KDKK

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KDKK
97.5 KDKK Star Station logo.png
Frequency 97.5 MHz
BrandingStar Station
Programming
Format Adult standards
Ownership
OwnerDe La Hunt Media, Inc.
KAKK, KKWB, KPRM, KQKK, KXKK
History
First air date
1967
Call sign meaning
KK Radio Network (owner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 16433
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 194 meters
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website KDKK Online

KDKK (97.5 FM) is a radio station in Park Rapids, Minnesota. It broadcasts with 100,000 watts of effective radiated power. It is owned by De La Hunt Media, Inc., and has a locally produced adult standards/nostalgia music format. It also carries the simulcast of the "Coffee Talk" program, which originates at KPRM, and is also simulcasted on KDKK.

Hourly news updates are provided by FOX NEWS. Originally, it had CBS, NBC Radio news and USA News.

In 2006, previous owners Ed and Carol De La Hunt were inducted into the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame. [2] Effective September 24, 2021, KDKK and its sister stations ownership were transferred to their son Ed "Butch" and his wife Tamara De La Hunt; De La Hunt Media, Inc.

Their Park Rapids properties include KDKK, KPRM 870 and KXKK 92.5. They also own KKWB-FM in Bemidji, KAKK and KQKK in Walker, and FM translators in Walker 93.7 and 96.3, Park Rapids 100.5, Bemidji 103.1 and Staples/Wadena 94.7.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KDKK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Ed & Carol De La Hunt: Inducted 2006". The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting. Retrieved 2008-06-21.

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