KQDS (AM)

KQDS

City	Duluth, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Duluth-Superior
Branding	FAN 1490
Frequency	1490 AM kHz
First air date	1986
Format	Sports
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	65661
Callsign meaning	Quality Duluth-Superior
Affiliations	NBC Sports Radio
Owner	Red River Broadcasting (Red Rock Radio)
Sister stations	KQDS-FM, KQDS-TV, WWAX, KZIO
Website	radioredzone.com

KQDS (1490 kHz, "KFAN 1490") is a commercial AM radio station in Duluth, Minnesota. The station is owned by Red River Broadcasting of Fargo, North Dakota and it airs a sports radio format featuring programming from NBC Sports Radio. The studios are located at Grandma's Marketplace, 501 Lake Ave South in Canal Park, Duluth. The transmitter is located off Maryland Avenue in Superior, Wisconsin.^[1]

KQDS previously aired a progressive talk radio format with programming from Air America Radio along with The Ed Schultz Show until February 2007, when it began airing an oldies format with Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio.^[2]

On January 5, 2009, KQDS became the Duluth-Superior media market home of the FAN Radio Network, based at KFXN-FM in Minneapolis. On March 2, 2015, its sister station, 92.1 WWAX began carrying FAN Radio Network programming while KQDS became a full-time network affiliate of the NBC Sports Radio Network.^[3]

References

Radio stations in the Duluth–Superior market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.9 99.5 100.5 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.5 107.3 107.7

By AM frequency	560 610 710 850 970 1230 1490

By callsign	W203AL K231BI W215CG W293CT KBMX KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KDNI KDNW KKCB KLDJ KQDS KQDS-FM KTCO KTWH-LP KUMD-FM KUWS KZIO K231BI WDSM WDUL WEBC WEGZ WGHF-LP WGZS WHSA WJRF WKLK WKLK-FM WNXR WQRM WSCD-FM WSCN WWAX WWEN

Nearby radio markets Brainerd Iron Range Minneapolis–St. Paul Rice Lake–Spooner St. Cloud See also List of radio stations in Minnesota List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Sports Radio Stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations:	KBUN - Bemidji KBUN-FM - Blackduck KFAN - Rochester KFSP - Mankato KFXN-FM - Minneapolis KJJK - Fergus Falls KKIN - Aitkin KLIZ - Brainerd KOLM - Rochester KPMI - Bemidji KQDS - Duluth KRBT - Eveleth KSTP - Saint Paul KXSS - St. Cloud WBHR - Saint Cloud WCMP - Pine City WWAX - Hermantown

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

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