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| Broadcast area | Metro Sioux Falls |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Catholic talk and teaching |
| Network | Real Presence Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Real Presence Radio |
| History | |
First air date | September 6, 1971 |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60487 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 87.9 meters (288 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°31′56.0″N 96°44′20.0″W / 43.532222°N 96.738889°W |
| Translator(s) | 90.1 MHz K211GF (Brookings) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | realpresenceradio |
KGWD (94.5 MHz FM) is a radio station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. KGWD is owned and operated by Real Presence Radio, a Catholic radio network based in Fargo, North Dakota.
The license originally belonged to Sioux Falls College (renamed University of Sioux Falls in 1995), which started KCFS, a 10-watt noncommercial radio station, in 1971. It offered educational programming and eventually became a student-run music station. The station was bumped to other frequencies twice by more powerful stations, strengthening to 155 and later 2,900 watts. The University of Sioux Falls sold the license in 2015 to Chuck Brennan, owner of a Sioux Falls pawn shop and payday lender, who upgraded the transmitter facility and operated it as commercial station KBAD-FM. Due to legal troubles stemming from a ban on short-term payday lending in South Dakota, Brennan shut down KBAD-FM in 2017 and sold the facility to Real Presence Radio, which integrated it into its multi-state Catholic radio network.