KUND-FM
KUND-FM (89.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Grand Forks, North Dakota. It airs a format consisting of jazz, classical music and news and talk programming. KUND shares its coverage area with Minnesota Public Radio outlets KNTN and KQMN, both licensed to Thief River Falls, Minnesota. This makes Grand Forks one of the smallest markets with competing NPR stations.
City | Grand Forks, North Dakota |
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Branding | Prairie Public Radio |
Frequency | 89.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
Format | Public; Jazz, Classical, News HD2: Relay of KFJM Grand Forks |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 89 meters (292 ft) |
Class | C2 |
Facility ID | 69127 |
Call sign meaning | University of North Dakota |
Former call signs | KFJM-FM (1976-1997) |
Affiliations | Prairie Public, NPR |
Owner | Prairie Public Radio |
Sister stations | KFJM |
Webcast | Stream |
Website | prairiepublic.org |
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 University of North Dakota, 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 (AM) became KUND and KFJY on 90.7 MHz inherited the historic KFJM call letters.[1]
In September 2018 KUND-FM, along with KFJM, was sold by the University of North Dakota to Prairie Public Radio.[2]
References
- "New or Modified Call Signs", "Mass Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (Report No. 312, August 15, 1997).
- "Station Sales Week Of 9/14: UND Exits Radio" by Lance Venta, September 14, 2018 (radioinsight.com)
External links
- Prairie Public radio website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KUND
- Radio-Locator information on KUND
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KUND
- FCC History Cards for KUND (covering 1975-1980 as KFJM-FM)