KQDX
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KQDX
| above = Simulcasting KQDS-FM, Duluth
| logo =
| city = Hibbing, Minnesota
| country = US
| area = Iron Range
| branding = 95 KQDS
| frequency = 106.3 MHz
| repeater =
| airdate = {{start date|1971}}
| format = Classic rock
| erp = 25,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|77|m|sp=us}}
| class = C3
| facility_id = 60912
| licensing_authority = FCC
| coordinates = {{coord|47|24|29.8|N|92|57|4.7|W|region:US-MN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = similar to KQDS
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WMFG-FM (1971–1983)|WMFG (1983–1987)|WMFG-FM (1987-2025)}}
| affiliations = United Stations Radio Networks
| owner = Duey E. Wright
| licensee = Midwest Communications, Inc.
| sister_stations = {{hlist|WDKE|WEVE-FM|WMFG|WNMT|WTBX|WUSZ}}
| webcast = {{listenlive|url=https://95kqds.com/player/?playerID=2548}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.95kqds.com/}}
}}
KQDX (106.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota. The station serves the Hibbing area as a simulcast of KQDS-FM, a classic rock station in Duluth. KQDX is owned by Midwest Communications.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KQDX |title=KQDX Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
KQDX is part of a Midwest cluster of stations on the Iron Range that also includes WMFG, WNMT, WTBX and WUSZ. All stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing.
History
The station went on the air as WMFG-FM, the FM sister station to WMFG (1240 AM), in 1971.{{cite book|title=1973 Broadcasting Yearbook|year=1973|page=B-106}} It dropped the "-FM" suffix when the AM station became WGGR in 1983,{{cite book|title=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1984|year=1984|page=B-137}} but returned to the WMFG-FM call sign on August 5, 1987.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (WMFG-FM) |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/call_hist/?Facility_id=60912&Callsign=WMFG-FM |website=REC Historical CDBS Search Tool |access-date=February 14, 2025}}
WMFG-FM previously carried a classic hits format as "106.3 Classic Hits". On January 1, 2017, as the result of an acquisition by owner Midwest Communications, WMFG-FM flipped to classic rock as a simulcast of KQDS-FM.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/110036/red-rock-sales-lead-to-multiple-flips-in-northern-minnesota/ Red Rock Sales Lead to Multiple Flips in Northern Minnesota] On February 14, 2025, WMFG-FM changed its call sign to KQDX to match parent station KQDS-FM.{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Jon |title=FCC Monitor: Time-Share LPFM’s Granted in Madison, Milwaukee |url=https://northpine.com/2025/02/10/fcc-monitor-one-station-at-reduced-power-two-others-back-to-full-power/ |access-date=February 14, 2025 |work=NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting |date=February 10, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|60912|KQDX}}
{{Iron Range radio}}
{{Classic Rock Radio Stations in Minnesota}}
{{Midwest Communications}}
Category:Classic rock radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations in Minnesota
Category:Radio stations established in 1971
Category:1971 establishments in Minnesota
Category:Midwest Communications radio stations
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