KGFK (1590

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, "Rock 95") is an AM

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broadcasting a

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format.

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East Grand Forks, Minnesota East Grand Forks (also known as EGF) is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, Polk County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,176 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it Polk County's largest community. It is in the Red ...

, it serves the

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metropolitan area. The station also broadcasts on

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K239BG (95.7 FM, "Rock 95") in

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and K248DH (97.5 FM, "Rock 95") in East Grand Forks. It first began broadcasting in 1959 under the

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KRAD and used the call sign KCNN for several years. The station is currently owned by

Leighton Broadcasting Leighton Media, previously Leighton Broadcasting, is a radio broadcasting company based in St. Cloud, Minnesota that owns several radio stations in St. Cloud as well as in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota. Stations owned ...

, and competes with

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active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

107.5

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 s ...

"KJ108" and classic hits

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. K ...

"96.1 The Fox".

History

KCNN days

KGFK/1590 previously aired a

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format as KCNN, and starting focusing on nationally syndicated talk shows after being bought by

in 2003 to differentiate with co-owned KNOX.

Rooster and Fox Sports

On September 27, 2007, KCNN continued KNOX-FM/94.7's classic country as "The Rooster", as KNOX-FM/94.7 flipped to

. Because of popularity,

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was still syndicated on weekdays at normal time. On August 14, 2009, KCNN flipped to a

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format featuring programming from

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, and competed with FAN Network affiliate KKXL-AM/1440.

Rock to "The Forks"

On November 5, 2010, KCNN changed their format to

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, branded as "Rock 107.9" (frequency in branding is for FM translator K300BG 107.9 FM Grand Forks, ND), primarily competing with

formatted

"KJ108" just down the dial at 107.5 FM. K300BG signed on the air just days before the format flip. Before K300BG's sign on, Fargo-based

station

KPFX KPFX (107.9 FM, "107.9 The Fox") is a classic rock radio station licensed to serve Kindred, North Dakota, serving the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The radio station is owned by Jim Ingstad's Radio FM Media, and is the flagship radio stati ...

"107.9 The Fox" could sometimes be heard in Grand Forks. On February 21, 2011, KCNN changed their call letters to KGFK. On October 11, 2011,

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K239BG 95.7 FM signed on to resolve 107.9's signal issues. 95.7 originally began as an unbuilt translator in Grafton that was purchased by Leighton Broadcasting and moved to Grand Forks (107.9 was also an unbuilt translator purchased by Leighton). 95.7's transmitter is located near the junction of U.S. Highway 81 (North Washington Street) and U.S. Highway 2 (Gateway Drive) near downtown Grand Forks. 107.9's transmitter is located off 32nd Ave South west of the

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. On October 27, 2011, KGFK changed its branding to "Rock 95.7" as the signal is much stronger than 107.9 After 95.7 signed on, the station began

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ing "Zac Daniel in the Morning" from sister station

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 ...

"Z94.7" during weekday morning hours. On January 5, 2011, KGFK began stunting with replays of "Zac Daniel in the Morning". On January 9, 2011, the station flipped to an adult hits format playing pop and rock hits from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s to the present. On January 11, 2012, 107.9 FM broke up with 95.7 FM and 1590 AM as it switched to become a

of KNOX-AM/1310. On March 12, 2018, KGFK changed their format to

, still branded as "The Forks". On September 17, 2018, KGFK rebranded as "Rock 95".KGFK Returns to Rock 95 Branding
Radioinsight – September 17, 2018 In May 2021, second FM translator K248DH 97.5 FM in East Grand Forks–

signed on for better rural coverage from the

KZLT KZLT-FM (104.3 MHz, "Cities FM") is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to East Grand Forks, Minnesota, it serves the Grand Forks, North Dakota metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1979 under the ...

transmitter tower, including coverage of Crookston, while K239BG 95.7 FM continues to cover the immediate

– East Grand Forks area. KGFK also broadcasts

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baseball and local high school sports. KGFK successfully competes with

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/107.5 "KJ108" and classic hits

"96.1 The Fox" for the lucrative upper demographics in Grand Forks and continues to do so.

Translators

KGFK broadcasts on the following FM translators:

References

External links

Rock 95 official websiteLeighton Broadcasting
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