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| Broadcast area | Duluth-Superior |
| Frequency | 102.5MHz |
| RDS | PI: 1A41 |
| Branding | 102.5 Duke FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1979 (1979) (as KZIO) |
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Call sign meaning | Duke, branding/nickname of Midwest Communications president/CEO) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 71355 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | dukecountry |
KDKE (102.5FM, "Duke FM") is aclassic country radio station located inDuluth, Minnesota (licensed toSuperior, Wisconsin). KDKE is owned byMidwest Communications, which also ownsWDSM,WDUL,KDAL,KDAL-FM andKTCO in Duluth. All the Duluth stations share the same studio location at 11 East Superior St. Suite 380, downtown Duluth. Most of KDKE's personalities are voice-tracked or syndicated.
The station wasTop 40/CHR as "102.5 KZIO" (call sign now used by104.3/94.1) until November 1996 when it switched tomodern/alternative rock as "102.5 The Bear" with the KRBR-FMcall sign. The Bear transitioned toactive 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 ofClassic Rock to its playlist to become amainstream rock station. On March 3, 2008, KRBR-FM changed its call sign to KHQG, and began branding itself as "102.5 The Hog" while remaining with amainstream 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 itsactive rock sister,94X.
On August 30, 2010, KHQG flipped back toTop 40 (CHR) as "102.5 KDWZ", the branding and callsign a nod toKDWB-FM in Minneapolis. The KDWZ call sign was previously used with Top 40 stations inDes Moines, Iowa (was known on-air as "Z93", nowoldies formattedKIOA), andGrand Forks, North Dakota (nowcountry formattedKYCK), in the 1980s.
On September 21, 2015, at 10 am, KDWZ flipped toClassic 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, moved toMy 95.7.[1] The station changed its call sign to the current KDKE on December 1, 2016.
KDKE began simulcasting onWDKE inColeraine, Minnesota, in early 2025. WDKE had previously been a separately-programmed "Duke FM" station for theIron Range.[2]
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