KSSS (101.5 FM), known as "Rock 101", is a radio station in

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, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station airs

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and primarily competes against

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KBYZ KBYZ (96.5 FM), known as "96.5 The Walleye", is a radio station located in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States, owned by Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media also owns KLXX 1270 ( Talk), KKCT 97.5 ( CHR), KACL 98.7 ( Classic Hits), and K ...

"96.5 The Walleye". iHeartMedia, Inc. also owns KFYR 550 (

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), KXMR 710 (

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1130 ( Classic country), KYYY 92.9 (

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), and

KQDY KQDY (94.5 FM), known as "KQ 94.5", is a radio station located in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station airs a country music format competing with Townsquare Media's KUSB "US 103.3" and Radio Bismarck-Ma ...

94.5 (

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) in the Bismarck-

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area.

History

KSSS aired an

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format as "Kiss 101.5" until 2001, when it switched to

as "Kiss 101", before switching back to an AC format as "Star 101", and returning to classic rock as "101.5 A Rock & Roll Station". The station tweaked its music and imaging as "Rock 101" in 2005. By the summer of 2011, "Rock 101" tweaked to a full blown

format playing a mix of classic rock and rock from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, to current

active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

music.

References

External links

Rock 101 official website
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