south dakota school of mines & technology science and engineering since 1885 sd mines south dakota school of mines & technology about admissions academics campus life athletics news events research campus services home campus services kteq radio campus services campus servicesemergencyenvironmental health & safetyfacilitiesfinance and administrationhuman resourcesinformation technology services itsuniversity relationsuniversity bookstoreconferenceskteq radio campus servicesemergencyenvironmental health & safetyfacilitiesfinance and administrationhuman resourcesinformation technology services itsuniversity relationsuniversity bookstoreconferenceskteq radio kteq radio 91.3 fm kteq campus radio from the south dakota school of mines & technology listen now using the player on the right click here to download link to your computer kteq is a student run non profit radio station on the campus of the south dakota school of mines and technology in rapid city sd . kteq has received its ffc license the new tower is up and running and is broadcasting on 91.3 fm in the rapid city area request line 605 415 4913 kteq established in 1971 is sdsm & t s alternative radio station . the only rule kteq has about music is that it can not be top 40 the stuff played on 99.99 % of radio . the djs set their own playlists ranging from metal rap rock oldies techno country ... etc. currently kteq broadcasts on 91.3 fm internet streaming on kteq.org and via tunein.com . kteq informationkteq photo archive below are pictures from the kteq archive . most of the information about the photos from the 70 s is unknown and photos from the 1990s are needed . please feel free to contact the station with any information . higher resolution images are currently available upon request . if you have photos you would like to add to this page please feel free to mail them postal or email . 1970s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 rich hilliger 8 9 barb moore & dan watson 10 11 bob archbold 12 13 14 15 mike stahl & karl martin circa 1979 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 kteq s first djs & staff 29 30 31 32 33 34 1979 yearbook photo 1980s 1980 yearbook photo 1981 yearbook photo 1982 yearbook photo 1983 yearbook photo aftermath of an on air auction 1981 ad for an on air auction kteq advertisment cheryl mason 80 lakota preformance 81 1979 1980 managers kteq headquarters . broadcasting board 82 pia johns 82 production room equipment rod nelson & unknown 71 81 steve bintliff st eve bintliff & nonie johns 81 steve olson steve olson 82 tower on skyline drive unknown dj unknown dj modulation monitors 34 kevin lien right 35 36 37 38 39 amy wilkerson center managers steve morgenstern & jim boesch dec. 81 thanks to former manager steve morgenstern for many of the photos from the 80 s. 1990s 2000 bob neshiem working his magic on the technics cds in the old gym studio dale morrison spring 2003 dj signup meeting some of the fall 2005 djs dr. gozno & raul duke matt seidel dan breitbarth & jeff seymour jeff and dan.jpg siedel.jpg tech educational radio council terc board the terc board oversees kteq activities by meeting once a month with kteq staff . visitors are welcome at terc board meetings . please notify the board if you would like to attend by sending an email to kteq mines.sdsmt.edu . the terc board is made up of a combination of students staff and community members . being on the terc board is a fun low time committment activity that looks great on a resume . all students are encouraged to attend meetings as visitors . first and second year students are especially encouraged to join the board . terc board meeting minutes can be found here . history of kteq do you have a story photo or other gem of kteq history we would love to add it to this webpage we can scan documents and return them to you . in 1922 a handful of energetic electrical engineering students established the south dakota school of mines & technology s very first campus radio station . wcat or wildcat radio began operating from the school s physical education building on the commercial am band . initially airing mostly news and informational programming the station s popularity grew steadily through the 1940 s and 50 s with the inclusion of basketball games and music that was unique and popular for the era . unfortunately wcat s rich broadcasting history met an abrupt end in 1952 when it was pressured off the air by a competing commercial station . in 1969 after a nineteen year broadcasting hiatus student body president jim mcgibbney spearheaded an effort to broadcast a program of current events on the tech campus . with the assistance of announcer greg carey mcgibbney gained student association support to form the tech educational radio council terc . plans for tech s second fully operational radio station were set in motion . in following two years a mountain of triplicate forms were filed with the fcc space was secured for a new studio in the surbeck center and tower space for the new station s antenna was donated by kbhe . then on august 7 1971 kteq touched the airwaves surrounding the sdsm & t campus breaking nearly two decades of radio silence . for further details about kteq s early years read the report prepared by a former manager thomas aldrich . aldrich s report covers kteq s inception in 1969 through december 1975 . the history of kteq 1969 1975 the aldrich report dec. 1981 black hills monthly magazine article on kteq pdf kteq frequency change 88.1 91.3 mhz . pdf . doc . htm early kteq history according to gary brown before kteq came up we had a weekly radio show called hardrocker highlights on kota . from 68 to 71 i did it with karl gerdes . i worked with greg back in 71 to get kteq up on the air and was its first station manager . to get our license we went up to skyline drive and had the religious station it s call sign escapes me now reduce its power to 10w . we put a homemade antenna on a broomstick and then travelled around rapid seeing how the signal was . to get our original record library i called up the vps of marketting for all the major labels in the us . i called collect and amazingly they almost all accepted i was the first person on the air . the first broadcast opened with also sprach zarathustra as the signon theme instead of the star spangled banner . remember ... 2001 a space odyssey had just come out the alternative radio for the black hills slogan dates right from the start . the on air auction was modelled after the auctions on chicago radio stations . when we started off we broadcast tapes from radio moscow you can bet that hacked off a lot of people ... and probably got me on an fbi list of some sort or another . using the old state centrex lines kteq was the originator of the first all state radio broadcast . there was a panel discussion on prison reform . i patched through surbeck center into our panel and then used the centrex lines to send a feed out to the other college stations in the state . geo . mcgovern was interviewed on the air for the 72 election . you should have seen the secret service spooks go through the office early history of kteq 1969 1975 the aldrich report donations the cost of kteq s operation including licensing fees royalty fees supplies and equipment repair and replacement can add up to a substantial sum . we are partially supported by the sdsmt student association but any assistance that can be provided is appreciated . tax deductible donations can be made through the sdsmt foundation http foundation.sdsmt.edu if you have any questions regarding donations please contact us at kteq mines.sdsmt.edu live schedule stream kteq radio follow kteq fm south dakota school of mines & technology 501 e. saint joseph st. rapid city sd 57701 605.394.2511 800.544.8162 toll free contact us copyright 2015 16 . all rights reserved . the south dakota school of mines & technology is an equal opportunity educator & employer . accreditation the higher learning commission about a z index 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