KTEQ-FM
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| City | Rapid City, South Dakota |
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| Broadcast area | Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Branding | K-Tech |
| Frequency | 91.3 MHz |
| First air date | August 7, 1971 |
| Format | Freeform / Alternative |
| ERP | 500 watts |
| HAAT | 17.4 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 172663 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°05′17.3″N 103°14′56.6″W / 44.088139°N 103.249056°WCoordinates: 44°05′17.3″N 103°14′56.6″W / 44.088139°N 103.249056°W |
| Former callsigns | WCAT |
| Former frequencies | 88.1 MHz |
| Owner | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Official website |
KTEQ-FM (91.3 FM, "K-Tech") is the campus radio station of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) in Rapid City, South Dakota. The station broadcasts a variety of music formats according to the tastes of the volunteer DJ's doing the shows. The only restriction that KTEQ places on the formats of the shows is that the music cannot be Top 40 music. The station was off the air for nearly 13 1/2 years following the loss of its Non-commercial educational broadcast license but returned to air on March 8, 2014. 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.
The first campus radio station at SDSM&T was WCAT, which broadcast from September 1922 to 1952. The AM station was founded by students from the Electrical Engineering department. The station was licensed to broadcast at a wavelength of 485 meters at a power of 750 watts. Later, the station operated on 1200 kilohertz at a power of 100 watts. The station's call-letters, WCAT, were an abbreviation for "Wildcat Radio." Originally, the studios were located in the basement of the Administration building. In 1928, the studios were moved to the third floor of the Prep Building (later used as the school's gymnasium and currently the Music Center). During the time that WCAT was on the air, the AM station's programming ranged from news to sports and music. In 1952, WCAT was forced to leave the airwaves as a result of pressure from a commercial radio station.
Efforts to launch a new SDSM&T campus radio station started in 1969. With the assistance of announcer Greg Carey, student body president Jim McGibbney formed the Tech Educational Radio Council (TERC), the governing body of KTEQ. The first studio of KTEQ was located at Surbeck Center; and, tower space for the transmitter was originally donated by KBHE-FM. Initially, KTEQ-FM broadcast at 88.1 MHz with a power of 10 watts. The first broadcast by KTEQ-FM occurred on August 7, 1971, opening with "Also sprach Zarathustra." The first voice to be heard on KTEQ was that of Gary Brown.
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