to kindred north dakota which held the call sign kfab fm from may 2002 to february 2007 see kbmw fm . kfab city omaha nebraska broadcast area omaha and lincoln nebraska branding newsradio 1110 kfab slogan omaha s news weather & traffic frequency 1110 khz also on hd radio translator s 102.3 k272fe council bluffs ia first air date 1924 in lincoln moved to omaha in 1948 format news talk power 50 000 watts class a facility id 26931 transmitter coordinates 41 07 11 n 96 00 6 w 41.11972 n 96.00167 w 41.11972 ; 96.00167 coordinates 41 07 11 n 96 00 6 w 41.11972 n 96.00167 w 41.11972 ; 96.00167 affiliations fox news radio owner iheartmedia inc. capstar tx llc webcast listen live website kfab.com kfab 1110 am is a 50 000 watt clear channel news and talk radio station licensed to omaha nebraska . the station is owned by iheartmedia inc. . it provides a strong signal to most of eastern nebraska during the day and at least grade b coverage as far as kansas city topeka sioux city and des moines . kfab s transmission towers are located southeast of the town of papillion nebraska . 1 at night the station s signal reaches most of the western half of north america . kfab is licensed by the u.s. federal communications commission to broadcast in the hd radio hybrid format . 2 contents 1 history 2 programs 3 references 4 external links history edit kfab was licensed in lincoln nebraska in 1924 . the station s call sign was issued sequentially by the united states department of commerce and has no meaning . 3 the station operated on 770 khz and then 780 khz in an unusual shared time arrangement with chicago s co channel wbbm . beginning in 1939 both stations synchronized their carrier frequencies via a telephone line that ran from the wbbm transmitter outside chicago to the kfab site near lincoln thus providing a nearly coast to coast cbs signal on that frequency . kfab switched network affiliation from nbc to cbs the week of january 5 1932 . 4 in 1948 the station moved to omaha and to the 1110 khz frequency so that wbbm could boost its power to 50 000 watts on 780 am . kfab also boosted its power to 50 000 watts allowing it to still be heard with city grade strength in lincoln . however at night it only provides a grade b signal to the iowa side of the omaha market because it must adjust its signal via a three tower array to protect wbt in charlotte north carolina another clear channel station located on the same frequency . it became nebraska s first 24 hour radio station in 1951 . in 2005 kfab became the first nebraska radio station broadcasting in hd . 5 in 1948 while still an undergraduate at the university of nebraska lincoln johnny carson worked at kfab writing and doing shows . 6 on october 22 2014 kfab began simulcasting on translator k272fe 102.3 fm in council bluffs iowa . programs edit kfab is host to such national shows as rush limbaugh glenn beck matt drudge michael savage and coast to coast am . kfab also broadcasts local radio shows hosted by gary sadlemyer jim rose scott voorhees chris baker and thor schrock . 7 kfab is the home of all nebraska cornhuskers football and basketball games sharing flagship status with lincoln s klin . references edit kfab history studio and transmitter site http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod sta det.pl facility id 26931 united states callsign history cbs adds two pdf . broadcasting . january 15 1932 . retrieved 1 october 2014 . http www.freqseek.com ne omaha hd radio stations.aspx johnny carson at kfab http www.schrockinnovations.com category radio show external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for kfab radio locator information on kfab query nielsen audio s am station database for kfab query the fcc s fm station database for k272fe radio locator information on k272fe fcc history cards for kfab v t e radio stations in the omaha council bluffs market by fm frequency 88.1 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.7 91.5 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.7 94.1 95.3 96.1 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.9 102.7 102.9 103.1 103.7 104.5 105.5 105.9 106.9 107.7 by am frequency 590 660 840 920 960 1020 1110 1180 1290 1340 1420 1490 1560 1600 1620 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 162.475 162.525 by callsign kbbx fm kbie kblr fm kcro kcsi kezo fm kfab kfff kfmt fm kgbi fm kgor khub kimi kios fm kiso kiwr kkcd klcv klng kma kma fm kmlv kmmq kncy koil komj kooo kopw kotk kozn kqch kqkq fm ksrz ktic kvno kvss kxkt kxsp kyfg kyfr kzot nearby radio markets des moines ames fort dodge grand island hastings kearney kansas city lincoln northeast nebraska sioux city see also list of radio stations in nebraska list of radio stations in iowa klcv and its low powered repeaters are satellites of the bott radio network ; klcv is a full signal broadcast from lincoln covering the southern portion of the market both 92.7 and 93.7 is heard within central omaha council bluffs proper and 102.9 covers the northern portion of the market . v t e radio stations in the lincoln nebraska market by am frequency 590 660 960 1020 1110 1180 1240 1290 1400 1480 1560 1620 by fm frequency 88.5 88.9 89.3 89.9 90.3 91.1 92.3 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.5 99.9 100.7 101.9 102.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.3 107.3 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.45 162.475 by callsign kbbk kbbx fm kcro kezo fm kfab kfge kflv kfor kfrx kgbi fm kgor kibz kiso kliq kjft lp klcv klin klms klnc klng kma knbe kntk koil kooo kozn kqch kqkq fm krkr krnu ksrz ktgl ktmx kucv kutt kvss kxkt kxsp kzkx kzot kzum kzz69 wxm20 nearby radio markets des moines ames grand island hastings kearney northeast nebraska omaha council bluffs salina manhattan sioux city topeka see also list of radio stations in nebraska v t e news talk radio stations in the state of nebraska stations kfab omaha kfor lincoln kgfw kearney kjsk columbus klin lincoln kody north platte koil omaha kolt scottsbluff kotk omaha kttt columbus wjag norfolk see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in nebraska v t e clear channel stations these am radio stations have a full power nighttime skywave signal well beyond their daytime groundwave coverage by international agreements . canada cbef cbk cbn cbr cbt cbw cby cfrb cfzm cjbc ckac ckdo ckgm ckwx united states kaay kbbi kbrw kbyr kcbf kchu kdka kdlg keni kex kfab kfaq kfar kfbk kfi kfqd kgo kicy kiro kjnp kmox knbr knom knx knzr koa koan kokc komo kotz krld ksl kstp kvnt kwkh kxel kyuk kyw wabc wbal wbap wbbm wbbr wbt wbz wcbs wcco wcky wfan wfed wfme wgn wgy wham whas who wjr wlac wls wlw wmvp woai wor wpht wrva wsb wscr wsm wtam wtic wwkb wwl wwva mexico xeb xeep xeg xemr xeprs xeq xerf xerok xeruv xew xewa xewk xeww xex bahamas zns 1 by frequency 540 sk 540 nl 540 s.l.p. 640 nl 640 ca 640 ak 650 ak 650 tn 660 ak 660 ny 670 ak 670 il 680 ak 680 ca 690 b.c. 690 qc 700 ak 700 oh 710 wa 710 ny 720 ak 720 il 730 qc 730 d.f. 740 on 750 ak 750 ga 760 mi 770 ak 770 ny 780 ak 780 il 800 chih . 810 ca 810 ny 820 ak 820 tx 830 mn 840 ky 850 ak 850 co 860 on 870 la 880 ny 890 ak 890 il 900 d.f. 940 d.f. 990 mb 990 nf 1000 il 1000 wa 1010 ab 1010 on 1020 ak 1020 pa 1030 ma 1040 ia 1050 n.l. 1060 pa 1060 d.f. 1070 ca 1080 ak 1080 ct 1080 tx 1090 ar 1090 md 1090 b.c. 1100 oh 1110 nc 1110 ne 1120 mo 1130 bc 1130 la 1130 ny 1140 va 1140 n.l. 1160 ut 1170 ak 1170 ok 1170 wv 1180 ny 1190 or 1190 jal . 1200 tx 1210 pa 1220 d.f. 1500 dc 1500 mn 1510 tn 1520 ny 1520 ok 1530 ca 1530 oh 1540 ia 1540 bah . 1550 on 1550 ver . 1560 ca 1560 ny 1570 coah . 1580 on see also daytime only radio stations v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kfab & oldid 735921957 categories hd radio stationsradio stations in omaha nebraskaradio stations established in 1924news and talk radio stations in the united statesiheartmedia radio stationshidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 00 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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