KTOQ (1340 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek (South Dakota), Rapid Creek, where the settlement deve ...

, United States, the station serves the Rapid City area. The station is currently owned by Haugo Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from

ESPN Radio ESPN Radio, which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically 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 banner "SportsRadio ESPN". The netw ...

and

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. In 1998, Haugo Broadcasting (owner of

KSQY KSQY (95.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. The station known as "K-SKY" is licensed to Deadwood, South Dakota and serves the Rapid City listening area. K-SKY is owned by Haugo Broadcasting, Inc. History 95.1 K-S ...

) acquired Rapid City stations

KIQK KIQK (104.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, the station serves the Rapid City area. The station is currently owned by Haugo Broadcasting, Inc. History The station ...

"Kick 104" and KTOQ "K-Talk 1340" from Tom-Tom Broadcasting, then owned by

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news anchor

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. Soon after the purchase, KSQY moved its studios to Rapid City and joined its new sister stations. In September 2008, Haugo Broadcasting moved into its new facilities at 3601 Canyon Lake Drive. In April 2012, KTOQ changed its format to sports, with programming from ESPN Radio. In March 2013, it began simulcasting its signal on 105.7 FM.

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* * TOQ Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1953 {{SouthDakota-radio-station-stub