original Call Letters: KVNO

Format: Fine Arts- classical music with some jazz, folk, soundtracks, pop

Issued To: University of Nebraska

1972

August 27, 1972- Station signs on with studios in the Adolph Storz Mansion, 6025 Dodge St. and transmitter on the KETV tower at 72nd & Crown Point. 2,750 watts at 650 ft.
1977

Bill Watts Prime Time Jazz comes over from KIOS radio and continues for nearly 20 years.
1979

Frank Bramhall replaces the departing Program Director Fritz Leigh and brings his show Breakfast With Bramhall, Beethoven and Bach program over from KIOS, which runs for ten years.
1985

KVNO goes to a 24-hour broadcast schedule, the first of the non-commercial stations to do so.

The Tom May River City Folk weekly program begins a 25-year run, much of it nationally on NPR.
1988

January, 1988- Studios are moved to the University’s Engineering Building, 60th & Dodge. The old studio location, the Adolph Storz Mansion, in disrepair is demolished.
1989

Station-produced TekniKolour Radio dramas run on NPR , lasting for two seasons.
1993

KVNO is ranked 11th nationally by Arbitron, based on metro audience share.
2003

KVNO’s power is increased to 9,000 watts.
2006

Long time Omaha radio personality Otis Twelve joins KVNO as the morning show host of Morning Classics..