KOLM

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 is owned by Townsquare Media. KOLM derived a portion of its programming from Infinity Sports Network.

KOLM

Rochester, Minnesota
Frequency	1520 kHz
Branding	1520 The Ticket
Programming
Format	Silent (was Sports)
Affiliations	Infinity Sports Network Rochester Honkers
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC)
Sister stations	KDCZ, KDOC-FM, KFIL, KFIL-FM, KWWK, KROC, KROC-FM, KYBA
History
First air date	October 14, 1963 (1963-10-14)
Former call signs	KKEE (1977–1979)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	50288
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts day and critical hours 800 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	43°59′10″N 92°25′3″W (day and critical hours) 43°59′16″N 92°25′40″W (night)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	1520theticket.com

History

On October 14, 1963,^[2] KOLM signed on the air as the 3rd 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 would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including KOLM, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.^[6][7] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.^[8]

As of April 1, 2025, Townsquare Media took KOLM silent, claiming changes in market economic conditions.