{"id":445468,"date":"2026-02-02T23:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445468\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:09:12","slug":"usher-media-acquires-remainder-of-nrg-media-omaha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445468\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher Media Acquires Remainder Of NRG Media Omaha"},"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\/kqkq.png\" alt=\"Sweet 98.5 KQKQ Omaha\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-181032\"  \/>In addition to selling Classic Alternative \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/1019thekeg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">101.9 The Keg<\/a>\u201d KOOO La Vista\/Omaha NE <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/338038\/338038\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to Nebraska Public Media<\/a>, NRG Media is selling the remainder of its Omaha cluster to Alan Usher\u2019s Usher Media for an undisclosed amount.<\/p>\n<p>Usher Media, which <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/322363\/usher-media-acquires-nrg-medias-central-nebraska-cluster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreed to acquire<\/a> NRG Media\u2019s Grand Island\/Kearney NE cluster in November, will purchase NRG\u2019s five other Omaha stations: Hot AC \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sweet985.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sweet 98.5<\/a>\u201d KQKQ-FM, Rhythmic CHR \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/power1069fm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Power 106.9<\/a>\u201d KOPW, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/yachtrock1180.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yacht Rock 1180<\/a>\u201d KZOT, News\/Talk <a href=\"https:\/\/newstalk1290koil.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1290 KOIL<\/a>, and Sports \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/1620thezone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1620 The Zone<\/a>\u201d KOZN.<\/p>\n<p>Usher, who previously served as CEO of Grand Island based GI Family Radio, commented, \u201cThis acquisition is a statement of belief in Omaha and in Nebraska. Local radio matters. Local leadership matters. We are committed to building a broadcast presence that reflects the strength of this community and delivers real value to the businesses and people who call it home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NRG Media CEO Mary Quass said, \u201cWe have had a wonderful partnership with Omaha and are<br \/>happy that Alan Usher and his group will continue that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalil &amp; Co. served as broker for both deals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition to selling Classic Alternative \u201c101.9 The Keg\u201d KOOO La Vista\/Omaha NE to Nebraska Public Media, NRG&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-445468","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\/445468","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=445468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}