references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . january 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message broadcast area rapid city south dakota branding k tech format freeform alternative erp 500 watts haat 17.4 meters class a facility id 172663 former callsigns wcat former frequencies 88.1 mhz owner south dakota school of mines and technology webcast listen live website official website kteq fm 91.3 fm k tech is the campus radio station of the south dakota school of mines and technology sdsm & t in rapid city south dakota . the station broadcasts a variety of music formats according to the tastes of the volunteer dj s doing the shows . the only restriction that kteq places on the formats of the shows is that the music can not be top 40 music . the station was off the air for nearly 13 1 2 years following the loss of its non commercial educational broadcast license but returned to air on march 8 2014 . besides broadcasting over the air the station s programming is also transmitted over channel 6 of the cable television system on the sdsm & t campus and through internet streaming . contents 1 history 1.1 wcat 1.2 kteq 1.2.1 first broadcast 2 references 3 external links history edit wcat edit the first campus radio station at sdsm & t was wcat which broadcast from september 1922 to 1952 . the am station was founded by students from the electrical engineering department . the station was licensed to broadcast at a wavelength of 485 meters at a power of 750 watts . later the station operated on 1200 kilohertz at a power of 100 watts . the station s call letters wcat were an abbreviation for wildcat radio . originally the studios were located in the basement of the administration building . in 1928 the studios were moved to the third floor of the prep building later used as the school s gymnasium and currently the music center . during the time that wcat was on the air the am station s programming ranged from news to sports and music . in 1952 wcat was forced to leave the airwaves as a result of pressure from a commercial radio station . kteq edit efforts to launch a new sdsm & t campus radio station started in 1969 . with the assistance of announcer greg carey student body president jim mcgibbney formed the tech educational radio council terc the governing body of kteq . the first studio of kteq was located at surbeck center ; and tower space for the transmitter was originally donated by kbhe fm . the first broadcast by kteq fm occurred on august 7 1971 opening with also sprach zarathustra . the first voice to be heard on kteq was that of gary brown . initially kteq fm broadcast at 88.1 mhz with a power of 10 watts . us senator and then us presidential candidate george mcgovern gave kteq an on air interview during the 1972 election . the studios of kteq were eventually relocated at the old gym building on the sdsm & t campus . in the early 1980s while still broadcasting at 88.1 mhz the fcc granted kteq permission to increase its radiated power . after the power increase cable tv subscribers near the broadcast tower complained to their cable provider of kteq signal bleeding into their tv programs . rather than upgrading the shielding of their cable the cable tv provider chose to grant kteq money to change their broadcast frequency so as to not interfere with tv audio signal . in the summer of 1982 kteq moved from 88.1 to 91.3 which is farther away from the tv frequency spectrum . kteq radio broadcasts fell silent for a number of months during the mid 1980s . the station finally resumed broadcasts during the spring of 1987 . at that time the station broadcast twenty four hours per day seven days per week . later the station removed all of the 3am to 6am time slots from its schedule . for many years the station s tower space was donated by kota tv . citation needed in august 2000 kota increased its effective radiated power . as a result kteq had to remove its transmitting hardware from the kota tower space ending kteq s radio broadcasts . when kteq failed to resume its broadcasts within a year the station lost its broadcast license in september 2001 . new broadcasting hardware was purchased but the fcc stopped accepting applications for non commercial broadcast licenses in 2001 . 1 while kteq waited for the fcc to resume accepting non commercial license applications the station continued to transmit its programming over the internet and over the closed circuit television on the sdsm & t campus . by 2005 a new studio was located at surbeck center . in may 2011 campus radio station s long wait finally appeared to be over . on may 3 2011 sdsm & t was informed by the fcc that the university had beat out four other applicants for a non profit radio license . the fcc awarded the radio station a construction permit to put up a new transmitter as well as a three year timeline in which to re establish the station . 2 the station s management and terc board hoped to have the station fully up and running on their own tower by the fall of 2013 . kteq encountered many delays but construction was finally completed in the spring of 2014 . the fcc issued the station a new non commercial educational radio broadcast license on february 28 2014 . at noon on march 8th kteq returned to air once again opening with also sprach zarathustra . 3 first broadcast edit the first broadcast was recorded off the air on a cassette recorder in the connolly hall dormitory . the quality is a bit spotty in places with a number of dropouts . references edit daly dan 2004 03 24 . fcc task force coming to rapid city . rapid city journal . rapid city south dakota . retrieved 2014 03 19 . meyer holly 2011 05 21 . school of mines to return to the airwaves . rapid city journal . rapid city south dakota . retrieved 2014 03 18 . colias meredith 2014 03 15 . school of mines kteq returns to the airwaves . rapid city journal . rapid city south dakota . retrieved 2014 03 18 . external links edit kteq campus radio from the south dakota school of mines and technology the official kteq website . history of kteq and an early history according to gary brown new website . d.j. s from hell show website an early 1990s radio show on kteq fm . query the fcc s fm station database for kteq radio locator information on kteq query nielsen audio s fm station database for kteq v t e radio stations in the rapid city south dakota market by am frequency 810 920 980 1150 1340 1380 1450 1490 by fm frequency 88.3 89.3 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.9 91.3 92.3 93.1 93.9 95.1 95.9 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 104.1 105.1 106.3 107.1 107.9 by callsign kasd kawk kbfs kbhb kbhe fm kddx kdsj kfcr kfmh kfxs kili kimm kiqk kkls kkmk klmp kota kout kpsd kjrc kqrq krcs krki kslt ksqy kteq fm ktoq ktpt kwrc kxmz kxzt kzlk kzzi defunct kxzs 107.5 fm nearby radio markets casper gillette pierre see also list of radio stations in south dakota v t e south dakota college radio stations kaor university of south dakota kaur augustana college kbhu black hills state university ksdj south dakota state university kteq fm south dakota school of mines and technology see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in south dakota retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kteq fm & oldid 744400777 categories college radio stations in south dakotaradio stations established in 1971radio stations in rapid city south dakotasouth dakota school of mines and technologyhidden categories articles lacking in text citations from january 2009all articles lacking in text citationsofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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