90.7 FM, Omaha
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
Through the Years
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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.
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1977
Bill Watts Prime Time Jazz comes over from KIOS radio and continues for nearly 20 years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1989
Station-produced TekniKolour Radio dramas run on NPR , lasting for two seasons.
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1993
KVNO is ranked 11th nationally by Arbitron, based on metro audience share.
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2003
KVNO’s power is increased to 9,000 watts.
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2006
Long time Omaha radio personality Otis Twelve joins KVNO as the morning show host of Morning Classics..