Syndicated weekend programs include The Kim Komando Show, Bill Handel on The Law and At Home with Gary Sullivan.

KOIL airs live sports including Kansas City Chiefs football and Omaha Lancers junior ice hockey.

KOIL was initially licensed to the Monarch Manufacturing Company of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and signed on the air on July 10, 1925.

They included reports of bribes Burden made to officials in charge of renewing the licenses of his stations, supervision of on-air contests, and lack of candor with the FCC.

In December 1990, KOIL dropped local programming and began airing the "Pure Gold" oldies format from Satellite Music Networks.

By May 1993, KOIL was simulcasting FM sister station KXKT, was the Omaha-Council Bluffs affiliate for the Kansas City Royals Radio Network, and aired an evening sports talk show.

[12] In August, after Valley Broadcasting sold the station to Aegeus, Inc. (which was owned in part by John Mitchell, president and principal owner of Mitchell Broadcasting, the owner of KKAR and KQKQ), the station returned to the air, with KOIL moving to 1180 AM (and flipping to an adult standards format), while 1290 AM became KKAR, and adopted a news/talk format.

[18] Announcers who once worked for KOIL include Roger W. Morgan, Gene Okerlund, Gary Michael Ross, Dr. Don Rose,[19] Dick Sainte, and former Shindig!

Other personalities to spend time at KOIL include The Real Don Steele, Gary Owens, Kris Erik Stevens, Lyle Dean, Frank "Coffeehead" Allen, Joe Light, Dave Wingert, Sandy Jackson, and Tom Becka.