KFJM

Infobox Radio station
name = KFJM


city = Grand Forks, North Dakota
area =
branding = 90.7 KFJM
Prairie Public
slogan = "Roots, Rock, and Jazz: Your Radio Station Has Grown Up"
airdate = 1925 (on AM)
1995 (FM)
frequency = 90.7 MHz
format = College/Public; Adult album alternative
power =
erp = 4,000 watts
haat = 34 m
class = A
callsign_meaning = Folk and Jazz Music
former_callsigns = KFJY, KUND
owner = University of North Dakota
webcast = [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ndpr/ppr/index.shtml Listen Live]
sister_stations = KFJM, KUND-FM
website = http://www.kfjm.org
affiliations = Prairie Public, NPR

KFJM (90.7 FM) is a public radio station in Grand Forks, North Dakota, with airing an adult album alternative format.

The station is owned University of North Dakota, but is operated and programmed by Prairie Public, and carries programs from NPR. KFJM is currently the second longest lasting radio station in North Dakota, signing on a year after WDAY in Fargo.

History

KFJM signed on as KUND in 1923 on the AM dial as a college radio station for University of North Dakota, making it one of the first college radio stations and the second radio station to sign on in North Dakota after WDAY. Its frequency has changed throughout the years from 1310, 1440, and most recently 1370. KUND later became known as "Northern Lights Public Radio", as some of its funding came from the listening audience. In 1995, KUND-FM signed on at 90.7 FM simulcasting KUND. During April 1997, both stations went off the air as the floodwaters went through the transmitter. KUND-FM switched call signs with KFJM 89.3 FM after the flood.

On July 31, 2002, KUND/KFJM went off the air due to shortages from public funding. KUND/KFJM signed back on in August 6, 2002 with an adult album alternative format along with "The World Cafe with David Dye", "American Routes", and programming from NPR and North Dakota Public Radio (now known as Prairie Public).

KUND AM 1370 was sold to Real Presence Radio, a Roman Catholic organization, in 2004 to allow funding for a costly transmitter move which was completed on August 22, 2006. The call sign changed to KWTL, and it began airing Catholic programming from EWTN. On August 9, 2006, KFJM moved its transmitter from the University of North Dakota campus to a tower located in the Grand Forks industrial park.

In 2006, KDSU 91.9 FM of Fargo, North Dakota began simulcasting KFJM during the midday and overnights outside of Prairie Public and NPR programming. The programming change was done to separate Prairie Public's programming from competing with Minnesota Public Radio's classical music station KCCM 91.1 FM.

External links

* [http://www.kfjm.org KFJM website]
* [http://www.prairiepublic.org/radio Prairie Public radio website]
*FMQ|KFJM
*FML|KFJM