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KQSF
KQSF (95.7 FM, "Q95.7") is an adult contemporary radio station licensed to Dell Rapids, South Dakota; it serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. It first began broadcasting in 1998 under the call sign KSOB. The station is currently owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. Its studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located near Baltic. History The station signed on in 1998 as KSOB with an oldies format as "Q Gold 95.7" owned by LA Media, and later changed to the KSQB call sign in 2001. KSQB was also owned by Feller Broadcasting, made up of a partnership of brothers Rob and Nick Feller. KSQB gradually tweaked to an adult contemporary format, and dropped the "Gold" from its moniker by April 1, 2004. Backyard Broadcasting acquired the station later in September 2006. With the growth of the adult hits format in 2005, Q95.7 gradually shifted to adult hits, and began reporting with the format to Arbitr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KELO-FM
KELO-FM (101.9 MHz) is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, airing an adult contemporary music format. At 92.5 FM, KELO-FM was one of the first FM radio stations in South Dakota. It broadcasts from KELO-TV's 2000 foot tower. The station is owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. Its studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located near Colton. History The station signed on the air on May 5, 1990, as KTWB, and aired a country music format. Initially owned by Lee Axdahl, it would later be sold to Midcontinent Broadcasting. Backyard Broadcasting After a 52-year history in Sioux Falls radio, Midcontinent sold all of its stations, including KRRO, to Backyard Broadcasting of Baltimore in 2004. It marked the company's exit from broadcasting, after selling KELO-TV in 1996. Midwest Communications Backyard sold its seven Sioux Falls stations in 2012 to their present owner, Midwest Communica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest Communications
Midwest Communications, Inc. is a Wausau, Wisconsin–based radio broadcasting company. It owns 82 radio stations located primarily within the Midwest United States, in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Illinois and Wisconsin. The company is a family-owned business and is headed by the Wright family. History 1950s-1960s Midwest Communications began in Wausau, Wisconsin, with WRIG, Inc. and the acquisition by the Duey E. Wright family of a 1400 kHz, 250 watt AM facility from the Wisconsin Valley Television Corporation. The call letters WRIG (for Wright) were assigned and on August 1, 1958, top forty-formatted WRIG signed on the air. Power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1961 and WRIG-FM (now WDEZ) signed on in 1964. 1970s Midwest started station WROE in Appleton/Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1971. Founder Duey E. Wright Sr. died at 75 on November 24, 1971, with Duey E. Wright Jr. taking over the company his father founded. In 1975 Midwest p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KELQ
KELQ (107.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format, simulcasting KELO (1320 AM). Licensed to Flandreau, South Dakota, it serves the Sioux Falls area. The station is owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. History On March 1, 2013, KXQL changed its call letters to KELQ and changed its format from oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2 ... (branded as "Kool 107.9") to news/talk, simulcasting KELO 1320 AM. KEL References External links News and talk radio stations in the United States ELQ Radio stations established in 2001 2001 establishments in South Dakota Midwest Communications radio stations Moody County, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKLS-FM
KKLS-FM (104.7 MHz, "Hot 104.7") is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. The station serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area. KKLS and its sister stations were owned by Southern Minnesota Broadcasting until 2003 when they were sold to Cumulus Media, and sold again in 2012 to Townsquare Media. Its studios are located on Tennis Lane in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located near Humboldt. History The station signed on in 1975 as KIOV, and aired a country music format. In January 1988, KIOV changed call letters to KKLS-FM, and flipped to adult contemporary as "Class FM". The station later shifted to oldies as "Oldies 104.7". At the time, the station was under ownership of Southern Minnesota Broadcasting. On December 3, 1997, at 3 pm, after three days of stunting with a loop of "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M., KKLS flipped to its current contemporary hit radio format as "Hot 104.7", filling a format voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKCK
KKCK (94.7 FM) is a radio station in Marshall, Minnesota ( licensed to Springfield), serving the Marshall and Redwood Falls areas. The station is owned by John Linder and operated from the KMHL/KKCK studios in Marshall. From 1982–2019, KKCK was on FM 99.7 MHz, but moved to FM 94.7 MHz on April 3, 2019. History First three decades as 99.7 KKCK The station first signed on in 1975 as KMHL-FM (100.1) with a country music format, before switching to Top 40 (CHR) in 1982. KKCK debuted automated with TM Programming's "Stereo Rock" Top 40 format briefly, then converted to fully local programming in the mid-1980s. After the call letter change to KKCK in 1982, the station changed its slogan to "KK100," also known as "Double K 100." KKCK later changed its name to "Fun 100" in the mid-1980s. In 1988, it adopted "FM 100 KKCK" as its slogan after upgrading from 3,000 watts at 100.1 FM to 100,000 watts at 99.7 FM. The station repositioned as "99-7 KKCK" with the "Always A Bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KARZ (FM)
KARZ (99.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format licensed to serve Marshall, Minnesota. The station is owned by Linder Radio Group and the signal reaches most of southwestern Minnesota, eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa including Marshall, Brookings, Sioux Falls, Watertown, Willmar, Worthington and Spirit Lake. KARZ also rebroadcasts on FM translator K277AI 103.3 FM in Russell/Marshall. History First two decades of KARZ as a rock format on 107.5 KBJJ changed its call letters to KARZ, and switched from country to classic rock in 1997 following being purchased by KMHL/KKCK. 107.5 KARZ later segued into a mainstream rock format around 2000. On October 16, 2017, 94.7 FM and 107.5 FM swapped call letters: 94.7 FM changed their call letters to KARZ and 107.5 FM changed their call letters to KNSG. 107.5 FM flipped from mainstream rock to sports with KFAN 100.3 (KFXN) programming, and 94.7 FM rebranded their classic hits format to the KARZ call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KELO (AM)
KELO (1320 kHz, "Newstalk 1320 KELO") is an AM radio station licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, airing a news/talk format. It is owned by Midwest Communications, Inc. History Originally issued a construction permit under the call sign KGSS in 1936, KELO signed on September 5, 1937, on 1200 kHz, under the ownership of the Sioux Falls Broadcasting Association, also the owner of KSOO. Both stations were affiliates of the NBC radio networks. It moved to 1230 kHz in 1941 as a result of the NARBA agreement. KELO was sold to the Midcontinent Broadcasting Company on September 19, 1946. It moved to its current frequency May 2, 1948, and concurrently increased its power from 250 watts to 5 kW. KELO was a Top 40 station from approximately the 1960s through the 1980s, and then became an oldies/ classic hits hybrid by the 1990s. The station flipped to its current talk format in July 2000. KELO-TV was co-owned with KELO radio from 1953 until 1995, when Midcontinent s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KRRO
KRRO (103.7 FM) is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota airing a mainstream rock format. The station is owned by Duey E. Wright through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. Its studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located on 271st Street just south of Sioux Falls. History KCHF-FM The station began operation at 93.5 MHz as KCHF-FM on May 6, 1969. It was owned by Eider C. "Red" Stangland, who had waited for years with his application to build an AM outlet at 1520 kHz and previously owned a station in Iowa. It was the last of three radio station sign-ons in Sioux Falls in the first five months of 1969 (preceded by KXRB and KNWC-FM). (The Sioux Empire Broadcasting Company was approved the next year for the AM outlet, which went on the air on June 13, 1970 as KCHF.) KCHF-AM-FM largely simulcast the same middle-of-the-road music format. KLYX-FM and KKRZ Significant changes came to KCHF-FM when it was sold in 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTWB
KTWB is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota airing a country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ... format. The station is owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. Its studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located near Rowena. History After a 52-year history in Sioux Falls radio, Midcontinent sold all of its stations, including KTWB, to Backyard Broadcasting of Baltimore in 2004. It marked the company's exit from broadcasting, having sold off KELO-TV in 1996. Backyard sold its seven Sioux Falls stations in 2012 to their present owner, Midwest Communications, in a $13.35 million transaction. On October 28, 2013, KTWB and its country format moved to 92.5 FM, swapping f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KWSN
KWSN (1230 AM "FOX Sports Sioux Falls") is a radio station carrying a sports format with Fox Sports Radio programming. The station serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area. It was acquired by Midwest Communications, Inc. in 2012. This station is also aired on a translator, K251BH, at 98.1 FM. History Early years KDAK, Inc., obtained a construction permit for a new radio station on 1230 kHz in Sioux Falls on November 13, 1947. ( Guide to reading History Cards) It could not use the call letters KDAK, as they were assigned to a ship at sea; the new station therefore took the call letters KISD. It had to wait for its dial position to open up: KELO was in the process of moving from 1230 to 1320 kHz as part of a power increase. On May 2, 1948, KELO moved to 1320, and KISD debuted that same moment, using KELO's old tower site and facilities. Together with KIHO (1270 AM), which started on May 28, the two new outlets brought Sioux Falls to a total of four stations. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbitron
Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences. It was founded as the American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with Los Angeles-based Coffin, Cooper, and Clay in the early 1950s. The company's initial business was the collection of broadcast television ratings. The company changed its name to Arbitron in the mid‑1960s, the namesake of the Arbitron System, a centralized statistical computer with leased lines to viewers' homes to monitor their activity. Deployed in New York City, it gave instant ratings data on what people were watching. A reporting board lit up to indicate which homes were listening to which broadcasts. For years, Arbitron was a part of Control Data Corporation (CDC) and in 1992, it became a part of Ceridian Corporation before the company was split in 2001. The then-current Arbitron was formed from the renaming of the old Cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Hit Radio
Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 Record chart, music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock music, rock, pop music, pop, or Urban contemporary, urban music. Used alone, ''CHR'' most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term ''contemporary hit radio'' was coined in the early 1980s by ''Radio & Records'' magazine to designate Top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into Adult contemporary music, adult contemporary, Urban contemporary music, urban contemporary, Contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian and other formats. The term "top 40" is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
