Another flip of the switch and I found myself tuned to the rock and roll of The Keg, which reaches…read morefrom Omaha all the way to Lincoln and a good bit of the way I drove south towards Kansas. A bit more upbeat and more rock, Ozzy, Eagles, Blue Oyster Cult, Judas Priest even a bit of Talking Heads that had me bopping along in traffic. Commercials abound and they're just as bad as the others. It's Omaha, so the folks here haven't quite worked out professional radio voices or professional radio speak. It's amusing. I did not hear the DJ much at all. [Review 11384 overall, 1161 of 2019.]

A couple of days before Christmas 2024, I sent the station a short feedback about a potential…read moreprogramming error on the Sunday live show. Someone from the station quickly replied and addressed the issue politely so it looked like that was that. However... I couldn't believe what happened that next Sunday. Crash Davis chose to open the show with this bizarre paranoid rant about the email I'd sent a week before, but it wasn't based on anything I actually wrote. Rather a bunch of stuff he just made up. When I said how I'd been listening to the program for a long time and really appreciate it, he supposedly interpreted that as me "getting really mad" and proceeded to accuse me of plotting to get him in trouble with his boss. The whole thing ended with him literally calling for my eternal damnation live on air. At that point, I decided to just stop listening to this station altogether. Whether or not YOU choose to listen, just be aware that this is the kind of reaction you may get if you ever dare contact the station about anything even slightly critical.

The station plays American Top 40 - The 80s on Sunday mornings at 8 AM. This past Sunday…read more(10/16/2022) they started playing the countdown at number 32 from October 18, 1980, played four songs (through number 29) and then switched to the countdown to October 18, 1986 starting at number 29. The station has consistently NOT PLAYED 40 SONGS from the archived countdown since they started playing American Top 40 - The 80s The station is poorly run and the reason for the inconsistency.

An ever-evolving oldies station cruising the airwaves of greater Omaha. Currently, you'll hear…read moremostly '80s soft rock and pop plus a smidgen of '70s and early '90s Top 40. Basically, if you're a big Fleetwood Mac fan, this is the station for you. Ten years ago, you'd hear '60s and '70s hits. Ten years from now, if their format stays the same, you'll hear mostly '90s pop. So basically, you know you're old when the hits of your teenage years are being played on 99.9. I'm only a few years away myself. The horror. KGOR is also Omaha's home of Josh Tesh's Intelligence For Your Life.

Listening to this station for decades. Balanced, informative, and humorous. Balanced is rare in…read moremedia today, that is why many forms of media are slowing fading away and losing customers. I am confident that KFAB will be around for a long time. Well done folks!

"Special Little Snowflake" Warning!: Conservative radio ahead…read more Posted from Atlantic, Iowa. NOT SF, as yelp is showing.

What happened to Z-92? I've been in Omaha for 2 days and STILL haven't even heard music!…read more Looks like Z-92 has turned into the MTV of radio...just some guys sitting around a studio thinking they're funny and who have apparently forgotten why people tune-in in the first place...

I grew up cranking hair metal and this station plays a decent variety of it for local radio…read more However I have to suffer through a daily dose of Todd and Tyler. These two dorks laugh at their own fart jokes and sound like two 60yr old virgins talking about sex and other off beat topics. I count down the seconds daily until 10am when these two geezers log off and Metallica, Nirvana etc log on. And to be fair, I love a good joke and appreciate risky humor but these guys are just creepy and weird. Do yourself a favor skip this channel before 10am on a weekday. Rock on \m/

The idea of writing a review for a radio station isn't really something I agree with, since radio…read moreisn't really a place but more of a spectral entity that you may or may not choose to listen to... Still, 89.7 is that and more, remaining one of the most popular stations in the Omaha metro and competing with all of the commercial stations all while broadcasting from Iowa Western Community College. It's really a phenomenon more than anything else, and therefore deserving of a review. So for those rare times I switch the dial from 91.5 (public radio shout out!), The River is where I turn it to. It's like the radio version of a local farm-to-table restaurant competing on par with chain restaurants. Gotta love that - and the fact that their play-list keeps music from all decades, so even if you go on a River hiatus, when you come back it's like you never left.

Do you like alternative rock? Are you sick of stations run by media moguls such as Clear Channel?…read more Tired of hearing that same song everywhere you go? If so, this is the station for you. Hands down, this is the best radio station on town. 89.7 The River is a radio station run by Iowa Western Community College. While it's true that the announcers aren't the best in the world, the music selection makes up for it. This station will play anything from old school Beastie Boys, Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Ween, Nirvana, and Soundgarden. They also play new alternative rock songs way before the corporate radio stations do. In fact, some artists I would have never listened to had it not been for The River. The station also puts on shows such as Rock Fest and River Riot on a yearly basis. Some of the headliners they have brought to town include Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, Godsmack, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Blink-182, Korn, and many others. This station is purely supported by its sponsors and they hold a fund raising drive every year in April. It's certainly worth donating to!

From talk show chatter on AM stations like 1290 KOIL and 1620 the Zone to pumping today's hits via…read moreFM stations like 106.9 and 98.5, NRG puts out a little bit of everything over the airwaves. Plus they have a convenient location right off of Dodge street in Dundee. I've been on a few shows in the past as both co-host (yeah, we'll call it that) and as a guest. All the producers I've worked with are super friendly and professional, yet know how to keep things casual and cool, especially when the crazies start calling in. My only request would be a commercial free oldies station. I really miss Magic 1490!

NRG could care less about what the people listening to their stations want. This is clearly…read moreevidenced by their decision to RIP Pat and JT (98.5) off the air after 16 years, without so much as a goodbye show. What station does that?! "Great" local radio? Not anymore. I can't even begin to care about these new, ditzy morning DJs. I'm hopeful that business stop running ads on 98.5 when they realize the listening base has gone way down. Maybe then NRG will listen.

This review is not for Kat Country as a radio station but for KAT country Fest. WORST experience…read moreI've encountered thus far. I don't know who to go to the voice my opinion but I am more than positive that somebody that attended found the correct person because I know hundreds if not thousands of people were very disappointed and voiced to me that they would be posted it on all social networks. I was never asked for my ticket so I would have been able to go for free rather than paying $150.00 for the group. Nobody was ever carded so who knows how old all the drunk people were. People were going to the bathroom where ever they found a place to squat. In front of thousands of people and around food fenders. Sure why not? We left the concert 40 minutes early to try to avoid some of the traffic. We were sadly mistaken. 2 1/2 hours later we hadn't moved more than 20 feet from our parking spot. There was nobody direction traffic. Nobody. When we asked a sheriff why- he let us know that we were not special and that EVERYBODY had been waiting over 2 hours. We asked why they were not as many sheriffs directing traffic as there had been on the way in and he said that there were just as many. WRONG!!! There was TWO sheriffs directing traffic and that was once you were able to get to the highway...3 hrs later. All the other Sheriffs and police were in there little groups hanging out in the command center area or driving around on 4wheelers. They were not doing anything. There were drunk people walking on the highway- people walking up to random cars trying to find food or water because they had been waiting so long. The most unsafe event EVER. Very disappointed and will definitely be telling all. I will NEVER attend this event again and I feel bad for the companies that sponsored the event because now they are going to be associated with such an event.

A community-oriented radio station that features local news from a north side perspective and plays…read morehip-hop and R&B jams from the '80s, '90s and '00s. So glad they've been around for a couple years now! I remember sitting in NYC traffic when "Cool it Now" by New Edition came on. That song is amazing and also the type of song you'd never hear on Omaha radio at the time. Well, they play it occasionally on Mind & Soul and I cranked the song in my car the glorious moment I heard it on the air in Omaha for the first time. It's also pretty cool that they broadcast out of the Malcolm X birth site. Do yourself a favor and turn the dial to 101.3 FM. Since they're a nonprofit, even consider donating a little money to help them continue to grow.

From the owner: Our community station is best knows for its Pro-Black edutainment. With a great mix of News,…read moreCommentary and Music, KXNB Mind and Soul 101.3 FM is turning out to be more than a local favorite. World wide attention is growing daily. We are constantly building to be the voice of the people, the voice of the movement, and a resource for uplifting the Black community. Listeners love the Classic Hip Hop, the Jazz education, the deep dive into Funk music, the emphasis on Black economic development, and the reports from the front line of today's "Fight the Power" movements. The station is dedicated to the concept of Self-Actualization and is a place where ideas are discussed, and unapologetic solutions for social justice are found and disseminated.

Every single clear channel radio station in Omaha makes me want to impale my face on my gear shift…read more Honestly, I don't know if there is any good radio in the world anymore. Giant meglo-marts move in and buy every radio station, then they fire all the good DJs and install their boring clones. Honestly? That anecdote you just told made me want to cry it was so boring. And your 'fun tid bit'? That was popular on the internet /three years ago/. NPR is more interesting! Seriously, N-damn-PR. Honestly, Clear Channel, you suck whole heartedly.