KFGO

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KFGO
KFGO 2021 logo.svg
City Fargo, North Dakota
Broadcast area Fargo-Moorhead
Frequency 790 kHz
BrandingThe Mighty 790, 94.1, & 104.7 KFGO
Programming
Format News/talk
Network CBS News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerDuey E. Wright
(Midwest Communications, Inc.)
KBVB, KFGO-FM, KRWK, KNFL, KOYY
History
First air date
September 1948 (1948-09)
Former call signs
KXGO (1958–1966)
Call sign meaning
KFarGO
Technical information
Facility ID 34421
Class B
Power 5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
46°43′5″N96°48′5″W / 46.71806°N 96.80139°W / 46.71806; -96.80139 Coordinates: 46°43′5″N96°48′5″W / 46.71806°N 96.80139°W / 46.71806; -96.80139
Translator(s) 94.1 K231CV (Fargo)
Repeater(s) 104.7 KFGO-FM (Hope)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website kfgo.com

KFGO (790 AM) is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Fargo, North Dakota, KFGO broadcasts a news and talk radio format serving the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area, branded "The Mighty 790, 94.1, and 104.7". The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications Inc. All the offices and studios are located at 1020 S. 25th Street in Fargo, while its transmitter array is located north of Oxbow. It is an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network. KFGO is simulcast on KFGO-FM (104.7 FM) [1] and translator K231CV (94.1 FM).

Contents

Due to its transmitter power and North Dakota's flat land (with near-perfect ground conductivity), KFGO's provides at least secondary coverage to most of eastern half of North Dakota, northwest Minnesota, northeast South Dakota, and southern Manitoba (a Canadian province). Its coverage area includes Grand Forks, North Dakota, Bemidji, Minnesota, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Programming

On weekdays, KFGO has live, local talk shows daily from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., including News and Views hosted by former state senator Joel Heitkamp from 8 to 11 a.m. [2] KFGO broadcasts Premiere Networks' Coast to Coast AM during the overnight hours. [2]

Weekends have a variety of local and national programs. On Saturday mornings from 4 to 11 a.m., KFGO plays classic country music on The Solid Gold Saturday Morning, with the rest of the daytime schedule consisting of outdoor living shows and a trivia game show. [2]

Sports coverage

Awards

KFGO has won two Peabody Awards, one for their coverage of a blizzard in 1984 and one in 1997 for their coverage of the 1997 Red River flood. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "On Air". KFGO. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  2. "1997 Peabody award". Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-03-31.