KQDX

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KQDX
Simulcasting KQDS-FM, Duluth
Broadcast area Iron Range
Frequency 106.3 MHz
Branding95 KQDS
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
1971 (1971)
Former call signs
  • WMFG-FM (1971–1983)
  • WMFG (1983–1987)
  • WMFG-FM (1987-2025)
Call sign meaning
similar to KQDS
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 60912
Class C3
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 77 meters (253 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 47°24′29.8″N92°57′4.7″W / 47.408278°N 92.951306°W / 47.408278; -92.951306
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.95kqds.com

KQDX (106.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota. The station serves the Hibbing area as a simulcast of KQDS-FM, a classic rock station in Duluth. KQDX is owned by Midwest Communications. [2]

Contents

KQDX is part of a Midwest cluster of stations on the Iron Range that also includes WMFG, WNMT, WTBX and WUSZ. All stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing.

History

The station went on the air as WMFG-FM, the FM sister station to WMFG (1240 AM), in 1971. [3] It dropped the "-FM" suffix when the AM station became WGGR in 1983, [4] but returned to the WMFG-FM call sign on August 5, 1987. [5]

WMFG-FM previously carried a classic hits format as "106.3 Classic Hits". On January 1, 2017, as the result of an acquisition by owner Midwest Communications, WMFG-FM flipped to classic rock as a simulcast of KQDS-FM. [6] On February 14, 2025, WMFG-FM changed its call sign to KQDX to match parent station KQDS-FM. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KQDX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KQDX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ 1973 Broadcasting Yearbook. 1973. p. B-106.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984. 1984. p. B-137.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History (WMFG-FM)". REC Historical CDBS Search Tool. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  6. ↑ Red Rock Sales Lead to Multiple Flips in Northern Minnesota
  7. ↑ Ellis, Jon (February 10, 2025). "FCC Monitor: Time-Share LPFM's Granted in Madison, Milwaukee". NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting. Retrieved February 14, 2025.


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