KUND-FM

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KUND-FM
Frequency 89.3MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingPrairie Public Radio
Programming
Format Public; Jazz, Classical, News
HD2: Relay of KFJM Grand Forks
Affiliations Prairie Public, NPR
Ownership
Owner
KFJM
History
First air date
May 30, 1976 (1976-05-30) [1]
Former call signs
KFJM-FM (1976–1997)
Call sign meaning
 University of North Dakota
(former owner)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 69127
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 89 meters (292 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 48°11′38″N97°11′31″W / 48.194°N 97.192°W / 48.194; -97.192
Links
Public license information
Webcast Stream
Website prairiepublic.org

KUND-FM (89.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Grand Forks, North Dakota. It airs a format consisting of jazz, classical music and news and talk programming. KUND-FM and sister station KFJM share their coverage area with Minnesota Public Radio outlets KNTN and KQMN, both licensed to Thief River Falls, Minnesota. This makes Grand Forks one of the smallest markets with competing NPR stations.

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History

KUND-FM's first license was granted, as KFJM-FM, on June 17, 1976, operating on 89.3 MHz. It was the second station licensed to the University of North Dakota, joining the original KFJM, an AM station that dated to 1923.

In 1995, the university's third station, KFJY, began broadcasting on 90.7 MHz. On August 15, 1997, all three University of North Dakota stations changed call signs. KFJM-FM became KUND-FM, while the original KFJM became KUND and KFJY on 90.7 MHz inherited the historic KFJM call letters. [3]

In September 2018, KUND-FM, along with KFJM, was sold by the University of North Dakota to Prairie Public Radio. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Vadnie, Michael (May 29, 1976). "KFJM radio officially adds FM Sunday". Grand Forks Herald. Grand Forks, North Dakota. p. In The Spotlight 1. Retrieved December 28, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KUND-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "New or Modified Call Signs", "Mass Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (Report No. 312, August 15, 1997).
  4. ↑ "Station Sales Week Of 9/14: UND Exits Radio" by Lance Venta, September 14, 2018 (radioinsight.com)
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