KRFF-LP (95.9 FM) is a non-profit low power

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broadcasting in

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( licensed to serve the

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), airing a DJ Selected format.

Station ownership

The station's

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documentation lists Women's Care Clinic, Inc, as owner of KRFF-LP. Women's Care Clinic, a

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crisis pregnancy clinic, originally operated KXBQ-LP as a

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station managed by Martin Wishnatsky."A brand new Dive: Radio station now youth-centric, secular", Fargo Forum, 6 March 2010
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Although the station has dropped the Christian music format on February 1, 2010 in favor for

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, it remained owned by the Women's Care Clinic until 2015. In the summer of 2015, the station began to be operated by the group Radio Free Fargo with the call sign KRFF-LP.FCC call sign actions, Jun 2015
Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 19 Sept 2015. Radio Free Fargo previously shared ownership and operation of KNDS-LP in the same region. The station now features a variety of shows ranging from

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, heavy metal,

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, and

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. The station's license was assigned to Radio Free Fargo LLC effective May 14, 2019.

References

External links

Radio Free Fargo website
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