KUND-FM

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.

KUND-FM
Frequency89.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingPrairie Public Radio
Programming
FormatPublic; Jazz, Classical, News
HD2: Relay of KFJM Grand Forks
AffiliationsPrairie Public, NPR
Ownership
Owner
KFJM
History
First air date
May 30, 1976
Former call signs
KFJM-FM (1976-1997)
Call sign meaning
University of North Dakota
(former owner)
Technical information
Facility ID69127
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT89 meters (292 ft)
Links
WebcastStream
Websiteprairiepublic.org

History
Main article: Prairie Public Radio

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.[1]

In September 2018, KUND-FM, along with KFJM, was sold by the University of North Dakota to Prairie Public Radio.[2]

References
  1. "New or Modified Call Signs", "Mass Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (Report No. 312, August 15, 1997).
  2. "Station Sales Week Of 9/14: UND Exits Radio" by Lance Venta, September 14, 2018 (radioinsight.com)

48.194°N 97.192°W / 48.194; -97.192


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