KDKT
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 1410 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, and Jim Kusler, who host the popular Friday Night Live program.
City | Beulah, North Dakota |
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Broadcast area | Bismarck-Mandan |
Frequency | 1410 kHz 106.5 MHz |
Branding | KDKT Sports Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Commercial; Sports |
Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio, Premiere Networks |
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 | |
Facility ID | 41175 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000 watts day 189 watts night |
Translator(s) | 106.5 K293CS (Beulah) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kdktsports.com |
History and ownership
The 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
- KDKT in the FCC's AM station database
- KDKT on Radio-Locator
- KDKT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K293CS in the FCC's FM station database
- K293CS on Radio-Locator
- KDKT Flips to CBS Sports Radio