KDWZ

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KDWZ

City	Superior, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Duluth-Superior
Branding	102.5 Duke FM
Slogan	Plays the Legends of Country
Frequency	102.5 MHz
First air date	1979 (as KZIO)
Format	Classic Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	183 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	71355
Callsign meaning	A nod to KDWB/Minneapolis-St. Paul (previous format was the same as KDWB's. The Z is a nod to 102.5's former callsign KZIO.)
Former callsigns	KZIO (1979-1996) KRBR (1996-2008) KHQG (2008-2010)
Owner	Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	KDAL, KDAL-FM, KTCO, WDSM, WDUL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	dukefmduluth.com

KDWZ (102.5 FM, "Duke FM") is a classic country radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota (licensed to Superior, Wisconsin). KDWZ is owned by Midwest Communications, which also owns WDSM, WDUL, KDAL, KDAL-FM and KTCO in Duluth. All the Duluth stations share the same studio location at 715 East Central Entrance, up the hill from downtown. Most of KDWZ's personalities are voice-tracked or syndicated. Duke FM has recently moved from KDWZ to KDKE.

History

The station was Top 40/CHR as "102.5 KZIO" (call sign now used by 104.3/94.1) until November 1996 when it switched to modern/alternative rock as "102.5 The Bear" with the KRBR-FM call sign. The Bear transitioned to active rock in 1998, and broadened its playlist by 2002. By 2006, "The Bear" moniker was dropped as the station branded as "102.5 KRBR" and added a significant amount of Classic Rock to its playlist to become a mainstream rock station. On March 3, 2008, KRBR changed its call sign to KHQG, and began branding itself as "102.5 The Hog" while remaining with a mainstream rock format. In March 2009, KHQG shifted from mainstream rock to "Classic Rock 102.5." In the classic rock arena, 102.5 more solidly targeted the market's heritage classic rock station, KQDS-FM 94.9. The previous format had fallen between KQ and its active rock sister, 94X.

Former logo

On August 30, 2010, KHQG flipped to Top 40 (CHR) as "102.5 KDWZ", the branding and callsign a nod to KDWB-FM in Minneapolis. This flip filled a void for a full-fledged Top 40 station (107.7 KBMX "Mix 108" airs a Hot AC/Top 40 hybrid format) that was left open by WWAX in 2008.^[1]

On September 21, 2015 at 10am, KDWZ flipped to Classic Country as "102.5 Duke FM". It currently airs a mix of classic country music. Many KDWZ staff members, including The Jake and Tanner Morning Show, will move to My 95.7. ^[2]

The KDWZ call sign was previously used with Top 40 stations in Des Moines, Iowa (was known on-air as "Z93", now oldies formatted KIOA) and Grand Forks, North Dakota (now country formatted KYCK) in the 1980s.

References

↑ "KHQG Flips To Top 40 KDWZ" from All Access (August 30, 2010)
↑ "Duluth's KDWZ switching from top-40 to country music format". Retrieved 2015-09-22.

External links

KDWZ official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KDWZ

Radio-Locator information on KDWZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KDWZ

Radio stations in the Duluth–Superior market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.9 99.5 100.5 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.5 107.3 107.7

By AM frequency	560 610 710 850 970 1230 1490

By callsign	W203AL K231BI W215CG W293CT KBMX KDAL KDAL-FM KDNI KDNW KDWZ KKCB KLDJ KQDS KQDS-FM KTCO KTWH-LP KUMD-FM KUWS KZIO K231BI WDSM WDUL WEBC WEGZ WGHF-LP WGZS WHSA WJRF WKLK WKLK-FM WNXR WQRM WSCD-FM WSCN WWAX WWEN

Nearby radio markets Brainerd Iron Range Minneapolis–St. Paul Rice Lake–Spooner St. Cloud See also List of radio stations in Minnesota List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Country radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

By call letters	KDWZ - Superior/Duluth MN WACD – Antigo WAQE – Rice Lake WATQ – Chetek WAXX – Eau Claire WBFM – Sheboygan WBKY – Portage WBSZ – Ashland WCOW-FM – Sparta WCQM – Park Falls WCUB – Two Rivers WCYE – Three Lakes WDDC – Portage WDEZ – Wausau WDKF – Sturgeon Bay WDLS – Wisconsin Dells WDMP – Dodgeville WDMO – Baldwin WDMP-FM – Dodgeville WDUX – Waupaca WEKZ – Monroe WFON - Fond du Lac WGEE – New London WGLR-FM – Lancaster WHDG – Rhinelander WHIT – Madison WHSM-FM - Hayward WHTL-FM – Whitehall WISS – Berlin WIXK – New Richmond WJMC-FM – Rice Lake WJMQ – Clintonville WJMT – Merrill WJVL – Janesville WKQH – Marathon WKTI – Milwaukee WLTU - Manitowoc WMAD – Sauk City WMBZ – West Bend WMIL-FM – Waukesha WNCY-FM – Neenah-Menasha WNFM – Reedsburg WNRG-FM – Brookfield WOBT – Rhinelander WOCO – Oconto WOKY – Milwaukee WPCK – Denmark WPKR – Omro WPLT – Spooner WQCC – La Crosse WQPC – Prairie du Chien WQRB – Bloomer WRCO-FM - Richland Center WRDN – Durand WRJC – Mauston WRLU – Algoma WSLD – Whitewater WTCH – Shawano WTMB – Tomah WVRE – Dickeyville WVRQ-FM – Viroqua WWQM-FM – Middleton WXCX - Siren WXRO – Beaver Dam WYTE – Marshfield

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

Country radio stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations	KAGE – Winona KARL – Marshall KARP-FM – Dassel KATO-FM – Mankato KAUS-FM – Austin KBEW-FM – Blue Earth KBGY – Fairbault KBHP – Bemidji KBLB – Nisswa KBOT – Detroit Lakes KBVB – Barnesville (Fargo, North Dakota) KCHK – New Prague KCHK-FM - New Prague KCUE – Red Wing KDIO – Ortonville KDJS-FM – Willmar KDLB – Frazee KDMA – Montevideo KDOM – Windom KDOM-FM – Windom KDWZ - Duluth (Superior, WI) KEEY-FM – Minneapolis KEYL – Long Prairie KFIL – Preston KFIL-FM – Chatfield KGPZ – Grand Rapids KIKV-FM – Alexandria KJJK-FM – Fergus Falls KJOE – Pipestone KKAQ – Thief River Falls KKCB – Duluth KKDQ – Thief River Falls KKIN-FM – Aitkin KKOJ – Jackson KKOK-FM – Morris KKWQ – Warroad KKWS – Wadena KLCI – Elk River KLGR – Redwood Falls KLOH – Pipestone KLQL – Luverne KLQP – Madison KMFX-FM – Rochester KMNB – Minneapolis KNSP – Staples KNUJ – New Ulm KOLV – Willmar KPRM – Park Rapids KQAQ – Austin KQYB – Spring Grove (La Crosse, Wisconsin) KRCQ – Detroit Lakes KRFO-FM – Owatonna KRJB – Ada KRRW – Saint James KRUE – Waseca KSDM – International Falls KSNR – Fisher (Grand Forks, North Dakota) KSUM – Fairmont KTCO – Duluth KUSQ – Worthington KWAD – Wadena KWNO-FM – Winona KWWK – Rochester KXKK – Park Rapids KYCK Crookston (Grand Forks, North Dakota) KYSM-FM – Mankato KZPK – Paynesville WBHA – Wabasha WBJI – Bemidji WCMP-FM – Pine City WUSZ – Hibbing WVAL – Saint Cloud WWJO – Saint Cloud WWWI-FM - Pillager WYRQ-FM – Little Falls

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDWZ KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA WNFN

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

Coordinates: 46°47′20″N 92°07′08″W / 46.789°N 92.119°W / 46.789; -92.119

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