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°W / 43.85667; -103.76389Coordinates: 43°51′24″N 103°45′50″W / 43.85667°N 103.76389°W / 43.85667; -103.76389
Former callsigns	KVAM (2000-2000)
Affiliations	NBC News Radio
Owner	Oregon Trail Broadcasting, LLC (Bad Lands Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
Sister stations	KFMH
Website	995therange.com

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

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

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KRKI

Radio-Locator information on KRKI

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KRKI

Radio stations in the Rapid City, South Dakota market

By AM frequency	810 920 980 1150 1340 1380 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.9 91.3 92.3 93.1 93.9 95.1 95.9 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 104.1 105.1 106.3 107.1 107.5 107.9

By callsign	KASD KAWK KBFS KBHB KBHE-FM KDDX KDSJ KFCR KFMH KFXS KILI KIMM KIQK KKLS KKMK KLMP KOTA KOUT KPSD KJRC KQRQ KRCS KRKI KSLT KSQY KTEQ-FM KTOQ KTPT KWRC KXMZ KXZS KXZT KZLK KZZI

Nearby radio markets Casper Gillette Pierre See also List of radio stations in South Dakota

Country radio stations in the state of South Dakota

Stations	KBJM – Lemmon KBWS – Sisseton KDLO – Watertown KGFX – Pierre KGIM – Aberdeen KIKN-FM – Sioux Falls KIMM – Rapid City KIQK – Rapid City KJAM – Madison KKQQ – Brookings KKYA – Yankton KLXS – Pierre KMIT – Mitchell KMLO – Mobridge KOUT – Rapid City KPLO – Pierre KRKI - Keystone KSDR – Watertown KTWB – Sioux Falls KWYR – Winner KXRB – Sioux Falls KZZI – Rapid City WNAX – Yankton

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

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