Townsquare Media’s KOLM/1520 (Rochester, MN) is the latest AM radio station to go off the air citing financial challenges.
The station went silent on April 1, with an April 9 FCC filing stating, “Due to economic conditions in the market, the licensee was forced to take the station off the air temporarily.”
The shutdown follows Townsquare’s silencing of KJOC/1170 (Davenport) a month earlier. Cumulus Media also recently took KBGG/1700 (Des Moines) off the air in what RadioInsight has reported is a national series of station shutdowns by the two companies.
KOLM, known as “The Ticket,” had carried syndicated Sports programming including Jim Rome and the Infinity Sports Network. It was one of two Sports stations in Rochester, competing with iHeartMedia’s KFAN/1270 and K228FY/93.5.
The station’s website remains active with content from other Townsquare Minnesota stations.
KOLM is licensed for 10kW day and 800 Watts night, using separate directional patterns during critical hours and at night. It does not have an FM translator.