KFMC-FM (106.5 FM) is a

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licensed to Fairmont, Minnesota, serving south central

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and northern

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with a 100,000 watt signal. The station airs a

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format as “106.5 Lakes FM”. KFMC was a classic rock station as "KFMC 106.5" until July 6, 2018, when the station started stunting with a loop of “ Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport” by Rolf Harris in preparation of a new format which would debut on July 9, at Noon. At the promised time, it flipped to

as “106.5 Lakes FM”. The first song on the new “106.5 Lakes FM” was “

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” by

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. It used to be owned by Woodward Broadcasting, until City of Lakes Media acquired the station, along with its sister station KSUM.

References

External links

KFMC Website
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