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KBHM

radio station in Kimball, Nebraska

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ14704928
Source-derived summary

KBHM (88.3 FM) was a radio station formerly licensed to Kimball, Nebraska, United States. The station was owned by Cedar Cove Broadcasting, Inc.

History

The station went on the air as KEZF on 2008-05-23. On 2009-02-16, the station changed its call sign to KGCQ, on 2010-11-15 to KVAM, and on 2015-06-12 to KBHM.

Owner Cedar Cove Broadcasting surrendered KBHM's license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 25, 2015. The FCC cancelled it the following day.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “KBHM” as radio station in Kimball, Nebraska. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2009, 2010, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2011-01-01. The account is most persuasive where KBHM, radio and station can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as radio station in Kimball, Nebraska. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14704928. Authority coordinates are 41.193, -103.529. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2015.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “KBHM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow KBHM primary sources, KBHM archive and KBHM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “KBHM”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from KBHM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.