{"id":445403,"date":"2026-02-02T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445403\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:20:08","slug":"nebraska-public-media-acquires-kooo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445403\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Public Media Acquires KOOO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1019thekeg-200x200-jpeg.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"101.9 The Keg KOOO Omaha\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-338044\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskapublicmedia.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nebraska Public Media<\/a> will acquire Classic Alternative \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/1019thekeg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">101.9 The Keg<\/a>\u201d KOOO La Vista\/Omaha NE from NRG Media.<\/p>\n<p>NPM says that \u201cthe acquisition will bring Nebraska Public Media\u2019s programming to Omaha on a dedicated radio signal, fulfilling the mission outlined in the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Act to operate statewide educational and public media networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NRG is also selling the remainder of its Omaha cluster <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/338048\/338048\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to Usher Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CEO\/General Manager Stacey Decker commented, \u201cNebraska Public Media is committed to every Nebraskan, and we believe in a future grounded in local journalism and trusted voices. The opportunity to acquire a station in Omaha advances our long-standing mission to operate truly statewide networks. We are excited to deepen our investment in the Omaha community with radio programming that reflects our dedication to public service and telling Nebraska\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon closing, Nebraska Public Media will program Public News\/Talk programming during the daytime including comprehensive coverage of national and international news, alongside Omaha news, weather and information, and statewide news updates, including daily coverage of the Nebraska Legislature when in session and AAA music in evenings and overnights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nebraska Public Media will acquire Classic Alternative \u201c101.9 The Keg\u201d KOOO La Vista\/Omaha NE from NRG Media. NPM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-445403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}