KPLO-FM
KPLO-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Reliance, South Dakota. The station is owned by James River Broadcasting, branded as DRG Media Group. It airs a country music format. All four Pierre DRG Media Group stations share studios on West Pleasant Drive in Pierre.
The station was first assigned the call letters KPLO-FM by the Federal Communications Commission on February 20, 1985. The call letters themselves are historically significant, being tied to the former television sister station KPLO-TV. This former sister station served the South Dakota capital area and was a semi-satellite of KELO-TV in Sioux Falls.
KPLOn January 22, 2010, the KPLO-FM tower, which it shared with the former KPLO-TV, collapsed during a severe ice storm. Following the incident, the station was off the air for a time, which left the Pierre area without a signal. However, by February 8, 2010, KPLO-FM was back on the air in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area, operating via an FM translator at 100.5 MHz. The tower was ultimately rebuilt.
The station also utilizes a secondary translator on 100.5 MHz in Pierre to assist in coverage.