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KFNW-FM
KFNW-FM (97.9 FM) is a contemporary Christian music formatted radio station located in Fargo, North Dakota. Branded ''Life 97.9'', the station is owned and operated by Northwestern Media, a ministry of the University of Northwestern- St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota. KFNW is a non-profit radio station, receiving its funding from listener donations and the University of Northwestern- St. Paul. The station is also aired on several low-powered broadcast translator A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...s outside of its main listening area. The station's programming is also streamed on the Internet. Its studios are located on 52nd Avenue South in Fargo, while its transmitter is located near Amenia. History On June 1, 2007, a fire in the antenna system used by KFNW-F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwestern Media
Northwestern Media is the Christian radio ministry of the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, an evangelical university in Roseville, Minnesota. Northwestern Media operates two radio networks serving listeners primarily in the Midwestern United States: the Life Network, a contemporary Christian music station, and the Faith Network with Christian talk and teaching programming. History Northwestern Schools, as it was then known, entered the broadcasting business with the launch of KTIS-AM- FM in the Twin Cities on February 7, 1949. The construction of KTIS, costing $40,000, was entirely underwritten by the school's students. Its radio ministry soon expanded. On April 1, 1953, it bought KBOK in Waterloo, Iowa and changed its call letters to KNWS. Growth continued with the October 25, 1955, launch of Fargo's KFNW and its 1961 acquisition of KIHO in Sioux Falls, which became KNWC. Northwestern built FM stations in all three cities in 1965 (Fargo's KFNW-FM and Waterloo's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |