KELO-FM (101.9 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up ...

, airing an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

music format. At 92.5 FM, KELO-FM was one of the first FM radio stations in South Dakota. It broadcasts from

KELO-TV KELO-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls; its tran ...

's 2000 foot tower. The station is owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee

Midwest Communications Midwest Communications is a Wausau, Wisconsin-based radio broadcasting company. It owns 82 radio stations located primarily within the Midwest United States, in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Illinois and ...

, Inc. Its studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls, while its transmitter is located near Colton. On October 28, 2013, KELO-FM and its adult contemporary format moved to 101.9 FM, swapping frequencies with country-formatted

KTWB KTWB is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota airing a country music format. The station is owned by Duey E. Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. Its studios are located on South Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls, while it ...

History

Backyard Broadcasting

After a 52-year history in Sioux Falls radio, Midcontinent sold all of its stations, including KRRO, to Backyard Broadcasting of Baltimore in 2004. It marked the company's exit from broadcasting, after selling

in 1996.

Midwest Communications

Backyard sold its seven Sioux Falls stations in 2012 to their present owner,

, in a $13.35 million transaction.

Previous logo

(KELO-FM's logo under previous 92.5 frequency)

References

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ELO-FM Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1992 Midwest Communications radio stations {{SouthDakota-radio-station-stub