FRESH LOOK RADIO STATION
Q&A
WITH JEREMY JORGENSON
FIND YOUR SIGNAL Bemidji, Minn. – KKWB – 102.5 FM Bismarck – KFYR 550 AM Bowman, N.D. – KPOK 1340 AM Detroit Lakes, Minn. – KDLB 94.5 FM Devils Lake, N.D. – KDVL – 102.5 FM Dickinson, N.D. – KZRX 92.1 FM Fargo – 107.9 FM the Fox, 1660 AM The Bison Fergus Falls, Minn. – KZCR 103.3 FM Fosston, Minn. – KKCO 96.7 FM Glenwood, Minn. – KMGK 107.1 FM Grafton, N.D. – KAUJ 100.9 FM Harvey, N.D. – KHND 1470 AM Jamestown, N.D. – KSJB 600 AM Minneapolis/St. Paul – KYCR 1440 AM Minot, N.D. – KHRT 1320 AM Park Rapids, Minn. – KXKK 92.5 FM Roseau, Minn. – KCAJ 102.1 FM Rugby, N.D. – KZZJ 1450 AM Wahpeton, N.D. – KBMW 1450 AM Williston, N.D. – KEYZ 660 AM
WHAT HAPPENED
At the end of the basketball season, NDSU’s media right with several broadcast companies expired. Although the TV-side of things didn’t change for Bison football, the radio side did. On March 29, NDSU announced its agreement with Radio FM Media to broadcast its games on their airwaves. The agreement includes a rebranding of 1660 AM, which will now be known as “The Bison,” which will have exclusive NDSU Athletics content. This will include re-airing of games that will originally be broadcasted on 107.9 The Fox, two Bison-based talk shows and will broadcast women’s basketball and
Olympic Sports at NDSU, such as baseball and softball. “Our team is excited to be part of Bison Athletics and we look forward to working with all the coaches, staff and teams at North Dakota State University,” said Jim Ingstad, owner of Radio FM Media. “Radio FM Media knows what a proud tradition that North Dakota State University has and we are thrilled to be part of that tradition.” 1660 AM “The Bison” is a 10,000-watt station. The signal will come in as clear as a whistle from as far out as an hour and a half from Fargo. All the shows will be downloadable online, for listening on your own schedule.
BISON ILLUSTRATED: The rebrand of the radio station launches August 1, I’m told. JEREMY JORGENSON: Yep. What should we expect with that?
We’re going to do a lot of fun things. There will be a lot of talk shows that are just centered around the Bison, centered around college football in the fall, two talk shows daily and there will another person in the mix as well that we’re going through the hiring process on right now. We’re getting the staff together. We’re getting the programming schedule together. There is going to be a few exciting elements as well that I think Bison fans are going to really like. What did you feel this region was missing when it comes to Bison coverage on the radio?
Exclusive Bison talk. I think sports talk shows tend to be all over the board. They’re talking pro, they’re talking high school, they’re talking anything and everything out there; pop culture. We’ve never really had a show or station that concentrates on the Bison. This is a Bison town. It’s a college town. The fan base, we’ve seen how excited it is. How big it’s getting. They want to be fed, and I think exclusive Bison talk is something that we haven’t had around here that the bigger Power 5 schools have, where they’re constantly talking about this team. That’s what our shows are going to be about. We’re going to be talking about the Bison. * * *
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