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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub