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KLQL

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KLQL
Broadcast areaLuverne-Rock Rapids-Worthington-Marshall-Sioux Falls
Frequency101.1MHz
BrandingK101
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsABC News Radio
Ownership
Owner
KITN,KQAD,KWOA,KUSQ
History
First air date
September 1, 1971 (as KQAD-FM at 100.9)
Former call signs
KQAD-FM (1971–1983)
Former frequencies
100.9 MHz (1971–1983)
Call signmeaning
KlQl -- looks like K101
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID39260
ClassC1
ERP100,000watts
HAAT162 meters (531 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
43°48′24.00″N96°12′23.00″W/ 43.8066667°N 96.2063889°W/43.8066667; -96.2063889
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitek101fm.net

KLQL(101.1FM,"K101" ) is aradio stationbroadcasting a "Real"country musicformat, featuring country music from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and today, servingLuverne,Rock Rapids,andWorthington,withrimshot coveragein theSioux Fallsarea. The station is currently owned byAlpha Media.[2]

Founding and early history

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KLQL was initially licensed to the six founders of Luverne's AM radio station,KQAD,as its FM sibling. KQAD-FM first broadcast at 100.9 MHz and with a power of 6,000 watts.[3]In 1982, KQAD-FM's ownership group (Paul Hedberg,Al McIntosh,Mort Skewes, Warren Schoon, Rollie Swanson, and Dominic Lippi) learned that they could substantially increase the station's power and range with a slight move up the dial from 100.9 to 101.1 MHz. In his autobiography Paul Hedberg explains the reasoning behind this change: "since FM was surging in popularity we decided to go ahead with this upgrade. We submitted the application for a construction permit to effect the change, and it was granted in late 1982. A new 500-foot tower was built north of Luverne, just west of the community of Hardwick. A 12-bay antenna with a 20 kW Gates transmitter delivered our new 100,000-watt signal, and this more than doubled KQAD-FM's coverage. With this new power and frequency we decided to separate the stations’ programming. We switched our FM to a country and western format, and changed the call letters to KLQL-FM. We wanted to emphasize our new format with a cowboy boot in the logo: KLQL was going to be K101."[4]

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KLQL".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"KLQL Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
  3. ^Paul C. Hedberg,The Time of My Life(Spirit Lake, IA: University of Okoboji Press, 2014), 99.
  4. ^Hedberg,The Time of My Life,101.
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