KBWS-FM
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KBWS-FM is a radio station
licensed
to serve Sisseton, South Dakota
.The station is owned by Armada Media Corporation and licensed to Armada Media - Watertown, Inc. It airs a Country music
format.
The station was assigned the KBWS-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 15th 1983.
, KNBZ
, and KQKD
from Robert E. Ingstad (Pheasant Country Broadcasting) The transaction price was not disclosed. KBWS-FM was retained by Pheasant Country Broadcasting with an agreement to be operated by Ingstad owned Big Stone Broadcasting.
August 2007, Armada Media Corporation agreed to purchase the assets of radio stations KMSD-AM, KBWS-FM, KDIO-AM and KPHR-FM from Big Stone Broadcasting, Inc., and Pheasant Country Broadcasting, Inc for $2.9 million.
In the late 90's KBWS-FM moved its studio's from its Eden, South Dakota tower site to its current studio location on Veterans Ave in Sisseton, South Dakota.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Sisseton, South Dakota
Sisseton, South Dakota
Sisseton is a city on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,470 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Roberts County. Sisseton is home to a number of attractions including the Nicollett Tower and is near the "Song to the...
.The station is owned by Armada Media Corporation and licensed to Armada Media - Watertown, Inc. It airs a Country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format.
The station was assigned the KBWS-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 15th 1983.
Ownership
In 2004 as part of a reorganization by the Ingstad family, Aberdeen Radio Ranch Inc. (Robert J. Ingstad, co-president) agreed to acquire KGIM, KGIM-FMKGIM-FM
KGIM-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Redfield, South Dakota. The station is owned by Armada Media Corporation, and licensed to Armada Media - Aberdeen, Inc...
, KNBZ
KNBZ
KNBZ is a radio station licensed to serve Redfield, South Dakota. The station is owned by Hub City Radio, a division of Armada Media Corporation, and licensed to Armada Media - Aberdeen, Inc...
, and KQKD
KQKD
KQKD is a radio station licensed to serve Redfield, South Dakota. The station is owned by Family Stations, Inc. It airs a Christian radio format.The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 4, 1979....
from Robert E. Ingstad (Pheasant Country Broadcasting) The transaction price was not disclosed. KBWS-FM was retained by Pheasant Country Broadcasting with an agreement to be operated by Ingstad owned Big Stone Broadcasting.
August 2007, Armada Media Corporation agreed to purchase the assets of radio stations KMSD-AM, KBWS-FM, KDIO-AM and KPHR-FM from Big Stone Broadcasting, Inc., and Pheasant Country Broadcasting, Inc for $2.9 million.
Programming & History
KBWS-FM airs a country format. Up till 1997 the station was branded as B103. Due to owners Pheasant Country Broadcasting's launch of 100,000 watt KGIM-FM "Pheasant Country 103" in the Aberdeen, South Dakota market, KBWS-FM was rebranded Pheasant Country 103 and aired a simulcast of KGIM-FM's (excluding a local show from 6am-10am) programing. This created a Pheasant Country 103 brand that could be heard across northeast South Dakota, southeast North Dakota & west central Minnesota. This simulcast was ended in the fall of 2004 due to a reorganization by the Ingstad family. KBWS-FM now airs exclusively local programing derived from its Sisseton, South Dakota studio.In the late 90's KBWS-FM moved its studio's from its Eden, South Dakota tower site to its current studio location on Veterans Ave in Sisseton, South Dakota.