r rom alternative to adult easy listening,
local radio stations alter music formats
By Ann Stack
Senior Reporter
A lot can change in three months,
and the radio waves are no exception
to that rule.
If you’re just getting back to Lin
coln or are new to the city, you might
be surprised by what you hear.
Several Lincoln and Omaha radio
stations have undergone format
changes.
KKNB 104.1-FM, the Planet, is
now KRRK104.1 -FM, the Point. TTiat
company also owns the former KRRK
93.3-FM K-Rock, which is also known
as “the Point.” Listeners can expect a
modem rock/adult contemporary for
mat, with more Melissa Etheridge and
Hootie and the Blowfish and less
Marilyn Manson.
KLDZ 95.1-FM changed its format
last spring from the Billboard Top 40
hits of 1970-79 to adult rock. The sta
tion is now KNET 95.1-FM, the Net.
The Net’s play list is a potpourri of .*
music from bands like Bush, Stone
Temple Pilots, Aerosmith, Presidents
of the United States of America, Bryan
Adams, AC/DC, Candlebox. Eric
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and Silverchair.
The Net also is known for its syn
dicated morning show, “Imus in the
Morning,” with host Don Imus. The
show is broadcast live from New York
via satellite, according to Randy
Robbins, operations manager for
Three Eagles Communications, the
company that owns the Net.
“From 6 to 10, this is the most bi
zarre radio you’ll ever hear,” Robbins
said. “He deals with topical stuff, he’s
not afraid to attack anyone out there.
There’s not even a radio definition for
him vet.”
Country-western station KFGE,
Froggy 105.3-FM, switched frequency
to 98.1-FM and was replaced by
KKUL, Kool 105.3-FM, which has a
’50s and ’60s “oldies” format.
Another new radio station making
waves is Iowa Western Community
College’s KIWR 89.7-FM, the River.
The station has an adult album alter
native format and plays music from
groups such as Someday Mission,
Hootie and the Blowfish, Tom Petty
add the Heartbreakers and Blue Moon
Ghetto.
And not to be forgotten is UNL’s .
KRNU, 90.3-FM. The station is oper
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play whatever they want — and it
sticks to a basic alternative rock for
mat.
Other radio stations, according to
category, include:
• Country-western: KZKX 96.9
FM, 96 Kix; and KXKT 103.7-FM,
the Kat, of Omaha.
• Top 40: KFRX 102.7-FM and
KQKQ 98.5-FM, Sweet 98, of Omaha.
• Classic rock: KTGL 92.9-FM, the
Eagle; KEZO 92.3-FM, Z-92; and
KKCD 105.9-FM, CD-105, of
Omaha.
• Heavy Metal: KIBZ 106.3-FM,
the Blaze.
• Modem/altemative rock: KGDE
101.9-FM, the Edge.
• Light rock: KEZG Star 107.3-FM
and KEFM 96.1-FM, Lite 96, of
Omaha.
• Classical/news/jazz: Nebraska
Public Radio KUCV 90.9-FM.
• On the AM dial, there’s KFOR
1240-AM, an adult contemporary
news/weather station, and KLIN
1400-AM, a talk-news station that fea
tures Rush Limbaugh’s program, <
among others. KLIN also broadcasts 1
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