KVAR (93.7 FM, "Alley Cat 93") is a

non-commercial educational A non-commercial educational station (NCE station) is a radio station or television station that does not accept on-air advertisements (TV ads or radio ads), as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and was or ...

radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format. Licensed to serve the community of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States, the station is currently owned by Alleycat Communications.

History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a

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for the station on August 4, 2005. The station was assigned the KVAR call sign on August 29, 2005, and received its license to cover on September 23, 2008. Attesting that it had aired no paid commercials since it was licensed and that it had arranged a partnership with a local college, KVAR applied in November 2008 to become a

station. The FCC granted this request on December 18, 2008.

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* VAR Radio stations established in 2008 Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota Classic rock radio stations in the United States {{SouthDakota-radio-station-stub