KXRB (AM)
KXRB (1140 AM) is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota airing a classic country format. The station is owned by Townsquare Media.
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City | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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Branding | 1140 AM and FM 100.1 KXRB |
Slogan | Real Country Variety |
Frequency | 1140 kHz |
First air date | 1926 |
Format | Classic Country |
Power | 10,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts (night) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 64710 |
Former call signs | KSOO (1926-2017) |
Affiliations | ABC News |
Owner | Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Sioux Falls License, LLC) |
Sister stations | KIKN-FM, KKLS-FM, KMXC, KSOO, KSOO-FM, KXRB-FM, KYBB |
Webcast | Listen Live! |
Website | kxrb.com |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] The contest was for the 2005 calendar year.
Previous logo
References
- "Packers Radio Station Listing". The Official Website of the Green Bay Packers. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- Townsquare Realigns Formats in Sioux Falls Radioinsight - August 7, 2017
- "SDPB, Yankton Stations Lauded". Yankton Press & Dakotan. 2006-05-08.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KXRB
- Radio-Locator Information on KXRB
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KXRB