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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KOTM-FM
| logo             = File:KOTM TOM FM97.7 logo.jpg
| city             = [[Ottumwa, Iowa]]
| area             =
| branding         = TOM FM 97.7
| frequency        = 97.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = January 19, 1976
| format           = [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]]
| erp              = 19,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = 112 meters
| class            = C3
| facility_id      =
| coordinates      = {{coord|41|01|28|N| 92|28|56|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning = '''Ot'''tu'''m'''wa
| former_callsigns = KLEE-FM (1976–1986)
| owner            = Ottumwa Radio Group
| licensee         = O-Town Communications, Inc.
| sister_stations  = [[KLEE]], [[KBIZ]], [[KRKN]], [[KKSI]], [[KTWA]]
| webcast          = [https://lightningstream.com/player.aspx?call=kotm-fm Listen Live!]
| website          = {{url|https://ottumwaradio.com/97-7-tom-fm/}}
| affiliations     =
}}
'''KOTM-FM''' (97.7 [[Hertz|MHz]], "97.7 Tom FM") is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]] format serving [[Ottumwa, Iowa]]. The station is currently owned by Greg List, through licensee O-Town Communications, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KOTM |title=KOTM Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
==History==
[[Image:KOTM.jpg|thumb|left|former KOTM logo]]
KLEE-FM signed on the air on the morning of January 19, 1976 featuring a mix of [[middle of the road (music)|MOR]] music during the day and simulcasts of its then-Top 40 sister station [[KLEE|KLEE-AM]] at night. Right after KLEE-AM dropped its Top 40 format in 1981, its previous Top 40 format moved to KLEE-FM and went under the branding name of "K98". On June 28, 1986, its call letters were changed to KOTM.
On March 2, 2009, KOTM rebranded from "97.7 KOTM" to "97.7 Tom FM" to prevent confusion of the KOTM call letters, which stand for '''Ot'''u'''m'''wa.<ref>[http://www.ottumwacourier.com/archivesearch/local_story_074232743.html Ottumwa Courier]</ref>
The new branding was named after Tom Palen, the owner was FMC Broadcasting Inc. at the time of the change.<ref>{{cite web | title=FM Query Results -- Audio Division (FCC) USA | website=Federal Communications Commission | url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KOTM  | access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tomfmottumwa.com/ 97.7 Tom FM official website]
{{FM station data|21916|KOTM-FM}}
{{Ottumwa Radio}}
{{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in Iowa}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Iowa|OTM-FM]]
[[Category:Ottumwa, Iowa]]
[[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States]]
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