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.
[1] WCAT was deleted in 1952, after it was unable to afford equipment upgrades mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
The first studio of KTEQ was located at Surbeck Center; and, tower space for the transmitter was originally donated by KBHE-FM.
US senator and then-US presidential candidate George McGovern gave KTEQ an on-air interview during the 1972 election.
In the early 1980s while still broadcasting at 88.1 MHz, the FCC granted KTEQ permission to increase its radiated power.
[4] 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.
The FCC issued the Station a new Non-Commercial Educational Radio Broadcast License on February 28, 2014.