The station signed on in 1998 as KSOB with an oldies format as "Q Gold 95.7" owned by LA Media, and later changed to the KSQB call sign in 2001. KSQB was also owned by Feller Broadcasting, made up of a partnership of brothers Rob and Nick Feller. KSQB gradually tweaked to an adult contemporary format, and dropped the "Gold" from its moniker by April 1, 2004. Backyard Broadcasting acquired the station later in September 2006. With the growth of the adult hits format in 2005, Q95.7 gradually shifted to adult hits, and began reporting with the format to Arbitron by 2006.
The station was staffed by The Cartwright Brothers Morning Show (weekdays 7 to 9 a.m.) and Big Scott Allen (weekdays Noon to 6 p.m.). Big Scott was also the program director of the station.
On November 1, 2012, Midwest Communications acquired KSQB-FM and its six sister stations from Backyard Broadcasting at a purchase price of $13.35 million.
On March 1, 2013, KSQB-FM changed their call letters to KQSF, changed their format to oldies, and rebranded as "Kool 95.7" (format moved from KXQL (now KELQ) 107.9 FM, which flipped to news/talk). Mark Cartwright hosts the morning show from 6am to 9am weekdays and is the brand manager of the station. By 2014, KQSF had rebranded back to "Q95-7" and shifted to classic hits.[1][2]
On September 13, 2018, at 9 a.m., after stunting with poetic readings of various song lyrics, KQSF flipped to Top 40/CHR, keeping the "Q95.7" name,[3] to compete against the more established Top 40/CHR station KKLS-FM "Hot 104.7" and heritageTop 40/CHR station 99.7KKCK, which then switched places with KARZ to 94.7 (which is unreceivable in Sioux Falls).
kqsf, radio, station, licensed, dell, rapids, south, dakota, serves, sioux, falls, south, dakota, area, first, began, broadcasting, 1998, under, call, sign, ksob, station, currently, owned, duey, wright, through, licensee, midwest, communications, dell, rapids. KQSF 95 7 FM Q95 7 is a radio station licensed to Dell Rapids South Dakota it serves the Sioux Falls South Dakota area It first began broadcasting in 1998 under the call sign KSOB The station is currently owned by Duey E Wright through licensee Midwest Communications Inc KQSFDell Rapids South DakotaBroadcast areaSioux Falls South DakotaFrequency95 7 MHzBrandingQ95 7ProgrammingFormatTop 40 CHR OwnershipOwnerDuey E Wright Midwest Communications Inc Sister stationsKELO KELO FM KELQ KRRO KTWB KWSNHistoryFirst air date1998 as KSOB Former call signsKSOB 1998 2001 KSQB FM 2001 2013 Call sign meaningQ Sioux FallsTechnical informationFacility ID76903ClassC3ERP25 000 wattsHAAT100 metersLinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteq957 comIts studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls while its transmitter is located near Baltic Contents 1 History 2 Previous logo 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe station signed on in 1998 as KSOB with an oldies format as Q Gold 95 7 owned by LA Media and later changed to the KSQB call sign in 2001 KSQB was also owned by Feller Broadcasting made up of a partnership of brothers Rob and Nick Feller KSQB gradually tweaked to an adult contemporary format and dropped the Gold from its moniker by April 1 2004 Backyard Broadcasting acquired the station later in September 2006 With the growth of the adult hits format in 2005 Q95 7 gradually shifted to adult hits and began reporting with the format to Arbitron by 2006 The station was staffed by The Cartwright Brothers Morning Show weekdays 7 to 9 a m and Big Scott Allen weekdays Noon to 6 p m Big Scott was also the program director of the station On November 1 2012 Midwest Communications acquired KSQB FM and its six sister stations from Backyard Broadcasting at a purchase price of 13 35 million On March 1 2013 KSQB FM changed their call letters to KQSF changed their format to oldies and rebranded as Kool 95 7 format moved from KXQL now KELQ 107 9 FM which flipped to news talk Mark Cartwright hosts the morning show from 6am to 9am weekdays and is the brand manager of the station By 2014 KQSF had rebranded back to Q95 7 and shifted to classic hits 1 2 On September 13 2018 at 9 a m after stunting with poetic readings of various song lyrics KQSF flipped to Top 40 CHR keeping the Q95 7 name 3 to compete against the more established Top 40 CHR station KKLS FM Hot 104 7 and heritage Top 40 CHR station 99 7 KKCK which then switched places with KARZ to 94 7 which is unreceivable in Sioux Falls Previous logo edit nbsp nbsp References edit Midwest Shakes up Its Sioux Falls Cluster Format Changes Your Midwest Media 28 February 2013 Archived from the original on 17 March 2013 KQSF Stunting in Sioux FallsExternal links editQ95 7 KQSF official website KQSF in the FCC FM station database KQSF on Radio Locator KQSF in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 43 45 47 N 96 48 29 W 43 763 N 96 808 W 43 763 96 808 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in South Dakota is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KQSF amp oldid 1087339270, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
