KLDQ (100.7 FM) is a radio station in Fargo, North Dakota (licensed to Harwood, North Dakota), broadcasting the K-LOVE radio network, airing a contemporary Christian music format.

KLDQ
Broadcast areaFargo-Moorhead
Frequency100.7 MHz
BrandingK-LOVE
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian music
AffiliationsK-LOVE
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
KFAA
History
First air date
2001 (2001)
Former call signs
KRKH (1998–2001)
KGBZ (2001–2003)
KDJZ (2003–2004)
KKLQ (2004–2017)
Call sign meaning
K-Love North DaQ(K)ota
Technical information
ClassC2
ERP40,000 watts
HAAT100 meters
Transmitter coordinates
47°08′42″N 96°58′19″W / 47.145°N 96.972°W / 47.145; -96.972
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitehttp://www.klove.com

Translators

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Broadcast translators for KLDQ
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
K237ER 95.3 FM FM Grand Forks, North Dakota 147645 250 D LMS
K257EP 99.3 FM FM Dilworth, Minnesota 156499 250 D LMS

History

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The station signed on in 2001 as KGBZ with an 80's rock format known as "The Buzz", owned and operated by Tom Ingstad. The Buzz also aired Loveline and Bob and Tom.

KGBZ switched to a smooth jazz in 2003 as "FM Smooth Jazz", along with adopting the KDJZ call sign.

Educational Media Foundation purchased KDJZ in 2004, and became a full-time K-LOVE network affiliate, along with changing the call sign to KKLQ to reflect K-LOVE. In 2007, KKLQ resolved its limited signal issue in the eastern Fargo-Moorhead area by signing on a translator K257EP 99.3 FM in Dilworth, Minnesota. Translator K237ER 95.3 FM also signed on in Grand Forks, North Dakota weeks later.

On November 8, 2017, EMF filed to use the KKLQ call sign for their new K-LOVE affiliate at 100.3 in Los Angeles and slated KLDQ to be the new call sign for the 100.7 frequency.[1] The change took effect on November 16, 2017.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "K-Love 100.7 KKLQ Fargo to Flip Calls | Red and Nater Midwest Broadcasting Board". redandnater.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ^ "Call Sign History (KLDQ)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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