KLQL

KLQL
City	Luverne, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Luverne-Rock Rapids-Worthington-Marshall-Sioux Falls
Branding	K101
Slogan	Tri-States' Best Country
Frequency	101.1 MHz
First air date	September 1, 1971
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	162 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	39260
Transmitter coordinates	43°48′24.00″N 96°12′23.00″W / 43.8066667°N 96.2063889°W / 43.8066667; -96.2063889
Callsign meaning	KlQl -- looks like K101
Former callsigns	KQAD-FM (formerly on 100.9 MHz)
Owner	Alpha Media (Alpha Media)
Sister stations	KITN, KLQL, KQAD, KWOA, KUSQ
Website	www.k101fm.net/

KLQL (101.1 FM, "K101") is a radio station broadcasting a "Real" country music format, featuring Country music from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and today, serving Luverne, Rock Rapids, and Worthington, with rimshot coverage in the Sioux Falls area. The station is currently owned by DAlpha Media^[1]

Founding and early history

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 6000 watts.^[2] 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."^[3]

Shows and personalities

The Morning Show features Bruce Thalhuber & Ron Cote from 4 until 10 am. Max Hodgdon is the midday host from 10am until 2pm. Todd Ryan is the afternoon host. Other featured programs include Classic Country Saturday, with "The Country Wax Museum" from 6am until noon, and Solid Gold Saturday,from noon until 7pm,and the Sunday Morning Gospel Show.

References

↑ "KLQL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Paul C. Hedberg, The Time of My Life (Spirit Lake, IA: University of Okoboji Press, 2014), 99.
↑ Hedberg, The Time of My LIfe, 101.

External links

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Radio-Locator information on KLQL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLQL

Radio stations in Southwest Minnesota (Worthington–Marshall)

By AM frequency	730 800 1050 1190 1400

By FM frequency	89.3 89.9 91.7 93.5 94.7 95.1 98.7 99.7 101.1 103.3 104.3 105.1 105.7 106.1 107.5

By callsign	KARL KARZ KISD KITN KJOE KKCK KKOJ KLOH KLQL KMHL KNSG KNSW KQAD KRGM KRSW KUSQ KUXX KWOA KZTP K277AI

Nearby radio markets Brookings Fort Dodge Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown Willmar Yankton–Vermillion See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

Radio stations in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota market

By AM frequency	570 730 800 1000 1050 1140 1230 1270 1320 1520

By FM frequency	88.1 89.1 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 92.5 93.9 94.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.7 99.1 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.7 104.7 106.9 107.9

By callsign	KAUR KBAD-FM KCSD KDEZ KELO KELO-FM KELQ KIHK KIKN-FM KISD KKCK KKLS-FM KLOH KLQL KMXC KNWC KNWC-FM KQAD KQSF KRRO KRSD KSFS KSOO KSOO-FM KSOU-FM KTWB KUSD KVCF KWOA KWSN KXRB KYBB KZOY WNAX

Nearby radio markets Brookings Huron–Mitchell Northeast Nebraska Omaha–Council Bluffs Sioux City SW Minnesota Watertown Yankton–Vermillion See also List of radio stations in South Dakota

Country radio stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations	KAGE – Winona KARL – Marshall KARP-FM – Dassel KATO-FM – Mankato KAUS-FM – Austin KBEW-FM – Blue Earth KBGY – Fairbault KBHP – Bemidji KBLB – Nisswa KBOT – Detroit Lakes KBVB – Barnesville (Fargo, North Dakota) KCHK – New Prague KCHK-FM - New Prague KCUE – Red Wing KDIO – Ortonville KDJS-FM – Willmar KDLB – Frazee KDMA – Montevideo KDOM – Windom KDOM-FM – Windom KDWZ - Duluth (Superior, WI) KEEY-FM – Minneapolis KEYL – Long Prairie KFIL – Preston KFIL-FM – Chatfield KGPZ – Grand Rapids KIKV-FM – Alexandria KJJK-FM – Fergus Falls KJOE – Pipestone KKAQ – Thief River Falls KKCB – Duluth KKDQ – Thief River Falls KKIN-FM – Aitkin KKOJ – Jackson KKOK-FM – Morris KKWQ – Warroad KKWS – Wadena KLCI – Elk River KLGR – Redwood Falls KLOH – Pipestone KLQL – Luverne KLQP – Madison KMFX-FM – Rochester KMNB – Minneapolis KNSP – Staples KNUJ – New Ulm KOLV – Willmar KPRM – Park Rapids KQAQ – Austin KQYB – Spring Grove (La Crosse, Wisconsin) KRCQ – Detroit Lakes KRFO-FM – Owatonna KRJB – Ada KRRW – Saint James KRUE – Waseca KSDM – International Falls KSNR – Fisher (Grand Forks, North Dakota) KSUM – Fairmont KTCO – Duluth KUSQ – Worthington KWAD – Wadena KWNO-FM – Winona KWWK – Rochester KXKK – Park Rapids KYCK Crookston (Grand Forks, North Dakota) KYSM-FM – Mankato KZPK – Paynesville WBHA – Wabasha WBJI – Bemidji WCMP-FM – Pine City WUSZ – Hibbing WVAL – Saint Cloud WWJO – Saint Cloud WYRQ-FM – Little Falls

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

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