KEOM-FM is licensed to and owned by the Mesquite TX Independent School District. The station is staffed by Mesquite ISD high school students taking Radio/TV classes in Mesquite, North Mesquite, and Mesquite Poteet High Schools.
"Mesquite Schools Radio" broadcasts all Mesquite high school varsity sports, for both men and women's teams. When games are not going on, the stations plays a mix of 1960s-1980s hits, interspersed with news from the Texas State Network. KEOM-FM broadcasts both student-produced community features and short programs, plus a mix of educational programs and podcasts.
Blasterz' favorite KEOM feature is the local traffic updates stumbled through by student DJs, many of whom do not yet drive and therefore have no idea about where they are referring to. It's a hoot.
Blasterz love listening to KEOM -- it's great to hear the kids who start as timid nervous student DJs in the fall over time get comfortable behind the microphone and find their own voices.
The KEOM tower was purpose-built tall and large enough to rent space to many other broadcasters, including the City of Mesquite (police and fire communications), cellular telephone providers, and other FM stations. Income from tower space rentals (over $2M USD per year) subsidizes the costs of running the radio station, and fully paid off the debt to build the tower in 7 years.
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"KEOM is a 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2011 MARCOM award winning radio station, and has been a 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 D Magazine “Best Radio Station” reader's choice nominee.
Owned and operated by the Mesquite Independent School District, this noncommercial, educational, community service station features mostly 70s with some grooves from the 60s and flashes of the 80s. Broadcasting to the public at a signal strength of 61,000 watts and streaming world-wide, the station provides locally produced and syndicated community service and educational programs, TSN news, updates on traffic provided by Total Traffic Network, timely weather forecasts, and Mesquite ISD varsity game broadcasts.
KEOM serves as a learning laboratory for MISD high school students interested in exploring radio and communications as a career field. These Radio Broadcasting class student DJs are on the air live from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school days. Click here to find out more about our student program.
Targeting parents, school district patrons, and other metro area adults with its programming, KEOM-FM airs a music format that provides nostalgic, uplifting fun for the listener.
Texas State Network News airs at 55 past the hour, Monday-Saturday, 5:55 a.m. through 6:55 p.m. It also airs on Sundays between 5:55 a.m. and 1:55 p.m.
KEOM-FM airs daily updates on area traffic and delays provided by Total Traffic Network as accidents and construction problems arise.
KEOM-FM airs a full schedule of live MISD high school varsity games during the school year. Play-by-play with KEOM sportscasters Ed Johnson and Steve Glenn is broadcast for boys' football, girls' volleyball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' baseball, and girls' softball.
KEOM-FM programming can be heard in every MISD classroom, grades K-12, through the Mesquite ISD Electronic Media Services closed circuit cable system.
KEOM Original Programs
Community Bulletin Board - Features public service announcements to publicize activities and events for local municipal groups, service clubs, school groups, arts groups, etc. It airs daily.
Community Focus - Interviews with representatives of community groups, city officials, MISD officials, Eastfield College officials, local charities, and others, publicizing their activities, public safety issues, municipal affairs, and school district affairs. It airs Monday through Saturday.
MISD Sports Page - Sports Director Steve Glenn brings you information on teams, district races, game scores, and interviews with coaches. It airs Monday through Friday during the school year.
Pet Tips - Hosted by Lacey Wofford with the SPCA of Texas, this program offers tips on how to support, love, care and tend to your pets. It airs every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Spot On - Highlights students, teachers, school groups, community members, and MISD alumni with inspiring qualities, unique traits, interests, and talents. Sounds of inspiration, the thoughts that motivate them, and the dreams that drive them make them worth spotlighting. To recommend a Mesquite ISD student, teacher, group or alumni that has inspiring qualities, send an email to [address]. You can listen to past shows by clicking here.
Syndicated Programs
Check Up on Health - Is a one minute show featuring health news and interviews with top medical experts. It can be heard Monday through Friday at 6:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Climate Connections - This daily 90-second radio series aims to help radio listeners understand how climate change is impacting our lives and what diverse people and organizations are doing to reduce the associated risks. Financial support is provided by The Grantham Foundation for Protection of the Environment and the Yale Center for Environmental Communication. It is produced by ChavoBart Digital Media.
CurrentCast - This feature highlights the importance of water stewardship and sustainability. The program is a project of the Center for Transformative Action, and is produced by Bridgett Ennis and Erika Street of ChavoBart Digital Media. It airs every weekday.
Fitness Minute - Fitness expert Annette Hammond gives tips and advice on leading and healthy and fit lifestyle. It airs every day of the week.
Medical Discovery News - This feature, produced by the University of Texas Medical Branch, provides insights into a broad range of biomedical science topics, and is designed to stimulate our thinking, questioning, and our appreciation of the impact of science on our world. It is hosted by Dr. Norbert Herzog and Dr. David Niesel. The two minute feature is heard on Saturdays and Sundays.
On the Money Minute - Hosted by Steven L. Pomeranz, Certified Financial Planner and a frequent panelsit on the Fox business Channel. Pomeranz will offer tips and insights for dealing with day-to-day family finances. The show airs Monday through Friday.
Passport to Texas - Host Cecilia Nasti is your guide for a journey into the great Texas outdoors on this series. Environmental information, outdoor sporting information, and details on state parks are included in the programs produced by Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, and Dow Chemical Company. It airs Monday through Friday.
Profile America - This feature is produced by the U.S. Census Bureau, and highlights fascinating statistics and information about America’s people, past, and economy. It airs daily.
Pulse of the Planet - In this show, which is sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, host Jim Metzner brings you fascinating looks at all aspects of natural history. It airs Monday through Friday.
Science and the Sea - This program presents marine science topics in an engaging two-minute story format. Script writers gather ideas for the program from the University of Texas Marine Science Institute's researchers and from their very popular college class, Introduction to Oceanography, which is taught to hundreds of non-science majors at The University of Texas at Austin every year. It airs on Saturday and Sunday.
Star Date - This two-minute feature digs into deep space, sharing information and scientific findings about stars, methods of space exploration, and other phenomena outside Earth's atmosphere. The show is produced in the University of Texas McDonald Observatory based on research funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
Sound Beat - This 90 second show takes you on a journey through the history of sound from The Belfer Audio Archive and produced at Syracuse University. It can be heard Monday through Friday.
Time Rewind - Your pop culture time machine—a portal to amazing and sometimes forgotten events, fads, music, people and places through the decades.
The Sucess Journal - Features inspiring and upbeat stories of success of the people behind company and brand names. It airs Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Words You Never Heard - Word Expert Carolyn Davidson’s 60 second feature centers on unique and often humorous real words crafted into stories about current events, fascinating facts. It airs seven days a week.
KEOM History
Founded by Dr. Ralph Poteet, former Mesquite ISD Superintendent, the station signed on the air September 4, 1984 on 88.3 FM with 3,000 watts on a 250 foot tower. In 1992, It moved to 88.5 FM and increased its power to 61,000 watts after the completion of a new 514-foot tall city/school communications tower at Mesquite Memorial Stadium.
KEOM in the News
Click on the links below to review articles and news stories about our program.
Radio Magazine's June 2016 issue. Click Here to see the full article: (
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Dallas Morning News - Mesquite Schools' KEOM-FM Radio is a power in wattage and education (August 2014) (
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Texas Monthly - School of Rock (November 2012) (
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CBS 11 - A Closer Look (May 2011) (
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NPR - High School DJs Dial Dallas Back To The 1970s (Sept 2009) (
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