Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is a follow up aircheck to the previous 107.9 "The Wolf" aircheck recording. On August 31st 2006, a little after midnight, KWSF dropped it's short lived 80s/90s Country format and flipped to Oldies as "Kool 107.9" KXQL. Aside from some technical issues at the start, it hit the ground running, promising to bring the best of the 50s, 60s, and 70s to the Sioux Falls area. They even ran the 52-hour "History of Rock and Roll" radio program the following weekend.
Sioux Falls had been without a local Oldies station after KKLS 104.7 switched away from Oldies to Top-40 in 1997. Listeners could easily tune in 98.7 KISD out of Pipestone, MN however, which helped fill the Oldies void during the 9 year local absence.
The Oldies music was sourced from Jones Radio Networks' "Oldies Channel" 24/7 format and had national DJs in between songs. This is in contrast to the locally automated Country format that just rode into the sunset. "Kool 107.9" would keep this satellite format, eventually migrating to Westwood One's "Kool Gold" format after Westwood One purchased Jones Radio Networks.
As for the Oldies format, it gradually evolved into your usual 70s and 80s classic hits format as time went on. KXQL and it's sister stations got sold again in fall 2012 to their current owner, Midwest Communications. Then on March 1st, 2013, the classic hits format would move to 95.7 KQSF as "Kool 95.7" while KXQL 107.9 would become KELQ and simulcast AM conservative talker KELO-AM 1320, a simulcast that continues to this day.
Out of all the formats 107.9 has been, the KELO-AM simulcast has been the longest running out of all of them.
This is a follow up aircheck to the previous 107.9 "The Wolf" aircheck recording. On August 31st 2006, a little after midnight, KWSF dropped it's short lived 80s/90s Country format and flipped to Oldies as "Kool 107.9" KXQL. Aside from some technical issues at the start, it hit the ground running, promising to bring the best of the 50s, 60s, and 70s to the Sioux Falls area. They even ran the 52-hour "History of Rock and Roll" radio program the following weekend.
Sioux Falls had been without a local Oldies station after KKLS 104.7 switched away from Oldies to Top-40 in 1997. Listeners could easily tune in 98.7 KISD out of Pipestone, MN however, which helped fill the Oldies void during the 9 year local absence.
The Oldies music was sourced from Jones Radio Networks' "Oldies Channel" 24/7 format and had national DJs in between songs. This is in contrast to the locally automated Country format that just rode into the sunset. "Kool 107.9" would keep this satellite format, eventually migrating to Westwood One's "Kool Gold" format after Westwood One purchased Jones Radio Networks.
As for the Oldies format, it gradually evolved into your usual 70s and 80s classic hits format as time went on. KXQL and it's sister stations got sold again in fall 2012 to their current owner, Midwest Communications. Then on March 1st, 2013, the classic hits format would move to 95.7 KQSF as "Kool 95.7" while KXQL 107.9 would become KELQ and simulcast AM conservative talker KELO-AM 1320, a simulcast that continues to this day.
Out of all the formats 107.9 has been, the KELO-AM simulcast has been the longest running out of all of them.
