KQLZ (FM)

The station was first licensed in 2008,^[4] and was originally operated at low power by the non-commercial Horizon Broadcast Network as KCVD.^[5] Synergy Broadcast North Dakota bought KCVD and KHRY in Beulah for $65,000 in 2011; both stations were silent at the time.^[6]

In December 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a move of the station, by then KLTQ, from New England to Beulah; its signal would reach the edge of Bismarck. KQLZ (the former KHRY) would in turn relocate from 97.9 in Beulah to 98.1 in New England and serve Dickinson.^[7] By February 2016, the stations had swapped call signs and abandoned their relocation plans; Synergy Broadcast then sold KQLZ for $70,000 to Dickinson-Belfield Broadcasting, owner of KXDI in Belfield^[8] and part of the group of companies owned by Stephen Marks.^[9] KLTQ was separately sold to DSN Radio, owners of KDKT in Beulah.^[8]

After temporarily simulcasting KXDI and upgrading the station's signal, the Marks Radio Group fully launched KQLZ in May 2019 with a classic rock format.^[4] Stephen Marks died on May 11, 2022.^[10] Andrew Sturlaugson's P&A Media acquired Marks' Montana and North Dakota radio stations, including KQLZ and KXDI, for $850,000 in 2024.^[9]

• 95-7 KQLZ Online
• Facility details for Facility ID 164305 (KQLZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KQLZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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