It was one of two religious stations, along with KHRT-FM, owned and operated in Minot by Faith Broadcasting Inc. KHRT concentrated on a southern gospel format, and also aired satellite-fed programming from Salem Communications during overnights and weekends.

Walter N. Nelskog, Paul Crain, Delbert Bertholf, and D. Gene Williams, doing business as Dakota Broadcasters, applied for a new 1,000-watt daytime-only station on 1320 kHz in Minot in late 1956.

[1] The Minot construction permit was granted in June 1957,[2] issued the call sign KQDY,[3] and went on the air November 17.

[12] Leavitt, a former salesman for the station,[12] acquired it after Christensen told him during a Sunday school class that KHRT was for sale and was considering dropping its Christian radio format.

On July 31, 2024, both KHRT and KHRT-FM signed off the air due to lack of funding and a downturn in advertising revenue; the licenses were put up for sale.