KSLT (107.1 MHz), is a

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licensed to

Spearfish, South Dakota Spearfish (Lakota: ''Hočhápȟe'') is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,193 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 13,282 in 2023, making it the 11th most populous city in South Dakota. Spearfi ...

, United States, serving

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and the surrounding region with a

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format. The station is currently owned by the

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. On October 24, 2011 KSLT moved from 107.3 FM to 107.1 FM. An asset purchase agreement filed with the FCC on October 29, 2021 says

Northwestern Media Northwestern Media is the Christian radio ministry of the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, an evangelical university in Roseville, Minnesota. Northwestern Media operates three radio networks serving listeners primarily in the Midwestern U ...

is buying KLMP/88.3 (

) and KSLT/107.1 (

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) from Bethesda Christian Broadcasting for $249,000. The deal also includes KSLT satellites KSLP/90.3 (

Pierre, South Dakota Pierre ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,091. Pierre is the eleventh-most populous city of South Dakota, and the second-least populo ...

) and KSLS/90.7 (

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) and boosters KLMP-1/KSLT-1 in Rapid City and translator K292DN in

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. KLMP and KSLT fit in with Northwestern’s existing stations, which all carry either Adult Contemporary Christian or teaching and preaching from the Faith Radio Network. Bethesda Christian Broadcasting's KTPT (

) and KSLT/KSLP translators owned by the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel are not included in the transaction. Northwestern Media closed on its purchase of KLMP/88.3 (Rapid City) and KSLT/107.1 (Spearfish-Rapid City) from Bethesda Christian Broadcasting on January 31, 2022.

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KSLT is also heard on full power stations KSLP 90.3 in

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and KSLS 90.7 in

, as well as five low powered translators in

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, and

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.KSLT Coverage Area & Stations
KSLT. Accessed September 16, 2012 KSLS was previously the call sign of an FM radio station in Liberal, Kansas—part of the "LS Network" of radio entrepreneur

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"Radio station to expand coverage,"
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,'' retrieved from

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OCR text, July 26, 2020 The

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assigned the Kansas station the call sign KSLS on

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

, but changed its call sign to KSMM on February 15, 2008.

Full powered stations

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Previous logo

(KSLT's logo under previous 107.3 frequency)
(KSLT's logo 2011-2020)

References

External links

KSLT website
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