KKCK (99.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format licensed to serve Marshall, Minnesota. The station is owned by Linder Radio Group and the signal reaches most of southwestern Minnesota, eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa including Marshall, Brookings, Sioux Falls, Watertown, Willmar, Worthington and Spirit Lake.
KKCK also rebroadcasts on FM translator K277AI 103.3 FM in Russell/Marshall.
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History
The station first signed on in the 1970s as KMHL-FM (100.1) with a country music format, before switching to Top 40 (CHR) in the late 1970s or early 1980s. KKCK debuted automated with TM Programming's "Stereo Rock" Top 40 format briefly, then converted to fully local programming in the mid-1980s. After the call letter change to KKCK in 1982, the station changed its slogan to "KK100," also known as "Double K 100." In 1988, it adopted "FM 100 KKCK" as its slogan after upgrading from 3,000 watts at 100.1 FM to 100,000 watts at 99.7 FM. The station repositioned as "99-7 KKCK" with the "Always A Better Music Mix" slogan in 1992. The station had significant listenership in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota market during the 1990s, despite its transmitter tower being located over 50 miles away, as it was the de facto Top 40/CHR for Sioux Falls until KKLS-FM flipped to "Hot 104.7" in 1997. While KKCK continues to be a minor factor in the Sioux Falls market, the station primarily focuses on Marshall, Minnesota, the surrounding southwestern Minnesota region, and the nearby Brookings, South Dakota area.
Unlike most Top 40/CHR formatted stations, KKCK also includes genres such as indie, alternative, and modern rock in its music mix. The station also airs The Shag, a long running alternative rock program, on Sunday nights. It shares a local news department with KMHL, and gets national news from ABC. A large amount of the broadcasting day is live.
A winter storm damaged KKCK's transmitter in December 2015, and the station has been broadcasting at reduced power since. In May 2017, KKCK's programming moved to 94.7 KNSG while the transmitter is being rebuilt.
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References
External links
- Official website
- Marshall Radio
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KKCK
- Radio-Locator information on KKCK
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KKCK
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K277AI
- Radio-Locator information on K277AI
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