[2] On November 16, 1986, a fire destroyed a block of buildings in Redfield, including the studios of KQKD.
The wire story in the San Jose Mercury News included a note that the radio station was then celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Additionally, local high school sports is broadcast, KQKD is the "Voice of the Redfield Pheasants".
The AM station has a very large service area, an approximate 100 mile radius due to the excellent ground conductivity in eastern South Dakota 30.
The FM translator operates at 250 watts and has a coverage radius of about 25 miles from the transmitter site.The studio is located at 620 Main St. in Redfield in Suite 8 of the Plaza.The transmitter is located approximately 1 mile north of Redfield near US route 281 Full service radio stations are stations that are not strictly formatted with a specialized program, such as Country, Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Alternative Rock, Talk or Sports.
They are usually operated by live staff as opposed to most music and talk stations which are "voice tracked", meaning that the announcer comes in and spends 20 minutes recording his "show" by inserting small voice comments between selected songs.
Most talk and sports stations, receive syndicated programming from satellite services with very little local involvement.