KJOQ (1490 AM, "Worship 24/7") is a commercial
AM radio station in
Duluth, Minnesota. Established in 1963 as KAOH, the station is owned by Daniel and Alana Hatfield, through licensee Twin Ports Radio, LLC, and airs a
worship music format
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. The studios are located in Duluth's Central Hillside at 806 East 4th street in Duluth. The AM
transmitter is located off Maryland Avenue in
Superior, Wisconsin
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and the 100.9 FM translator is co-located with former sister station
WWPE-FM 92.1 in the Duluth antenna farm.
History
The then-KQDS previously aired a
progressive talk radio format with programming from
Air America Radio along with ''
The Ed Schultz Show'' until February 2007, when it began airing an oldies format with
Scott Shannon's
True Oldies Channel from
ABC Radio.
On January 5, 2009, KQDS became the
Duluth-Superior
The Duluth MN-WI Metropolitan Area, commonly called the Twin Ports, is a small metropolitan area centered around the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. The Twin Ports are located at the western part of Lake Superior (the weste ...
media market home of the FAN Radio Network, based at
KFXN-FM in
Minneapolis. On March 2, 2015, its
sister station
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, 92.1
WWAX began carrying FAN Radio Network programming while KQDS became a full-time
network affiliate of the NBC Sports Radio Network.
On April 19, 2017
Red Rock Radio announced that it would sell KQDS and WWAX to Twin Ports Radio for $200,000; through a
time brokerage agreement, Twin Ports assumed control of the stations on May 1. Twin Ports' owner, Dan Hatfield, also runs
Christian radio
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station
WJRF
WJRF (89.5 FM) is a radio station in Duluth, Minnesota. The station currently simulcasts Contemporary Christian KDNW. Historically, it was its own station and the centerpiece of a regional Christian network prior to its donation to Northwestern ...
; following the sale, WWAX and KQDS were to move their studios to WJRF's facilities, but would retain their sports formats.
The terms of the sale required KQDS to change its call letters.
Upon consummation of the sale on June 30, 2017, KQDS changed their call letters to KJOQ and rebranded as "The Jock 1490".
At the end of February 2021, it was announced that the Oregon-based radio network Worship 24/7 would begin operations on KJOQ by March 8 of the same year. On March 7, 2021, KJOQ switched to the Worship 24/7 network.
Duluth Station Switches to New Christian Music Network
Upper Midwest Broadcasting - March 8, 2021
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Radio stations in Duluth, Minnesota
Radio stations established in 1963
1963 establishments in Minnesota
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