City | Bellevue, Nebraska |
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Broadcast area | Omaha, Nebraska |
Branding | 1180 Zone 2, The Deuce |
Slogan | 1180 Zone 2 The Deuce |
Frequency | 1180 kHz |
First air date | 1987 (as KKAR) |
Format | Sports |
Power | 25,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 43237 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°16′12.00″N 95°47′10.00″W / 41.2700000°N 95.7861111°W |
Former callsigns | KNPE (1984-1987) KKAR (1987-1993) KOIL (1993-2003) KYDZ (2003-2009) KOIL (2009-2012) |
Affiliations | SB Nation Radio |
Owner |
NRG Media (NRG License Sub, LLC) |
Sister stations | KOIL, KOZN, KMMQ, KQKQ, KOOO, KOPW |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1180zone2 |
KZOT (1180 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Bellevue, Nebraska, United States. The station is owned by NRG Media and the broadcast license is held by NRG License Sub, LLC. The station changed its call sign from "KOIL" to "KZOT" to reflect its current format and branding on June 4, 2012. Its studios are located at Dodge Street and 50th Avenue in Midtown Omaha, and its transmitter site is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Since flipping from news/talk on June 4, 2012, KOIL broadcasts a sports talk format branded as "The Zone 2" to the Omaha metropolitan area. Weekday programs include shows hosted by John Harris, Steve Czaban, Tim Brando, Dan Patrick, Craig Shemon, Travis Rogers, Doug Russell, plus a special Thursday night program hosted by Pat Forde and Dan Wetzel.
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a new station licensed to serve Bellevue, Nebraska, at the 1180 kHz frequency on May 21, 1984. The new station was assigned the call letters KNPE by the FCC on August 15, 1984. On January 22, 1987, while still under construction the station applied for and was granted new callsign KKAR. After several extensions, two transfers, and a permit renewal, Mitchell Broadcasting Company finally received its license to cover for KKAR from the FCC on April 26, 1989.