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KSNR
KSNR (100.3 FM, "100.3 Cat Country") is a commercial radio station serving the Grand Forks, North Dakota area broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Fisher, Minnesota, KSNR first began broadcasting in 1976 under the call sign KOSN in Thief River Falls. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia. The station's main competitor is Leighton Broadcasting's 97 KYCK (97.1 FM). KSNR also broadcasts University of North Dakota men's and women's basketball home games, while sister station KQHT "96.1 The Fox" broadcasts University of North Dakota men's ice hockey and football games as the flagship station, and sister station KKXL-AM "1440 The Fan" broadcasts University of North Dakota women's ice hockey. History The station began life at 99.3 FM as KOSN in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in 1976. KOSN broadcast only 3,000 watts. The station changed call letters to KSNR in 1983 as it flipped to an oldies format, concentrating on 50s and 60s "Golden Oldies" format. After up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KQHT
KQHT (96.1 FM, "96.1 The Fox") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format serving Grand Forks, North Dakota, that is licensed to Crookston, Minnesota. It began broadcasting in 1985. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. KQHT primarily competes with Leighton Broadcasting's classic rock 1590 KGFK/95.7 K239BG/97.5 K248DH "Rock 95". KQHT also broadcasts University of North Dakota men's ice hockey and football games as the flagship station, while sister station KSNR broadcasts University of North Dakota men's and women's basketball home games, and sister station KKXL-AM broadcasts University of North Dakota women's ice hockey. Programming In addition to its music programming, the station broadcasts play-by-play coverage of University of North Dakota football and men's hockey games. KQHT also broadcasts Premiere Networks' '' Casey Kasem's American Top 40'' on Sunday mornings. History The station began life in 1985 as KLZC, and become KQHT in 1986. KQHT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKXL (AM)
KKXL (1440 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, and features a sports format known as "1440 The Fan". Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station serves the Greater Grand Forks region as an affiliate of the Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Wild, and ESPN Radio, with daytime programming provided from KFXN-FM in Minneapolis–Saint Paul. In addition to a standard analog transmission, KKXL programming is available online via iHeartRadio. History KILO In 1923, the University of North Dakota started KFJM. This station carried educational as well as commercial programming, which had since 1929 been overseen by Dalton LeMasurier of Grand Forks. As part of this venture, in addition to studios and a transmitter on the university campus, KFJM maintained studios in the First National Bank building downtown. The University of North Dakota began planning in March 1941 to unwind this arrangement and exit the commercial broadcasting business, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKXL-FM
KKXL-FM (92.9 MHz) is a contemporary hit radio station serving the Grand Forks, North Dakota area. It first began broadcasting in the 1970s as KKDQ. The station is owned by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014), and competes with Leighton Broadcasting's KZGF "Z94.7". History KKXL-FM signed on December 23, 1974, as a counterpart to KKXL (1440 AM). The call letters were KKDQ from June 30, 1975, to July 27, 1981. ( Guide to reading History Cards) KKXL-FM signed on in 1981 in Grand Forks with a Top 40 format. The station rivaled with now co-owned KQHT "Magic 96" during the late 1980s and 1990s, competed with KYTN "Y95" during the late 1980s, the short-lived KZLT-FM "More Music 104.3" during 2006 and 2007, and currently with KZGF "Z94.7". Famous former DJ's include Rockin' Rick from 1990 to 2017, Mike Danger from 1990 to 1994, Micheal Right & Kevin Hendrickson during the '80s. Programming Weekday programming includes "Trevor D. in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is a city in and the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. The city's population was 59,166 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in North Dakota, third-most populous city in the state, after Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck. Grand Forks, along with its twin cities (geographical proximity), twin city of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, forms the center of the Grand Forks metropolitan statistical area, which is often called Greater Grand Forks or the Grand Cities. Located on the western banks of the north-flowing Red River of the North, in a flat region known as the Red River Valley, the city is prone to flooding. The 1997 Red River flood, Red River Flood of 1997 devastated the city. Originally called ''Les Grandes Fourches'' by French fur traders from Canada, who had long worked and lived in the region, steamboat captain Alexander Griggs platted a community after being forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KYCK
KYCK (97.1 FM, "97 KYCK") is a radio station broadcasting a country format serving Grand Forks, North Dakota that's licensed to Crookston, Minnesota. It first began broadcasting in 1979 under the call sign KDWZ. The station is currently owned by Leighton Broadcasting. The station's main competitor is iHeartMedia's KSNR "100.3 Cat Country". History KYCK signed on in 1979 as KDWZ with a Top 40 ( CHR) format. In 1981, as KKXL-FM signed on with a Top 40 format, KDWZ became KYCK (pronounced as "kick") with a country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ... format. External links97 KYCK Website * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZGF
KZGF (94.7 FM, "Z94.7") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format serving Grand Forks, North Dakota. It first began broadcasting in the 1967 under the call sign KYTN and used the call sign KNOX-FM for several years until 2011. The station is currently owned by Leighton Broadcasting, and competes with iHeartMedia's 92.9 KKXL-FM "XL93". The on-air schedule and personalities almost mirror Leighton sister station KCLD-FM, including the ''Playhouse Mornings'' with Kat and JJ Holiday, Alayna Jaye on mid-days, Derek Lee on afternoons and the live syndicated ''Liveline'' with Mason Kelter at night. History 94.7 first signed on in 1967 as KYTN, and aired a beautiful music format as ''"Kitten 95"''. The station later tweaked to adult contemporary as ''"Lite Rock 95"'' in 1980, which lasted until May 1984 when it flipped to a CHR/Top 40 format as ''"Y95"'', competing with KKXL-FM/92.9 "XL93". ''"Y-95"'' later flipped to album oriented rock (the predecessor to the clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJKJ
KJKJ (107.5 FM broadcasting, FM, "KJ108") is an American commercial active rock radio station serving Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It first began broadcasting in 1985. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and the station's broadcast license is held by iHM Licenses, LLC. KJKJ primarily competes with Leighton Broadcasting's classic rock KGFK (AM), 1590 KGFK/95.7 K239BG/97.5 K248DH "Rock 95". Programming Weekday personalities on KJKJ include the "BigDogz" morning show, Scott Gilbert on mid-days, Jon Roberts on afternoons. The BigDogz The station's coarse comedy News satire, satirical news and variety morning show pranksters, The BigDogz (sometimes spelled Dawgz), is one of the first of their type, commonly compared to the syndicated morning show Bob and Tom, Tom Barnard's show on KQRS-FM, and Howard Stern. The BigDogz is hosted by Bill Tanner, Scott Gilbert and on salute to women Wednesday's includes Carrisa (spelling may differ). BigDogz has been o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (UND) is a Public university, public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It was established by the Dakota Territory, Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota. The university has the only schools of law and medicine in the state of North Dakota. The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences was the first in the country to offer a degree in unmanned aircraft systems operation. Several national research institutions are on the university's campus including the Energy and Environmental Research Center, the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral universities – very high research activity". History Founding UND ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of North Dakota Men's Ice Hockey
The North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team of the University of North Dakota. They are members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey. North Dakota is widely regarded as a premier college hockey school and has one of the most storied programs in NCAA history. UND has made over 30 appearances in the NCAA tournament, appeared in the Frozen Four 22 times, and has won 8 NCAA Division I Championships. The program has also achieved 15 WCHA Regular Season Championships, 6 NCHC Regular Season Championships, and 12 Conference Tournament Championships. The school's former nickname was the Fighting Sioux, which held a lengthy and controversial tenure before being retired in 2012 due to pressure from the NCAA. The official school nickname is now the Fighting Hawks, the voted name that was chosen by the university on November 18, 2015. History Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of North Dakota Football
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisher, Minnesota
Fisher is a town in Polk County, Minnesota, Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks, North Dakota, Grand Forks-North Dakota, ND-Minnesota, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 422 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Fisher has become a bedroom community for the nearby Greater Grand Forks Metropolitan Area. History Fisher is one of the oldest settlements in Polk County. It was originally named "Shirt-Tail Bend" because a shirt had once been tied to a stick to warn steamboats of a bend in the river. It was renamed 'Fisher's Landing', and later shortened to Fisher. These names were adopted in honor of William H. Fisher, who was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., December 24, 1844; engaged in railroad business after 1864; settled in St. Paul in 1873, as attorney for the receiver of the St. Paul and Pacific railroad, and as its assistant manager and superintendent ; later was president and manager of the St. Paul and Duluth r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Thief River Falls, sometimes abbreviated as TRF, is a city and county seat of Pennington County in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 8,749 at the 2020 census. History Thief River Falls takes its name from a geographic feature, the falls of the Red Lake River at its confluence with the Thief River. The name of the river is a loose translation of the Ojibwe phrase ''Gimood-akiwi ziibi'', literally, the "Stolen-land river" or "Thieving-land river", which originated when a band of Dakota Indians occupied a secret encampment along the river, hence "stealing" the land, before being discovered and routed by the neighboring Ojibwe. In the Treaty of Old Crossing of 1863, the ''Moose Dung's Indian Reservation'' was established on the west bank of the Thief River, at its confluence with Red Lake River. This Indian Reservation was dissolved in 1904 and their population incorporated as part of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Thief River Falls marke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
