KOZN
KOZN is a sports talk station in Omaha, Nebraska. The station broadcasts at 1620 kHz on the AM dial. It is owned by NRG Media, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Its studios are located on Dodge Street at 50th Avenue in Midtown Omaha, and its transmitter site is located in Bellevue, Nebraska.
The station originally signed on as KAZP, an expanded band station of KOIL 1180, owned by Mitchell Broadcasting, in September 1999. KOZN carries Creighton University Baseball, Dial Global NFL Football and NCAA Basketball and University of Nebraska-Omaha Basketball. KOZN originates and produces all game broadcasts of the NCAA Men's College World Series, held each June in Omaha, and distributed nationally by Dial Global. Play by play is provided by eight-time Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year Kevin Kugler. KOZN streams most of its programming on its website .
Some of the station's first local hosts were:
The original morning team of John Desjardins and Mike Steele, aka "Louie & The Animal" was called The Cage. It was replaced by the Bruno-Golic Morning Show when the station debuted the ESPN Radio full-time lineup. The current morning show is hosted by Gary Sharp and former Nebraska football I-Back Damon Benning, airing from 7 – 11am weekdays.