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94.7 FM, Norfolk

City of License: Norfolk, NE

First Air Date: April 6, 1979

Operating Power: 100,000 watts

Original Call Letters: KNEN

Format: Adult Contemporary

Network Affiliation: ABC Contemporary

General Manager: Gene A. Koehn, President/General Manager

News Director: Bob Morris

Program Director: Chuck Thomas

Date of FCC Issue: February 29, 1980

Issued To: Central Radio, Inc.

Tagged:

Angie Stenger Bob Morris Chuck Thomas David Kelly Ellen Denny Gene A. Koehn Mary Quass Neil Lipetkzy Norman Waitt Jr

1978

November 1, 1978- Construction Permit issued for KNEN.
1979

April 6, 1979- KNEN Signs on with 100,000 watts at 539 feet. Transmitter/Tower located 5.5 miles South-West of Highway 121 from Battle Creek, NE. Studios located at 300 Madison Avenue in Norfolk, NE. Owner: Central Radio, Inc., Gene Koehn President and General Manager. Programming: Adult Contemporary. Purchased CP for $500,000.
1991

KNEN obtains a Construction Permit to go to a new antenna height of 1010 feet. Later dismissed.
1996

Owner Gene Koehn elevates General Sales Manager Ellen Denny to GM/GSM duties.
1999

12/22/99- Waitt Radio (Norman Waitt) enters into a time brokerage agreement with Central Radio for KNEN.
2005

Neil Lipetkzy is General Manager.
2006

April 30, 2006- Central Radio sells KNEN to NRG Sub, LLC. (Mary Quass) for $1.8 million.
2008

February 5, 2008- Red Beacon Communications, Inc (Mike Flood) buys KNEN from NRG, moves studios to co-located KUSO FM at 214 North 7th Street, Norfolk, NE. Format flip to Classic Rock under the slogan “94 Rock.” Angie Stenger is General Manager. Red Beacon also acquires KCTY/KTCH, Wayne, NE in a separate transaction but soon spins those stations off to David Kelly.