Stephan Marks, a

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native, was the owner and operator of

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and

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stations in three small

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markets. He died on May 11, 2022 at the age of 72.

Stations owned by Stephan Marks

Television

* KXGN-TV channel 5 (digital 5), Glendive, Montana ( CBS/ MTN/

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DT2) * KYUS-TV channel 3 (digital 3), Miles City, Montana (NBC, rebroadcasts

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' KULR-TV, a station owned by

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) * WBKB-TV channel 11 (digital 11),

Alpena, Michigan Alpena ( ') is the only city in and county seat of Alpena County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,483 at the 2010 census. After Traverse City, it is the second most populated city in the Northern Michigan region. The city ...

(CBS/NBC DT2/ ABC DT3/ Fox DT4) * WBKP channel 5 (digital 5), Calumet/

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(

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(ABC)

Radio

Michigan

WCCY WCCY (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Houghton, Michigan Houghton (; ) is the largest city and seat of government of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the Keween ...

1400 AM -

Houghton, Michigan Houghton (; ) is the largest city and seat of government of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton is the largest city in the Copper Country region. It is the fifth-largest city in the U ...

WHKB WHKB (102.3 FM, "K-Bear 102") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. The studios are at 313 E. Montezuma, Houghton. It shares this location with its sister stations, WOLV and WCCY. Licensed to Houghton, Michigan Houghton ...

102.3 FM -

* WOLV 97.7 FM -

WFER WFER (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Iron River, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1949. The station's format changed in early July 2015 to classic hits from talk. Some programming is derived ...

1230 AM -

Iron River, Michigan Iron River is a city in Iron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,029. The city is situated at the southeast corner of Iron River Township, but is administratively autonomous. Iron River is the ...

WIKB-FM WIKB-FM (99.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Iron River, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1981. WIKB-FM dropped its former adult contemporary format as "The Breeze" for the country format and the ha ...

99.1 FM -

Montana

* KDZN 96.5 FM - Glendive, Montana *

KGCX KGCX (93.1 FM, "Eagle 93") is a radio station licensed to serve Sidney, Montana. The station is owned by the Marks Radio Group. It airs a classic rock music format. The KGCX studios are at 213 2nd Ave SW in Sidney. The station was assigned ...

93.1 FM -

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* KIKC 1250 AM - Forsyth, Montana *

KIKC-FM KIKC-FM (101.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Forsyth, Montana, United States, the station is currently owned by The Marks Group. History The station began broadcasting in September 1980, airing a midd ...

101.3 FM - Forsyth, Montana * KMTA 1050 AM - Miles City, Montana * KXGN 1400 AM - Glendive, Montana * KYUS-FM 92.3 FM - Miles City, Montana

North Dakota

KDSR KDSR (101.1 FM, "101.1 Jack FM") is a Class C1 radio station licensed to serve Williston, North Dakota. The station is owned by Marks Radio Group, and licensed to Williston Community Broadcasting Corp. (dba KDSR-FM). It airs an adult hits ...

101.1 FM -

Williston, North Dakota Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 20 ...

KXDI KXDI (93.9 FM, "I-94") is a radio station broadcasting a country format serving Western and Central North Dakota and eastern Montana from Dickinson, North Dakota (licensed to nearby Belfield). The station is currently owned by The Marks Grou ...

93.9 FM -

Belfield, North Dakota Belfield is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States and only 15 minutes from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Belfield's population was 996 at the 2020 census. Belfield was founded in 1883, and has seen many boom and busts in this o ...

KXWI KXWI (98.5 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Williston, North Dakota, which serves northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana. The station airs a country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular musi ...

98.5 FM -

Virginia

WOWZ-FM WOWZ-FM is a classic country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Accomac, Virginia, serving the Eastern Shore of Virginia The Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two counties ( Accomack and Northampton) on the Atlantic coast ...

99.3 FM -

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Wisconsin

WCQM WCQM (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Park Falls, Wisconsin, United States, the station is currently owned by The Marks Group through licensee Park Falls Community Broadcasting Corporation. Histo ...

98.3 FM - Park Falls, Wisconsin *

WPFP WPFP (980 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format. Licensed to Park Falls, Wisconsin, United States, the station is currently owned by The Marks Group through licensee Park Falls Community Broadcasting Corporation. History ...

980 AM - Park Falls, Wisconsin

References

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