KSSS (101.5 FM), known as "Rock 101", is a radio station in

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, owned by

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The station airs

mainstream rock Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada. Format background Mainstream rock stations represent the middle ground between classic rock and active rock ...

and primarily competes against

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classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

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"96.5 The Walleye".

also owns KFYR 550 (

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710 (

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1130 (

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92.9 ( pop), and

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94.5 (

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) in the Bismarck-

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area.

History

KSSS aired an

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format as "Kiss 101.5" until 2001, when it switched to

as "Kiss 101", before switching back to an AC format as "Star 101", and returning to classic rock as "101.5 A Rock & Roll Station". The station tweaked its music and imaging as "Rock 101" in 2005. By the summer of 2011, "Rock 101" tweaked to a full blown

format playing a mix of classic rock and rock from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, to current

active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

music.

External links

Rock 101 official website
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