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KCLP (101.1 MHz, “The Rock Farm”) is an FM radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format, serving Luverne, Rock Rapids, and Worthington, with rimshot coverage in the Sioux Falls area. The station is owned by Christensen Broadcasting LUV LLC.[2]

History

The station was initially licensed to the six founders of Luverne’s AM radio station, KQAD, as its FM sibling. KQAD-FM first broadcast at 100.9 MHz and with a power of 6,000 watts.[3] In 1982, KQAD-FM’s ownership group (Paul Hedberg, Al McIntosh, Mort Skewes, Warren Schoon, Rollie Swanson, and Dominic Lippi) learned that they could substantially increase the station’s power and range with a slight move up the dial from 100.9 to 101.1 MHz. In his autobiography Paul Hedberg explains the reasoning behind this change: “since FM was surging in popularity we decided to go ahead with this upgrade. We submitted the application for a construction permit to effect the change, and it was granted in late 1982. A new 500-foot tower was built north of Luverne, just west of the community of Hardwick. A 12-bay antenna with a 20 kW Gates transmitter delivered our new 100,000-watt signal, and this more than doubled KQAD-FM’s coverage. With this new power and frequency we decided to separate the stations’ programming. We switched our FM to a country and western format, and changed the call letters to KLQL-FM. We wanted to emphasize our new format with a cowboy boot in the logo: KLQL was going to be K101.”[4]

On March 16, 2026, KLQL changed its format from country to mainstream rock, branded as “The Rock Farm” under new KCLP call letters.[5]

References

  1. ^ “Facility Technical Data for KCLP”. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ “KCLP Facility Record”. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ Paul C. Hedberg, The Time of My Life (Spirit Lake, IA: University of Okoboji Press, 2014), 99.
  4. ^ Hedberg, The Time of My Life, 101.
  5. ^ Christensen Broadcasting Flips Two and Rebrands Another Recent Acquisition Radioinsight – March 17, 2026