KXRV (107.5
FM) is a
radio station
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in
Bismarck, North Dakota (
licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to
Cannon Ball), serving the
Bismarck-Mandan area with a
classic hits
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music format branded as "MOJO 107.5" that competes against
Townsquare Media
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's
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* KACL (FM), a radio station (98.7 FM) licensed to serve Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
* KXLS, a radio station (95.7 FM) licensed to serve Lahoma, Oklahoma, United States, which held the call sign KACL in 1 ...
"Cool 98.7". The station broadcasts from a storefront studio on North 4th Street in Bismarck (along with sister station
KKBO
KKBO (105.9 FM, "The Big Rig") is a country music radio station in Bismarck, North Dakota (licensed to Flasher). It serves the Bismarck-Mandan metropolitan area. The station broadcasts from a storefront studio on North 4th Street in Bismarck ( ...
), with a lineup including several longtime Bismarck radio personalities.
History
Radio Assist Ministry (
doing business as
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World Radio Link) intended on signing on a
religious
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formatted station at 107.5 FM. Instead in June 2009, KXRV signed on with an
adult contemporary
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format as "107.5 The River".
In October 2010, it was announced that
Radio Assist Ministry
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was selling the station to Radio Bismarck Mandan, LLC (headed by Larry Schmidt). Radio Bismarck-Mandan previously owned radio stations in the Bismarck market before selling them to
Clear Channel in 2004.
On November 1, 2011, KXRV switched to a
classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 198 ...
format, following the sale to Radio Bismarck-Mandan.
External links
Official "Mojo 107.5" website*
XRV
Classic hits radio stations in the United States
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