KDWA (1460 AM/97.7 FM) is a

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News/ Talk format, licensed to Hastings, Minnesota. The station is currently owned by K & M Broadcasting, Inc. and features national news programming from the

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at the top of each hour. Locally, KDWA is especially known for its coverage of local news and high school sports for both Hastings and Prescott.

History

KDWA began broadcasting on October 24, 1963. It was founded by John McKane, a former editor for the Hastings Star Gazette. The station's first news director, Dave Baudoin, became the majority co-owner in 1968. In 1971, KDWA was allowed to broadcast at night, at a reduced wattage output. Previously, the station (like many AM stations at the time) would sign on at sunrise and sign off at sunset. In 1991, Dan Massman bought the station for $150,000. The following year, he moved it to its current location on Highway 61 in downtown Hastings. While KDWA is primarily a talk station, a weekly

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/ EDM show was DJ'd by Reggie Bauer beginning in 2011 and ending in 2015. Bauer later went on to work as a manager for KDWA's sister station,

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. On March 25, 2016, KDWA began simulcasting on an FM translator at 97.9 MHz. However, on May 4 they moved down to 97.7 to avoid interference with a low-power station in Lakeville.

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