KKCQ (1480 AM) is a full service formatted

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radio station featuring a mix of talk and

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music. KKCQ is licensed to

Fosston, Minnesota Fosston is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Greater Grand Forks region. The population was 1,434 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total a ...

, serving Eastern Polk County and Clearwater County. It is owned by Jimmy Birkemeyer, through licensee R&J Broadcasting, Inc.

Programming

News comes from

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and the Minnesota News Network.

Location

It sits east of downtown Fosston at 30056 U.S. Highway 2, along with sister station KKCQ-FM. The transmitter site and towers are the studios.

Call sign history

The station was assigned the KKCQ call letters by the

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on November 16,

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. It was originally KEHG, then owned by

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References

External links

RJ Broadcasting official website
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