KRKI

KRKI
City of license Keystone, South Dakota
Broadcast area Rapid City, South Dakota
Branding 99-5 The Range
Frequency 99.5 MHz
Repeaters KRKI-FM1 Rapid City, South Dakota
First air date 2000
Format Classic Country
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 224 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 89114
Transmitter coordinates 43°51′24″N 103°45′50″W / 43.85667°N 103.76389°WCoordinates: 43°51′24″N 103°45′50″W / 43.85667°N 103.76389°W
Former callsigns KVAM (2000-2000)
Affiliations NBC News Radio
Owner Oregon Trail Broadcasting, LLC
(Bad Lands Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
Sister stations KFMH

KRKI (99.5 FM, "99-5 The Range") is a radio station licensed to serve Keystone, South Dakota. The station serves Rapid City, South Dakota, with an on-channel broadcast booster licensed as KRKI-FM1. The station is owned by Oregon Trail Broadcasting, LLC, through licensee Bad Lands Broadcasting Company, Inc. KRKI airs a Classic Country format.[1]

History

The station signed on in 2000 as KVAM (changing its call letters to KRKI later that year) with a rhythmic format as Hip Hop Radio serving Newcastle, Wyoming. In 2007, the station upgraded to 100,000 watts and moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a format flip to the Real Country satellite network as US 99.5. On January 5, 2009, KRKI switched to a 24-hour simulcast of ESPN Radio becoming the first full-time sports talk station in the Rapid City market.[2]

On April 1, 2012, KRKI changed affiliations from ESPN Radio to Fox Sports Radio, while KTOQ switched to ESPN Radio the same day. [3]

Effective October 8, 2012, it has now branded itself "99-5 The Range" and adopted the Classic Country format. [4]

On November 29, 2012, KRKI's city of license was changed from Newcastle, Wyoming to Keystone, South Dakota.

Booster

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license ERP
W
Class FCC info
KRKI-FM1 99.5 Rapid City, South Dakota 550 D FCC

References

  1. "KRKI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Rapid City station makes switch to carry ESPN Talk Radio". Rapid City Journal. January 8, 2009.
  3. "Area Scene: KTALK now an ESPN affiliate". Rapid City Journal. April 2, 2012.
  4. "Michael and Silberberg swap FMs in SD-WY border area". Radio & Television Business Report. October 8, 2012.

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