KRCQ (102.3 FM, "Real Country 102") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

broadcasting a

classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on inn ...

music format. The station is licensed to serve

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Detroit Lakes is a city in the State of Minnesota and the county seat of Becker County. The population was 9,869 at the 2020 census. Its unofficial population during summer months is much higher, estimated by citizens to peak at 13,000 midsumm ...

, United States. The station is currently owned by

Leighton Broadcasting 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 {, class="wikitable" , - !Ca ...

Ownership History

In October 2009, Detroit Lakes Broadcasting filed an application with the FCC to transfer the

broadcast license A broadcast license is a type of spectrum license granting the licensee permission to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses generally include restrictions, which vary ...

to Lake Lida Broadcasting, LLC. This application was approved on January 8, 2010, and the transfer of the sale went through. In June 2010, the station was bought from Lake Lida Broadcasting, and joined the

group.

Programming

6am – 9am Real Early with Dave Lee 9am-10am All Request 9 o' Clock Work Block w/ Dave Lee 10am-12pm Smokey Rivers 12pm-1pm David Kinderman 1pm-3pm Mark Phillips 3pm-6pm David Kinderman 6p-12am Trapper John

References

External links

KRCQ official website
* {{Country Radio Stations in Minnesota Classic country radio stations in the United States Radio stations in Minnesota Radio stations established in 1972 Becker County, Minnesota