KSQY

KSQY

City of license	Deadwood, South Dakota
Broadcast area	Rapid City area
Branding	95.1 K-SKY
Frequency	95.1 MHz
First air date	1982
Format	Album-oriented rock (AOR)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	521 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	3041
Callsign meaning	K-"SKY" in reference to its large signal
Former callsigns	KSQY-FM (1982-Present)
Owner	Haugo Broadcasting, Inc
Sister stations	KIQK and KTOQ
Website	www.951KSKY.com

KSQY (95.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an album-oriented rock (AOR) format. The station known as "K-SKY" is licensed to Deadwood, South Dakota and serves the Rapid City listening area. K-SKY is owned by Haugo Broadcasting, Inc.

History

95.1 K-SKY began broadcasting in August 1982 from a tower on the summit of Terry Peak in Lead, South Dakota giving the station a very large coverage area that reaches parts of five states. K-SKY uses a 17,000 watt booster licensed to Rapid City with the call letters KSQY-FM1 to help cover the Rapid City metro with a stronger signal.

During the mid-1980s the K-SKY was one of the highest rated Album-oriented rock stations in the US. Through the years K-SKY has changed formats to Classic rock to Adult Album Alternative (AAA)

The original K-SKY studios were located at 666 Main Street in downtown Deadwood. In 1998, Haugo Broadcasting (owner of KSQY) acquired Rapid City stations KIQK "Kick 104" and KTOQ "K-Talk 1340" from Tom-Tom Communications, then owned by NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw. Soon after the purchase, KSQY 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.

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KSQY
• Radio-Locator information on KSQY
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KSQY