KKCQ (AM)

KKCQ
City Fosston, Minnesota
Broadcast area Fosston/Bagley
Eastern Polk County, Clearwater County
Branding Talk 'n' Oldies 1480
Frequency 1480 kHz
Translator(s) 99.7 K259CW (Fosston)
First air date 1966
Format Full Service
Power 5,000 watts (day)
90 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 52635
Transmitter coordinates 47°33′51.0″N 95°43′27.0″W / 47.564167°N 95.724167°W / 47.564167; -95.724167
Former callsigns KEHG (?-1984)[1]
Owner Jimmy Birkemeyer
(R&J Broadcasting, Inc.)
Sister stations KKCQ-FM, KRJB, KRJM
Website kkcqradio.com

KKCQ (1480 AM) is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station featuring a mix of talk and oldies music. KKCQ is licensed to Fosston, Minnesota, serving Eastern Polk County, Minnesota and Clearwater County, Minnesota. It's owned by Jimmy Birkemeyer, through licensee R&J Broadcasting, Inc.

Programming

News comes from ABC radio and the Minnesota News Network.

Location

It sits east of downtown Fosston at 30056 U.S. Highway 2, along with sister station KKCQ-FM. The transmitter site is next to the studios.

Call sign history

The station was assigned the KKCQ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 16, 1984.[1] It was originally KEHG, then owned by De La Hunt Broadcasting.

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

External links

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