KRFF-LP

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KRFF-LP
Broadcast area Fargo-Moorhead
Frequency 95.9 (MHz)
BrandingRadio Free Fargo
Programming
Format Freeform
Ownership
OwnerRadio Free Fargo LLC
History
First air date
January 1, 2010
Former call signs
KXBQ-LP (2004-2015)
Call sign meaning
Radio Free Fargo
Technical information
Class L1
ERP 50 watts
HAAT 42.4 meters
Links
Website http://www.radiofreefargo.org

KRFF-LP (95.9 FM) is a non-profit low power radio station broadcasting in Fargo, North Dakota (licensed to serve the community of Moorhead, Minnesota), airing a DJ Selected format.

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Station ownership

The station's Federal Communications Commission documentation lists Women's Care Clinic, Inc, as owner of KRFF-LP. Women's Care Clinic, a pro-life crisis pregnancy clinic, [1] originally operated KXBQ-LP as a Contemporary Christian station managed by Martin Wishnatsky. [2] Although the station has dropped the Christian music format on February 1, 2010 in favor for Alternative, [3] it remained owned by the Women's Care Clinic until 2015.

In the summer of 2015, the station began to be operated by the group Radio Free Fargo with the call sign KRFF-LP. [4] Radio Free Fargo previously shared ownership and operation of KNDS-LP in the same region. The station now features a variety of shows ranging from talk radio to electronic music, heavy metal, J-pop, noise music, and punk rock. The station's license was assigned to Radio Free Fargo LLC effective May 14, 2019.

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References

  1. "North Dakota Pro-Life Organizations", Fargo Catholic Diocese. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. "A brand new Dive: Radio station now youth-centric, secular", Fargo Forum, 6 March 2010 (Google Cache [ permanent dead link ])
  3. "Dive 95.9 FM takes a fresh approach to rock Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine ", MSUM Advocate, 11 February 2010
  4. FCC call sign actions, Jun 2015, Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 19 Sept 2015.

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