KOZN

KOZN

City	Bellevue, Nebraska
Broadcast area	Omaha, Nebraska
Branding	1620 The Zone
Slogan	Omaha's Sports Radio
Frequency	1620 kHz
Format	Sports
Power	10,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	87182
Callsign meaning	K Omaha ZoNe
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Owner	NRG Media (NRG License Sub, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1620thezone.com

KOZN is a sports talk station in Omaha, Nebraska. The station broadcasts at 1620 kHz on the AM dial. It is owned by NRG Media, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Its studios are located on Dodge Street at 50th Avenue in Midtown Omaha, and its transmitter site is located in Bellevue, Nebraska.

The station originally signed on as KAZP, an expanded band station of KOIL 1180, owned by Mitchell Broadcasting, in September 1999. KOZN carries Creighton University Baseball, Dial Global NFL Football and NCAA Basketball and University of Nebraska-Omaha Basketball. KOZN originates and produces all game broadcasts of the NCAA Men's College World Series, held each June in Omaha, and distributed nationally by Dial Global. Play by play is provided by eight-time Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year Kevin Kugler. KOZN streams most of its programming on its website .

Some of the station's first local hosts were:

The original morning team of John Desjardins and Mike Steele, aka "Louie & The Animal" was called The Cage. It was replaced by the Bruno-Golic Morning Show when the station debuted the ESPN Radio full-time lineup. The current morning show is hosted by Gary Sharp and former Nebraska football I-Back Damon Benning, airing from 7 – 11am weekdays.

The current afternoon show, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, began with Kevin Kugler and Bob Bruce in 2000, and has been on the air continually since. Mike'l Severe (former reporter for KETV Channel 7) was added after Bruce left the station. Kevin Kugler left the show in July 2012 to assume new duties with the Big 10 Network. He is retained by the station as "National Correspondent". John Bishop, formerly of sister station KLIN in Lincoln, Nebraska joined Mike'l Severe as co-host of "Unsportsmanlike Conduct" in August 2012. John Bishop and Mike'l Severe were named to the list of the "Top 30 Sports Talk Hosts in America" in 2012 by Radio INK magazine. Matt Schick, former host of the morning show "Schick and Nick" with former Creighton Bluejay Nick Bahe announced that he has taken a job with ESPNU. Nick Bahe has also left the station.^[1]

Kugler is an eight-time recipient of the Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year award and is currently the play by play voice for Dial Global Radio Networks NFL Football, national NCAA College Game of the Week broadcasts and NCAA Basketball.

1620 The Zone broadcasts a number of local shows including the Great Outdoor Radio Show with Greg Wagner of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Saturdays from 9:00am to 10:00am; the Hail Varsity Radio Show with Chris Schmidt and Mark Kraynak, Saturdays from 7:00am to 9:00am; "Mak and Matt" with former Husker Football national champions Matt Hoskinson and Joel Makovicka at various times during the football season; the Hitting the Hardwoods High School Basketball Show with Dave Shillinglaw and former Husker and NBA standout Erick Strickland during the high school basketball season; and The Golf Hour with Dave Shillinglaw during the summer.

As of February 1, 2011, 1620 The Zone discontinued its affiliation with ESPN Radio . It is now an independent station picking up a lot of programming from Fox Sports Radio, Compass Media Networks, Dial Global Radio Networks and The Jim Rome Show. Both the morning show Sharp and Benning, from 7:00am to 11:00 am, and Unsportsmanlike Conduct, from 2:00pm to 6:00pm, will remain the foundation of the Zone's weekday schedule.

References

↑ Korbelik, Jeff. "Bishop leaving KLIN for Omaha station; Sharp returning to state.". Newspaper. Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 2012-07-17.

External links

Official website

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Radio-Locator Information on KOZN

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Radio stations in the Omaha–Council Bluffs market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5♦ 88.9 89.7 90.1 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 KZLW 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.

Sports Radio Stations in the state of Nebraska

Stations:	KICS - Hastings KLMS - Lincoln KNTK - Firth KOOQ - North Platte KOZN - Bellevue KXPN - Kearney KXSP - Omaha KZOT - Bellevue

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Nebraska See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

NRG Media

Illinois	WCMY WIXN WJBD-FM WRCV WRKX WSEY WSIQ

Iowa	KFMW KOKZ KPTY KQKQ-FM KXEL

Nebraska	KBBK KFGE KGFW KLIN KLNC KMMQ KOIL KOOO KOPW KOZN KQKY KRNY KROR KSYZ-FM KZOT

Wisconsin	WBCV WFAW WGLX-FM WHDG WHTQ WKCH WLKD WMQA-FM WOBT WRHN WRLO-FM WSJY WYTE

Coordinates: 41°11′21″N 96°00′19″W / 41.18917°N 96.00528°W / 41.18917; -96.00528

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