KUND-FM (89.3 FM) is a

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licensed to

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. It airs a format consisting of

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and news and talk programming. KUND-FM and sister station KFJM share their coverage area with

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outlets KNTN and KQMN, both licensed to

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. This makes Grand Forks one of the smallest markets with competing NPR stations.

History

KUND-FM's first license was granted, as KFJM-FM, on June 17, 1976, operating on 89.3 MHz. It was the second station licensed to the

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, joining the original KFJM, an AM station that dated to 1923. In 1995, the university's third station, KFJY, began broadcasting on 90.7 MHz. On August 15, 1997, all three University of North Dakota stations changed call signs. KFJM-FM became KUND-FM, while the original KFJM became KUND and KFJY on 90.7 MHz inherited the historic KFJM call letters. In September 2018, KUND-FM, along with KFJM, was sold by the University of North Dakota to

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."Station Sales Week Of 9/14: UND Exits Radio"
by Lance Venta, September 14, 2018 (radioinsight.com)

References

External links

Prairie Public radio website
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FCC History Cards for KUND
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