KDKT (1410 AM) is a radio station that serves as west central North Dakota's sports talk outlet, as KDKT Sports Radio 1410. KDKT covers a large portion of western North Dakota, including key cities such as Bismarck, Dickinson and Minot. "KDKT Sports Radio" also carries regional, and local sports teams from North Dakota such as the University of North Dakota, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, Bismarck State College, and NDHSAA prep sports. Local on-air personalities include Jeff Baranick, Jim Kusler, Nathaniel Jones, and Josh Coleman who have hosted the popular Friday Night Live program.
Broadcast area | Bismarck-Mandan |
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Frequency | 1410 kHz |
Branding | KDKT Sports Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Infinity Sports Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Digital Syndicate Network |
History | |
First air date | December 18, 1978 (as KHOL) |
Former call signs | KHOL (1978–2006) |
Call sign meaning | K North DaKoTa |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 41175 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000 watts day 189 watts night |
Translator(s) | 106.5 K293CS (Beulah) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kdktsports.com |
History and ownership
editThe station signed on the air in 1978 as KHOL under the ownership of Mercer Broadcasting Inc, with a country music format known as "Coal Country" which reflected the coal industry in Western North Dakota. In 2000, the station dropped Country in favor of an adult contemporary music format. In 2006, DSN Radio acquired the station changed call letters to KDKT and flipped the format to sports, with the popular CBS Sports Radio network.
External links
edit- KDKT official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 41175 (KDKT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KDKT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 202487 (K293CS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K293CS at FCCdata.org
- KDKT Flips to CBS Sports Radio
47°17′15″N 101°45′46″W / 47.28750°N 101.76278°W
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KDKT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.