KQWB (AM)

KQWB (1660 AM kHz) is a radio station located in Fargo, North Dakota (licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adjacent West Fargo, North Dakota), owned by Go Radio Broadcasting, a division of Triad Broadcasting, airing ESPN Radio along with programming from KSTP-AM (Garage Logic).

Triad Broadcasting also owns KQWB-FM 98.7 (Active rock), KVOX 99.9 (Country), KLTA 105.1 (Hot AC), and KPFX 107.9 (Classic rock) in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

History

KQWB previously held the call letters KUTT in the 1960s. It later adopted the KQWB call letters, and was a Top 40 station for many years. It then switched to an all-sports format in the early 1990s and changed its call letters to KQFN ("The Fan"). In 1995, the station reverted to the KQWB call letters, airing an easy listening format as "Star 1550" (as they were at 1550 on the AM dial at that time.) The station moved to the 1660 frequency in 2000, and became "Star 1660". The easy listening format was switched to a full-time talk format in 2003 as "Talk Radio 1660", with the lineup made up of mostly syndicated conservative talk programming. The Ed Schultz Show was added to the lineup in 2006, after being removed from KFGO.

In 2008, the station returned to an all-sports format, this time affiliating with ESPN Radio, and adopting the name "1660 ESPN". In addition to ESPN programming the station carries the "Sports Talk with Joe (Soucheray) and Pat (Reusse)" and "Garage Logic" programs from its Twin Cities sister-ESPN affiliate KSTP-AM.

Ownership

In May 1999, Triad Broadcasting reached a deal to acquire this station from brothers Jim and Tom Ingstad as part of a twelve-station deal valued at a reported $37.8 million.^[1]

References

1. ^ Holmes, Alisa (1999-05-24). "Changin Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54720418.html. 

External links

• 1660 ESPN
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KQWB
• Radio-Locator Information on KQWB
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KQWB