KQDX
Radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota
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KQDX (106.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota. The station serves the Hibbing area as a simulcast of KQDS-FM, a classic rock station in Duluth. KQDX is owned by Midwest Communications.[2]
| Simulcasting KQDS-FM, Duluth | |
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| Broadcast area | Iron Range |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| Branding | 95 KQDS |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1971 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | similar to KQDS |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60912 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 77 meters (253 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°24′29.8″N 92°57′4.7″W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KQDX is part of a Midwest cluster of stations on the Iron Range that also includes KDAH, WMFG, WTBX and WUSZ. All stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing.
History
The station went on the air as WMFG-FM, the FM sister station to WMFG (1240 AM), in 1971.[3] It dropped the "-FM" suffix when the AM station became WGGR in 1983,[4] but returned to the WMFG-FM call sign on August 5, 1987.[5]
WMFG-FM previously carried a classic hits format as "106.3 Classic Hits". On January 1, 2017, as the result of an acquisition by owner Midwest Communications, WMFG-FM flipped to classic rock as a simulcast of KQDS-FM.[6] On February 14, 2025, WMFG-FM changed its call sign to KQDX to match parent station KQDS-FM.[7]
