First air date 1972 (as KOOO-FM) | Branding Star 104.5 | |
Slogan 80s Til NowThe Christmas Station (Nov.-Dec.) Frequency 104.5 MHz(also on HD Radio) | ||
KSRZ (104.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States, the station serves the Omaha-Lincoln-Council Bluffs Metropolitan area. The station is owned by E.W. Scripps Company. KSRZ's studios are located on Mockingbird Drive in South Omaha, while its transmitter is located at the Omaha master antenna farm at North 72nd Street and Crown Point.
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History
The station signed on the air in 1972 as KOOO-FM, a country music station. In 1979, the station changed their call letters to KESY and flipped to an automated beautiful music format. In 1993, the format changed to smooth jazz and used live DJs once again. The format was short lived and the station flipped to soft adult contemporary. On January 9, 1998, KESY moved to the 97.7 FM frequency. After a few days of simulcasting, 104.5 FM flipped to modern adult contemporary (which emphasizes on more modern rock hits targeting a female audience) as "Star 104.5", with new call letters KSRZ. The format would later evolve to a more broad-based Hot AC.
By 2008, KSRZ evolved into a mainstream adult contemporary format, with a heavy reliance on songs from the 1980s.
Journal Communications and The E.W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014 that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that will own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KSRZ. The transaction was completed in 2015.
HD Radio
KSRZ broadcasts ESPN Deportes Radio on its HD Radio HD2 digital audio subchannel.