KYSM-FM (103.5

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licensed to

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and serving the

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Valley. The station currently airs a

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format. Country 103.5 was purchased by Three Eagles Communications from its previous owner,

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in August 2007, and then by Digity, LLC on September 12, 2014. Sister stations include KEEZ,

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and KMKO-FM.

History

KYSM-FM first went on the air January 31, 1948, on 103.5 MHz. John F. Meagher was general manager of the station and its sister station, KYSM. In May 2024, most on-air staffers in Alpha Media's Mankato cluster, including those on KYSM, were let go as part of a nationwide round of cuts by Alpha. Other on-air staff that were retained were relegated to off-air roles, and the station went jockless. The following month, KYSM began airing programming from

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References

External links

Country 103 KYSM-FM official website
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