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View from space of Omaha and Council Bluffs. Standard definitions for United States metropolitan areas were created in 1949; the first census which had metropolitan area data was the 1950 census. At that time, the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area comprised three counties: Douglas and Sarpy in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie in Iowa.
Satellite photo showing Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska Courthouse, 1915. Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. [9] The population was 62,799 at the 2020 census, [6] making it the state's tenth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southwest Iowa.
The Mid-America Center is an arena and convention center located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States, five minutes from downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The arena's maximum capacity is about 9,000 for concerts and 6,700 for ice hockey and arena football. The arena continues to provide free parking.
Licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, the station serves the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Steven Seline, through licensee Hickory Radio, LLC. [2] The studios and offices are on Burt Street near North 120th Street and Dodge Road in West Omaha. By day, KXCB is powered at 1,000 watts.
It is the anchor of the eight-county Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which extends into Iowa and is the 58th-largest metro area in the United States, with a population of 967,604. [5] Furthermore, the greater Omaha–Council Bluffs–Fremont combined statistical area had 1,004,771 residents in 2020. [8]
KOPW (106.9 FM "Power 106.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and serving the Omaha-Council Bluffs radio market. It is owned by NRG Media with studios on Capitol Avenue in Midtown Omaha. It airs a rhythmic contemporary radio format. Morning drive time features the nationally syndicated "Breakfast Club."
The station at the time was owned by the Council Bluffs Nonpareil newspaper and the studios were located in the Strand Theater in Council Bluffs. Around 1963 or 1964, the station was purchased by Abe Slusky, the studios were moved to a location at 546 Mynster Street, and the call letters were changed to KRCB ("Radio Council Bluffs").
The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge [3] is a 3,000-foot (910 m) footbridge across the Missouri River between Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska. It opened on September 28, 2008. It opened on September 28, 2008.