Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
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Branding | Star Station |
Programming | |
Format | Adult standards |
Ownership | |
Owner | De 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.
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