KCHK (AM)

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KCHK
Frequency 1350 kHz
Programming
Format Classic Country, Polka
Affiliations Townhall News
Minnesota Twins
Ownership
OwnerIngstad Brothers Broadcasting, LLC
KCHK-FM
History
First air date
1993
Technical information
Facility ID 34904
Class D
Power 500 watts day
70 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
44°34′39″N93°30′16″W / 44.57750°N 93.50444°W / 44.57750; -93.50444
Translator(s) 106.7 K294DF (New Prague)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website kchkradio.net

KCHK (1350 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a mixed format, including classic country music, but is best known for its polka programming.[ citation needed ] Licensed to New Prague, Minnesota, United States, the station is currently owned by Ingstad Brothers Broadcasting, LLC, and features programming from Townhall News . [1]

The station is known for playing polka music for the Czechs (hence, the station's call letters KCHK) that settled the area starting in the mid-1850s.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "KCHK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.