KSOU-FM (93.9

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format. Serving the

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, the station is licensed to Sorenson Broadcasting Corp.

History

The station began broadcasting in 1974 as KVDB-FM, with "VDB" being a subtle reference to its owner, Russell Vande Brake. KVDB-FM was the sister station to KVDB (1090 AM, now KSOU), which broadcast from the same studio. During the day, they had separate programming, but in the evening, an

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format was simulcast over both stations. On August 1, 1989, the station changed its call sign to KTSB; on April 1, 1996, it changed to the current KSOU-FM.

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* SOU-FM Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1974 Sioux Center, Iowa {{Iowa-radio-station-stub