 The station is owned by Oregon Trail Broadcasting, LLC, through licensee Bad Lands Broadcasting Company, Inc. KRKI airs a Country format.The station signed on in 2000 as KVAM (changing its call letters to KRKI later that year) with a rhythmic format as "Hip Hop Radio" serving Newcastle, Wyoming.In 2007, the station upgraded to 100,000 watts and moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a format flip to the Real Country satellite network as "US 99.5".