KSUX (105.7 FM, "The Super Pig") is a

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broadcasting a

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format. The station is licensed to Winnebago, Nebraska, and serves

Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, Woodbury and Plymouth County, Iowa, Plymouth counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Iowa, fo ...

. KSUX is owned by Powell Broadcasting.

History

After receiving its

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in 1988, KSUX began

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in the summer of 1990. The station was owned by Violet Communications and broadcast a country format. Violet sold the station in 1991 to Flagship Communications, owners of

KSCJ KSCJ (1360 AM, "Talk Radio 1360") is a radio station licensed to serve Sioux City, Iowa, United States. The station is owned by Powell Broadcasting and licensed to KSUX/KSCJ Radio Broadcasting Co. It airs a news/talk radio format. The station ...

, which relocated the station from a facility near Southern Hills Mall to the KSCJ studios on Indian Hills Drive; the acquisition also saw Flagship divest Yankton-based KBCM to Park Communications. Flagship sold the station to DCP Broadcasting, and Powell acquired KSUX and KSCJ in a $3.8 million purchase in 1995.

References

External links

105.7 The Super Pig KSUX official website
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