KZGF (94.7 FM, "Z94.7") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format serving

Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...

. It first began broadcasting in the 1967 under the

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KYTN and used the call sign KNOX-FM for several years until 2011. The station is currently owned by Leighton Broadcasting, and competes with Clear Channel's 92.9

KKXL-FM KKXL-FM (92.9 MHz, "XL93") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format serving the Grand Forks, North Dakota area. It first began broadcasting in the 1970s as KKDQ. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Cle ...

"XL93". The on-air schedule and personalities almost mirror Leighton sister station

KCLD-FM KCLD-FM (104.7 MHz) is an American radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota, airing a CHR/Top 40 music format. The station is owned by Leighton Broadcasting. It has been a Top 40 outlet since 1976. The current on-air weekday lineup includes ''KCLD ...

, including the ''Playhouse Mornings'' with Kat and JJ Holiday, Alayna Jaye on mid-days, Derek Lee on afternoons and the live syndicated ''Liveline'' with Mason Kelter at night.

History

94.7 first signed on in 1967 as KYTN, and aired a

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format as ''"Kitten 95"''. The station later tweaked to

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as ''"Lite Rock 95"'' in 1980, which lasted until May 1984 when it flipped to a CHR/

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format as ''"Y95"'', competing with

/92.9 "XL93". ''"Y-95"'' later flipped to album oriented rock (the predecessor to the

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format) as ''"Power 95"'' with the KNOX-FM call sign in 1988. KNOX-FM later became ''"Laser 95"'', until flipping to

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in 1990 as ''"Kool 94.7"''. The station later flipped to a satellite fed

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format as ''"Real Country 94.7"'' in 1995, when

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adopted the ''"Kool 100.3"'' moniker to its

format. In 2002, it switched to a locally originated

as ''"The Rooster 94.7"''. On September 27, 2007, the station returned to rock with the "Power" moniker as ''"Power 94.7"'' with a

format, to compete with Clear Channel's

KQHT KQHT (96.1 FM, "96.1 The Fox") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format serving Grand Forks, North Dakota, that's licensed to Crookston, Minnesota. It began broadcasting in 1985. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. KQHT p ...

"96.1 The Fox" and

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KJKJ KJKJ (107.5 FM broadcasting, FM, "KJ108") is an American commercial Mainstream Rock radio station serving Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It first began broadcasting in 1985. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and the ...

/107.5 "KJ108". The previous

format as "The Rooster" was moved to KCNN/1590. In December 2009, the station rebranded itself as ''"94.7 Rocks"'' and added 1990s rock to its

format. On August 23, 2010, the station began stunting as ''"94.7 Santa FM"'' under a purely

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format. On August 25, 2010, the station flipped to ''"Z94.7"'' under a CHR/

format and changed the call sign to KZGF in February 2011. The station began with a Rhythmic CHR/Top 40 lean, but shifted towards a Mainstream CHR/Top 40 format in October 2011. ''"Z94.7"'' competes with Clear Channel's

CHR/Top 40 Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...

/92.9 ''"XL93"''.

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External links

Z94.7 websiteLeighton Broadcasting
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