KELO (AM)

KELO

City	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Branding	NewsTalk 1320 KELO
Slogan	Hear the news, then talk about it!
Frequency	1320 AM (kHz)
First air date	October, 1937 (as KGSS at 1200)
Format	Commercial; News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	41981
Callsign meaning	pronounced kellow, a homonym of "hello"
Former callsigns	KGSS (1937-?)
Former frequencies	1200 kHz (1937-1941) 1230 kHz (1941-1948)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network
Owner	Midwest Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	KELO-FM, KELQ, KRRO, KQSF, KTWB, KWSN
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kelo.com

Newstalk 1320 KELO is an AM radio station licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, airing a news/talk format. It is owned by Midwest Communications, Inc. ^[1]

KELO signed on as KGSS on 1200 kHz in October, 1937, under the ownership of Midcontinent Broadcasting Company. It moved to 1230 kHz in 1941 as a result of the NARBA agreement. It moved to its current frequency May 2, 1948, and concurrently increased its power from 250 W to 5 KW.^[2] The broadcaster, which later became Midcontinent Media, sold off its radio properties, including KELO, to Backyard Broadcasting in 2004. The Backyard Broadcasting group would be sold to its current owner, Midwest Communications, in 2012.

KELO was a Top 40 station from approximately the 1960s through the 1980s, and then became an oldies/classic hits hybrid by the 1990s. The station flipped to its current talk format in July 2000.

KELO-TV was co-owned with KELO radio from 1953 until 1995, when Midcontinent sold the station to Young Broadcasting. (Media General are the current owners of KELO-TV today.)

References

↑ "KELO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "KELO to 5 kw" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 10, 1948. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

External links

FCC History Cards for KELO

Query the FCC's AM station database for KELO

Radio-Locator Information on KELO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KELO

Radio stations in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota market

By AM frequency	570 730 800 1000 1050 1140 1230 1270 1320 1520

By FM frequency	88.1 89.1 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 92.5 93.9 94.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.7 99.1 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.7 104.7 106.9 107.9

By callsign	KAUR KBAD-FM KCSD KDEZ KELO KELO-FM KELQ KIHK KIKN-FM KISD KKCK KKLS-FM KLOH KLQL KMXC KNWC KNWC-FM KQAD KQSF KRRO KRSD KSFS KSOO KSOO-FM KSOU-FM KTWB KUSD KVCF KWOA KWSN KXRB KYBB KZOY WNAX

Nearby radio markets Brookings Huron–Mitchell Northeast Nebraska Omaha–Council Bluffs Sioux City SW Minnesota Watertown Yankton–Vermillion See also List of radio stations in South Dakota

News/Talk radio stations in the state of South Dakota

Stations	KBFS – Belle Fourche KELO – Sioux Falls KELQ – Flandreau KORN – Mitchell KOTA – Rapid City KSDN – Aberdeen KSDR – Watertown KSOO – Sioux Falls KWAT – Watertown WNAX – Yankton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in South Dakota

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA WNFN

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

Coordinates: 43°29′17″N 96°38′14″W / 43.48806°N 96.63722°W / 43.48806; -96.63722

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