KSOO-FM (99.1 MHz, "Kickin' Country 99.1/100.5") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

with a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...

format, simulcasting

KIKN-FM KIKN-FM (100.5 MHz, "Kickin' Country 99.1/100.5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Salem, South Dakota, it serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. Its ...

100.5 Salem. Licensed to Lennox, South Dakota, United States, the station serves the

Sioux Falls Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up ...

area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are located on Tennis Lane in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located near Lennox.

History

KSOO-FM signed on in August 2008,

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simult ...

ing KSOO and its

news/talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...

format. KSOO-FM switched to

ESPN Radio ESPN Radio, which is alternately platform-agnostically branded as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN" ...

in April 2009. In addition to national ESPN Radio programming, "ESPN 99.1" was also home to Overtime with Jeff Thurn. "ESPN 99.1" was an affiliate of the Green Bay Packers Radio Network. On August 1, 2021, KSOO-FM changed their format from sports (which moved to KSOO (1000 AM)) to a simulcast of country-formatted

, branded as "Kickin' Country 99.1 & 100.5".Townsquare Pulls Double Flip In Sioux Falls
Radioinsight - August 3, 2021

Previous logo

References

KELO TV story about Sports Buffet

External links

Kickin' Country 99.1/100.5 official website
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