KQDX
| Simulcasting KQDS-FM, Duluth | |
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| Broadcast area | Iron Range |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| Branding | 95 KQDS |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1971 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | similar to KQDS |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60912 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 77 meters (253 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°24′29.8″N 92°57′4.7″W / 47.408278°N 92.951306°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KQDX (106.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota. The station serves the Hibbing area as a simulcast of KQDS-FM, a classic rock station in Duluth. KQDX is owned by Midwest Communications.[2]
KQDX is part of a Midwest cluster of stations on the Iron Range that also includes WMFG, WNMT, WTBX and WUSZ. All stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing.
History
[edit]The station went on the air as WMFG-FM, the FM sister station to WMFG (1240 AM), in 1971.[3] It dropped the "-FM" suffix when the AM station became WGGR in 1983,[4] but returned to the WMFG-FM call sign on August 5, 1987.[5]
WMFG-FM previously carried a classic hits format as "106.3 Classic Hits". On January 1, 2017, as the result of an acquisition by owner Midwest Communications, WMFG-FM flipped to classic rock as a simulcast of KQDS-FM.[6] On February 14, 2025, WMFG-FM changed its call sign to KQDX to match parent station KQDS-FM.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KQDX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KQDX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ 1973 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1973. p. B-106.
- ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984. 1984. p. B-137.
- ^ "Call Sign History (WMFG-FM)". REC Historical CDBS Search Tool. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ Red Rock Sales Lead to Multiple Flips in Northern Minnesota
- ^ Ellis, Jon (February 10, 2025). "FCC Monitor: Time-Share LPFM's Granted in Madison, Milwaukee". NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 60912 (KQDX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KQDX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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