KQLZ (FM)

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KQLZ
Broadcast area
Frequency 95.7 MHz
Branding"Q-Rock 95"
Programming
Format Classic rock
Ownership
Owner
  • Andrew Sturlaugson
  • (P&A Media LLC)
KXDI
History
First air date
2008 (2008)
Former call signs
  • KCVD (2006–2012)
  • KLTQ (2012–2013)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 164305
Class C2
ERP 27,500 watts
HAAT 175 meters (574 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 46°43′31″N102°55′1.6″W / 46.72528°N 102.917111°W / 46.72528; -102.917111
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website web.kxdikqlz.com

KQLZ (95.7 MHz) is an FM radio station in Dickinson, North Dakota, United States (licensed to New England). The station is owned by Andrew Sturlaugson's P&A Media. [2] [3]

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The station was first licensed in 2008 as KCVD, eventually becoming KLTQ and then KQLZ. It operated at low power until 2019, when it fully launched as a classic rock station.

History

The station was first licensed in 2008, [4] and was originally operated at low power by the non-commercial Horizon Broadcast Network as KCVD. [5] Synergy Broadcast North Dakota bought KCVD and KHRY in Beulah for $65,000 in 2011; both stations were silent at the time. [6]

In December 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a move of the station, by then KLTQ, from New England to Beulah; its signal would reach the edge of Bismarck. KQLZ (the former KHRY) would in turn relocate from 97.9 in Beulah to 98.1 in New England and serve Dickinson. [7] By February 2016, the stations had swapped call signs and abandoned their relocation plans; Synergy Broadcast then sold KQLZ for $70,000 to Dickinson-Belfield Broadcasting, owner of KXDI in Belfield [8] and part of the group of companies owned by Stephen Marks. [9] KLTQ was separately sold to DSN Radio, owners of KDKT in Beulah. [8]

After temporarily simulcasting KXDI and upgrading the station's signal, the Marks Radio Group fully launched KQLZ in May 2019 with a classic rock format. [4] Stephen Marks died on May 11, 2022. [10] Andrew Sturlaugson's P&A Media acquired Marks' Montana and North Dakota radio stations, including KQLZ and KXDI, for $850,000 in 2024. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KQLZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KQLZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  4. 1 2 Ellis, Jon (June 30, 2019). "New Classic Rock Station in North Dakota's Oil Patch". NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Broadcasting News-March 2008". northpine.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Broadcasting News-July 2011". www.northpine.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Broadcasting News-December 2012". www.northpine.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Broadcasting News-February 2016". northpine.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Venta, Lance (February 9, 2024). "Station Sales Week Of 2/9". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Marks Media Group President Stephen Marks Passes Away". Inside Radio. May 16, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2025.


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