KQDJ-FM

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KQDJ-FM

City of license	Valley City, North Dakota
Broadcast area	Jamestown-Valley City
Branding	Q101
Slogan	"Today's Hit Music"
Frequency	101.1 MHz
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	197 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	60498
Transmitter coordinates	46°56′21″N 98°18′30″W / 46.93917°N 98.30833°W / 46.93917; -98.30833
Former callsigns	KOVC-FM, KLPR^[1]
Owner	Ingstad Family Media (Sioux Valley Broadcasting)
Sister stations	KOVC, KQDJ-AM, KRVX, KXGT, KYNU
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	NewsDakota.com

KQDJ-FM (101.1 FM, "Q101") is a radio station licensed to serve Valley City, North Dakota, serving the Jamestown and Valley City areas. The station is owned by Ingstad Family Media. It airs a Top 40 (CHR) music format.^[2]

The station was assigned the KQDJ-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 1, 1996.^[1]

History

Prior to 1996, KQDJ-FM was the sister station of KQDJ-AM in Jamestown, North Dakota, and transmitted on the frequency of 95.5 FM (now used by KYNU "Big Dog Country"). Known then as "J-Country" and owned by Sorenson Broadcasting, KQDJ-FM was a fully automated contemporary country station that occasionally broadcast live play-by-play of high school and the University of Jamestown sports events.

The station used four stereo reel-to-reel tape players to rotate music through a pre-programmed sequence of songs throughout the day. The system (affectionately known as "Chumley" by the announcers and engineers) was fairly reliable and included five AA-size Fidelipac commercial cart carousels that automatically inserted commercials at pre-programmed times plus two larger carts for announcing the time, one with odd minutes and one with even minutes. As a CBS Radio Network affiliate, national news was aired via satellite whereas both local news and weather were prerecorded by the AM station announcers and inserted into the automated program lineup. As a cost-saving measure, the station shared its operating hours with its AM counterpart so that the AM announcers could oversee and maintain the automated system including having the night shift AM announcers program "Chumley" for the next day.

The original studios were located on the corner of 1st Avenue South and 2nd Street SE in Jamestown on the second floor of the former White Drug Building and across the street from its regional competitors, KSJB and KSJZ. Both stations have since relocated.

In 1996, the station moved to 101.1 FM and flipped to a hot adult contemporary format as "Q101", carrying programming from ABC's Today's Best Hits network. In 2007, the station began carrying Top 40 (CHR) formatted program Romeo's Playhouse in the evening and night hours, and Top 40 (CHR) formatted program Open House Party during the Saturday and Sunday evening and night hours. In July 2008, the station dropped the Today's Best Hits Hot AC network, which was its daytime programming, and flipped to a locally programmed Top 40 (CHR) format with syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning, keeping the "Q101" moniker.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

v t e Radio stations in the Jamestown-Valley City market area

By FM frequency	KLUU 89.1 KJTW 89.9 K214BX 90.7 KPRJ 91.5 KSJZ 93.3 KYNU 95.5 K246AM 97.1 KXGT 98.3 KQDJ 101.1 K274BH 102.7 KRVX 103.1

By AM frequency	KFYR 550 KSJB 600 KXMR 710 KVOX 740 KDDR 1220 KQDJ 1400 KOVC 1490 KDAK 1600

North Dakota radio markets Bismarck Fargo Grand Forks Other North Dakota radio regions Devils Lake Dickinson Jamestown-Valley City Langdon Minot Williston See also List of radio stations in North Dakota

v t e CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of North Dakota

By frequency	92.9 92.9 93.7 93.7 94.7 97.5 98.7 101.1 106.7

By callsign	KIZZ KKCT KKXL-FM KLTA KQDJ-FM KYTZ KYYY KZGF WDAY-FM

By city	Bismarck (KKCT) Bismarck (KYYY) Fargo (WDAY) Fargo (KLTA) Grand Forks (KKXL) Grand Forks (KZGF) Jamestown Langdon Minot

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Dakota See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

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