KXRB (AM)

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KXRB
Frequency 1140 kHz
Branding1140 AM and FM 100.1 KXRB
Programming
Format Classic country
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
KIKN-FM, KKLS-FM, KKRC-FM, KSOO, KSOO-FM, KXRB-FM, KYBB
History
First air date
1926 (1926)
Former call signs
KSOO (1926–2017)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 64710
Class B
Power 10,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kxrb.com

KXRB (1140 kHz) is an AM radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, airing a classic country format. The station is owned by Townsquare Media.

Contents

The programming on what was then KSOO was previously a mix of local talk shows, including "Viewpoint University", "McDaniel's Mess", and "The Mainstreet Cafe", which focused on the current events of the Sioux Falls area and South Dakota. KSOO also featured a variety of nationally syndicated shows, such as Glenn Beck, Mike Huckabee, The Dave Ramsey Show and Lars Larson. KSOO aired the National Football League games of the Green Bay Packers as the only South Dakota affiliate of the Packers Radio Network. [2]

History

Notable station alumni include Myron Floren, an American musician best known as the accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show .

On August 7, 2017, KSOO and its news/talk format moved to 1000 AM, swapping frequencies with classic country-formatted KXRB. [3]

Honors and awards

In May 2006, KSOO won one first place plaque in the commercial radio division of the South Dakota Associated Press Broadcasters Association news contest. [4] The contest was for the 2005 calendar year.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KXRB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Packers Radio Station Listing". The Official Website of the Green Bay Packers. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  3. ↑ Townsquare Realigns Formats in Sioux Falls Radioinsight - August 7, 2017
  4. ↑ "SDPB, Yankton Stations Lauded". Yankton Press & Dakotan. May 8, 2006.

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