KDUK-FM (104.7

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) is a commercial Top 40 (CHR) music

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in Eugene, Oregon (

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) that serves the Eugene– Springfield, Corvallis– Albany–

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, and Salem areas of the

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. The station focuses strongly on today's hits, but occasionally plays songs dating back as far as the early 1990s. KDUK-FM plays these “old school” hits every weekday during the noon hour in a segment they call the Old School Lunch.

History

KDUK has spent the vast majority of its years as a

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station. In its early years, it had a

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format as “K-Duck FM 105” before changing to

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“Classics 104.7” in late 1987. KLCX (also known as “The X”) was a

station until early 1993, when 104.7 returned to pop music as CHR/Top 40, and the KDUK call letters. In 1993 (when the CHR/Top 40 format debuted), it was branded “Power 104.7 K-D-U-K” which evolved into its current branding; “104.7 K-Duck” by 1995.

References

External links

KDUK official website
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