KNOX (AM)

KNOX (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = KNOX


city = Grand Forks, North Dakota
area =
branding = "Talk Radio 1310 KNOX"
slogan =
airdate = 1949
frequency = 1310 AM (kHz)
format = News/Talk/Sports
power = 5,000 watts
class =
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Leighton Broadcasting
sister_stations = KCNN, KNOX-FM, KYCK, KZLT-FM
webcast = [http://lightningstream.surfernetwork.com/Media/player/scripts/player.aspx?call=knox Listen Live]
website = http://www.knoxradio.com/
affiliations = ABC

KNOX (1310 AM, "Talk Radio 1310") is a radio station broadcasting an news/talk format serving Grand Forks, North Dakota. The station is currently owned by Leighton Broadcasting.

The station broadcasts ABC News updates. The station also broadcasts local high school hockey, football, and basketball games on occasion, and also Minnesota Timberwolves basketball and Minnesota Wild hockey games.

History

KNOX signed on in 1949 with a full service format blending music, news, talk, and radio dramas. It later became a Top 40 station, and changed to a mainly News/Talk format in the 1980s. Co-owned station KCNN was the former home of "Hot Talk" until Scott Hennen was promoted for a talk-show host job on WDAY-AM in Fargo, North Dakota. "Hot Talk" became replaced with "Mac Talk" with Mike McNamara on KNOX, who was stationed in Iraq as a Marine until August 2006.

Awards

The station is a finalist for the 2008 Crystal Radio Award for public service awarded by the National Association of Broadcasters.cite web |work=National Association of Broadcasters |title=NAB Crystal Radio Awards Finalists Announced |url=http://www.nab.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11878] Finalists will be honored and winners announced at the Radio Luncheon on April 15, 2008, during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

References

External links

* [http://www.knoxradio.com/ KNOX website]
* [http://www.leightonbroadcasting.com Leighton Broadcasting]
*AMQ|KNOX
*AML|KNOX
*AMARB|KNOX


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