KQKD

Infobox Radio station
name = KQKD


city = Redfield, South Dakota
area =
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1961
frequency = 1380 kHz
format = Christian
power = 500 watts (day)
142 watts (night)
class = D
facility_id = 70083
coordinates = coord|44|53|53|N|98|30|23|W
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KFCB
owner = Family Stations, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://209.10.202.162:8100/listen.pls Listen Live]
website = http://www.familyradio.com/
affiliations = Family Radio

KQKD (1380 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Redfield, South Dakota. The station is owned by Family Stations, Inc. It airs a Christian radio format. cite web |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=am&callLetter=KQKD |work=Arbitron]

The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 4, 1979.cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=70083&Callsign=KQKD |title=Call Sign History]

History

On November 16, 1986, a fire destroyed a block of buildings in Redfield, including the studios of KQKD.cite news |work=San Jose Mercury News |title=Fire Kills Baby |date=1986-11-17 |page=3A] Four other businesses were destroyed in the fire that left 20 people homeless and killed a 17-month-old girl. The wirestory in the "San Jose Mercury News" included a note that the radio station was then celebrating its 25th anniversary.

In June 1997, station owner Roberts Radio of Pleasantville, New York, told the "Aberdeen American News" that old equipment at KQKD had been replaced in an effort to improve the sound of the station's programming.cite news |work=Aberdeen American News |title=Changes Ahead for Aberdeen, S.D., Radio Stations |date=1997-06-12 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5549823_ITM]

In October 2004, KQKD was acquired by Aberdeen Radio Ranch Inc. (Robert J. Ingstad, co-president) from Robert E. Ingstad as part of a reorganization by the Ingstad family.cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing hands |date=2004-10-25 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14187661_ITM |quote=] This deal also included stations KGIM, KGIM-FM, and KNBZ-FM. The price for this four-station deal was undisclosed. According to "Broadcasting & Cable", at this time KQKD carried a Country music/Talk radio format.

In November 2004, Aberdeen Radio Ranch reached separate agreements to sell KQAA-FM to the Educational Media Foundation, and KKAA (1560 AM) and KQKD (1380 AM) to Family Stations, Inc.cite news |work=Aberdeen American News |title=Do not adjust your set |date=2004-12-01 |first=Jeff |last=Bahr |page=1A]

References

External links

* [http://www.familyradio.com/ Family Radio Worldwide]
*AMQ|KQKD
*AML|KQKD
*AMARB|KQKD