KOTM-FM

KOTM-FM (97.7 MHz, "97.7 Tom FM") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format serving Ottumwa, Iowa. The station is currently owned by Greg List, through licensee O-Town Communications, Inc.[1]

KOTM-FM
Frequency97.7 MHz
BrandingTOM FM 97.7
Programming
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner
  • Ottumwa Radio Group
  • (O-Town Communications, Inc.)
KLEE, KBIZ, KRKN, KKSI, KTWA
History
First air date
March 22, 1976
Former call signs
KLEE-FM (1976-1986)
Call sign meaning
Ottumwa
Technical information
ClassC3
ERP19,000 watts
HAAT112 meters
Transmitter coordinates
41°01′28″N 92°28′56″W
Links
WebcastListen Live!
Websiteottumwaradio.com/97-7-tom-fm/

History
former KOTM logo

KLEE-FM signed on the air on March 22, 1976, with a mix of MOR and oldies music, and was the sister station at the time to then-Top 40 station KLEE-AM. Right after KLEE-AM dropped its Top 40 format in 1981, its previous Top 40 format moved to KLEE-FM and went under the branding name of "K98". In 1986, its call letters were changed to KOTM.

On March 2, 2009, KOTM rebranded from "97.7 KOTM" to "97.7 Tom FM" to prevent confusion of the KOTM call letters, which stand for Otumwa.[2] The new branding was named after Tom Palen, the owner was FMC Broadcasting Inc. at the time of the change.[3]

References
  1. "KOTM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Ottumwa Courier
  3. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KOTM


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