KUND-FM (89.3 FM) is a

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licensed to

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. It airs a format consisting of

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and news and talk programming. KUND-FM and sister station

KFJM KFJM (90.7 FM) is a public radio station in Grand Forks, North Dakota airing an adult album alternative format with news in the mornings, jazz in the late evenings and blues and folk on the weekends. It carries programs from NPR and Public Rad ...

share their coverage area with

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outlets KNTN and KQMN, both licensed to

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. This makes Grand Forks one of the smallest markets with competing NPR stations.

History

KUND-FM's first license was granted, as KFJM-FM, on June 17, 1976, operating on 89.3 MHz. It was the second station licensed to the

University of North Dakota The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of ...

, joining the original KFJM, an AM station that dated to 1923. In 1995, the university's third station, KFJY, began broadcasting on 90.7 MHz. On August 15, 1997, all three University of North Dakota stations changed call signs. KFJM-FM became KUND-FM, while the original KFJM became

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and KFJY on 90.7 MHz inherited the historic

call letters. In September 2018, KUND-FM, along with KFJM, was sold by the University of North Dakota to

Prairie Public Radio Prairie Public is a network of ten North Dakota radio stations. It is a service of Prairie Public Broadcasting, in association with North Dakota State University in Fargo. Prairie Public maintains active studios in Grand Forks, Fargo, and Bism ...

."Station Sales Week Of 9/14: UND Exits Radio"
by Lance Venta, September 14, 2018 (radioinsight.com)

References

External links

Prairie Public radio website
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FCC History Cards for KUND
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