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Pages in category "Meat packing companies based in Omaha, Nebraska" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Meat packing companies based in Omaha, Nebraska (5 P) Pages in category "Meatpacking industry in Omaha, Nebraska" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
KOZN (1620 AM) is a sports station licensed to Bellevue, Nebraska, and serving the Omaha metropolitan area. It is owned by NRG Media, with studios at Dodge Street and 50th Avenue in Midtown Omaha. It airs a sports radio format. By day, KOZN is powered at 10,000 watts non-directional.
A fierce rival of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, the Omaha Union Stockyards were third in the United States for production by 1890. [2] In 1947 they were second to Chicago in the world. Omaha overtook Chicago as the nation's largest livestock market and meat packing industry center in 1955, a title which it held onto until 1971. [3]
KZOT (1180 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bellevue, Nebraska, and serving the Omaha metropolitan area. The station is owned by NRG Media and the license is held by NRG License Sub, LLC. It airs a sports radio format, with programming from Infinity Sports Network. Studios are at 50th Avenue and Dodge Street in Midtown Omaha.
By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business and had helped make Chicago and its Union Stock Yards the center of America's meatpacking industry. During the same period, its facility in Omaha, Nebraska , boomed, making the city's meatpacking industry the largest in the nation by 1959.
Joseph was one of the incorporators of the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha in the 1870s. [2] His packing plant sat on the new South Omaha Terminal Railway , southeast of Hanscom Park . [ 3 ] Sheely's company processed 15,000 hogs annually until his plant burnt down in 1886.
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