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For the airport in Olympia, Washington, assigned ICAO code KOLM, see Olympia Airport.

KOLM (1520 AM, “1520 The Ticket”) was a sports formatted radio station in Rochester, Minnesota, and was owned by Townsquare Media. KOLM derived a portion of its programming from Infinity Sports Network.

History

On October 14, 1963,[2] KOLM signed on the air as the third radio station in Rochester, owned by Olmsted County Broadcasting Company.[3]

In June 1977, KOLM changed its call letters to KKEE.[4] The station later reverted back to KOLM on April 9, 1979, due to people referring the old call letters, rather than KKEE.[5]

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KOLM, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus’ acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[6][7] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[8]

Townsquare Media took KOLM silent on April 1, 2025, claiming changes in market economic conditions.[9] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on April 2, 2026.[10]

References

  1. ^ “Facility Technical Data for KOLM”. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ “New Station”. Rochester Post-Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota. October 19, 1963. p. 3. Retrieved November 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ “3rd in Rochester– New Radio Station Now Broadcasting”. Rochester Post-Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota. October 17, 1963. p. 16. Retrieved November 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Webb, Steve (July 15, 1977). “Playing Dinner Music ‘Enjoyable’“. Post-Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota. p. 4. Retrieved November 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Webb, Steve (April 6, 1979). “Crowd Small for Young Americans”. Post-Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota. p. 16. Retrieved November 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ “Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus”. All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  7. ^ “Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official”. RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  8. ^ “Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes”. All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  9. ^ Ellis, Jon (April 10, 2025). “Townsquare Media Takes Southern Minnesota AM Station Off Air”. NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  10. ^ “License Cancelled”. Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. April 2, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.