KIQK is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...

, USA, the station serves the Rapid City area. The station is currently owned by Haugo Broadcasting, Inc.

History

The station went on the air as KTOQ-FM on 1989-11-29. on 1991-09-01, the station changed its call sign to KIQN

KIQN

KIQN is a radio station broadcasting a Country Variety format. Licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, USA, it serves the Pueblo area. The station is licensed to be operated by Metropolitan Radio Group, Inc....

, on 1991-10-07 to the current KIQK.

In 1998, Haugo Broadcasting (owner of KSQY

KSQY

KSQY is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. The station known as "K-SKY" is licensed to Deadwood, South Dakota and serves the Rapid City listening area...

) acquired Rapid City stations KIQK "Kick 104" and KTOQ

KTOQ

KTOQ is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Rapid City, South Dakota, USA, the station serves the Rapid City area...

 "K-Talk 1340" from Tom-Tom Broadcasting, then owned by NBC

NBC

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 news anchor Tom Brokaw

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. Soon after the purchase, KSQY

KSQY

KSQY is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. The station known as "K-SKY" is licensed to Deadwood, South Dakota and serves the Rapid City listening area...

moved its studios to Rapid City and joined its new sister stations. In Sept 2008, Haugo Broadcasting moved into its new facilities at 3601 Canyon Lake Drive.