KXMR (710 AM) is a

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located in

Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popula ...

, airing

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, and is owned by

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Fox Sports 710 broadcasts

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...

and

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games. The station aired programming from KFAN of

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, until April 16, 2007, when it became a full-time

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affiliate. On June 1, 2014, at midnight, KXMR rebranded as "710 The Fan" and switched affiliations from ESPN Radio to

; the station also airs "Fan" programming from

KFXN-FM KFXN-FM (100.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a sports talk format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and serves the Twin Cities market. KFXN-FM's transmitter is located in the suburb ...

in Minneapolis. The station rebranded as "Fox Sports 710" in 2015 without any changes to its "Fan" programming.

also owns KFYR 550 (

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KBMR KBMR (1130 AM), known as "Country 1130", is a radio station located in Bismarck, North Dakota, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station runs a classic country format. It is one of six iHeartMedia-owned stations in the Bismarck-Mandan area. Histo ...

1130 (

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KYYY KYYY (92.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bismarck, North Dakota, and serving the Bismarck–Mandan region. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station has an adult contemporary format under the "Mix 92.9" banner. For 45 years, the statio ...

92.9 ( Top 40 (CHR)),

KQDY KQDY (94.5 FM), known as "KQ 94.5", is a radio station located in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The stations airs a country music format competing with Townsquare Media's KUSB "US 103.3" and Radio Bismarck-Ma ...

94.5 (

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), and

KSSS KSSS (101.5 FM), known as "Rock 101", is a radio station in Bismarck, North Dakota, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station airs mainstream rock and primarily competes against Townsquare Media's classic rock KBYZ "96.5 The Walleye". iHea ...

101.5 (

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) in the Bismarck-

Mandan The Mandan are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains who have lived for centuries primarily in what is now North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. About half of the Mandan still res ...

area. On April 27, 2017, KXMR filed an application for a

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to move the day transmitter site to the night site and decrease day power to 4,000 watts. Critical hours operation would be discontinued. The application was accepted for filing the following day.

References

External links

Fox Sports 710 official website
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