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| Broadcast area | Jamestown-Valley City |
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| Frequency | 101.1MHz |
| Branding | Q101 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KDAK,KDDR,KOVC,KQDJ,KQLX,KQLX-FM,KRVX,KXGT,KYNU | |
| History | |
Former call signs | KOVC-FM, KLPR[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60498 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 197 meters (646 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°56′21″N98°18′31.3″W / 46.93917°N 98.308694°W /46.93917; -98.308694 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | newsdakota.com |
KQDJ-FM (101.1MHz, "Q101") is aradio station licensed to serveValley City, North Dakota, serving theJamestown andValley City areas. The station is owned by Ingstad Family Media. It airs aTop 40 (CHR) music format.[3]
The station was assigned the KQDJ-FM call letters by theFederal Communications Commission on November 1, 1996.[1]
Prior to 1996, KQDJ-FM was the sister station of KQDJ in Jamestown, North Dakota, and transmitted on the frequency of 95.5 MHz (now used byKYNU "Big Dog Country"). Known then as "J-Country" and owned by Sorenson Broadcasting, KQDJ-FM was a fully automated contemporary country station that occasionally broadcast live play-by-play of high school and theUniversity of Jamestown sports events.
The station used four stereoreel-to-reel tape players to rotate music through a pre-programmed sequence of songs throughout the day. The system (affectionately known as "Chumley" by the announcers and engineers) was fairly reliable and included five AA-sizeFidelipac commercial cart carousels that automatically inserted commercials at pre-programmed times plus two larger carts for announcing the time, one with odd minutes and one with even minutes. As aCBS Radio Network affiliate, national news was aired via satellite whereas both local news and weather were prerecorded by the AM station announcers and inserted into the automated program lineup. As a cost-saving measure, the station shared its operating hours with its AM counterpart so that the AM announcers could oversee and maintain the automated system including having the night shift AM announcers program "Chumley" for the next day.
The original studios were located on the corner of 1st Avenue South and 2nd Street SE in Jamestown on the second floor of the former White Drug Building and across the street from its regional competitors,KSJB andKSJZ. Both stations have since relocated.
In 1996, the station moved to 101.1 MHz and flipped to ahot adult contemporary format as "Q101", carrying programming fromABC's Today's Best Hits network. In 2007, the station began carryingTop 40 (CHR) formatted programRomeo's Playhouse in the evening and night hours, andTop 40 (CHR) formatted programOpen House Party during the Saturday and Sunday evening and night hours. In July 2008, the station dropped theToday's Best HitsHot AC network, which was its daytime programming, and flipped to a locally programmedTop 40 (CHR) format with syndicatedThe Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, keeping the "Q101" moniker.
In 2016, Q101 began a new local morning show calledThe Morning Rally with Warren and Kali. The new morning show was created to provide more local content.