This station began regular broadcasting on November 24, 1965, with 1,000 watts of daytime-only power on a frequency of 1580 kHz.

[2] The station was assigned the KAMI call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.

[3] KAMI was initially owned by Dawson County Broadcasting Corporation with Wayman E. May as president and Ed Strausburger and general manager.

[2] In February 1969, the station was acquired by KAMI Kountry Broadcasting Corporation with George Powers as company president and Andy Anderson as general manager.

[11] In December 2014, it was announced that KAMI had been acquired by the Nebraska Rural Radio Association.