City | Rochester, Minnesota |
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Branding | 1520 The Ticket |
Slogan | Sports Radio |
Frequency | 1520 kHz |
First air date | 1959 |
Format | Sports |
Power | 10,000 watts day 10,000 watts critical hours 800 watts night |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 50288 |
Transmitter coordinates |
43°59′10″N 92°25′3″W / 43.98611°N 92.41750°W (day and critical hours) 43°59′16″N 92°25′40″W / 43.98778°N 92.42778°W (night) |
Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Rochester License, LLC) |
Website | 1520theticket.com |
KOLM (1520 AM, "1520 The Ticket") is a Sports radio formatted radio station in Rochester, Minnesota, and is owned by Townsquare Media. KOLM derives a portion of its programming from CBS Sports Radio.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KOLM, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.