KQWB (AM)

KQWB (1660 kHz, "Bison 1660") is an American AM radio station located in Fargo, North Dakota (licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adjacent West Fargo, North Dakota), owned by Jim Ingstad's Radio FM Media.

Local talk programs include the daily shows 'The Insiders' with Jeff Culhane (Program Director and play by play voice for NDSU Bison football and men's basketball) and Jeremy Jorgensen (Director of Broadcasting at NDSU) and 'The Brakedown' with Keith Brake (Assistant PD and women's play-by-play voice).

KQWB originated as KUTT, owned by Music Broadcasters, which went on the air in March 1960 at 1550 kHz with a Top 40 format.

Its signal was 5 kW daytime only, from transmitter on Old Highway 75 north of Moorhead, and its studios were in Downtown Fargo.

[2] As Top 40 stations across the United States moved to FM in the 1980s, KQWB transitioned to an Adult Standards format.

In 1996, the station reverted to the KQWB call letters, airing an easy listening format as "Star 1550".

[3] A construction permit for the expanded band station on 1660 kHz was assigned the call letters KQJD on February 9, 1998.

[7] In addition to ESPN programming the station carried the "Sports Talk with Joe (Soucheray) and Pat (Reusse)", "Garage Logic", and "Saturday Sports Talk" programs from its Twin Cities sister-ESPN affiliate KSTP.

In September 2013, Radio FM Media began to operate KZDR through a JSA with Mediactive, LLC and was launched as "92.7 The Drive" with a classic hits format that, in a way, competed with True Oldies 1660.

The station was jukebox style, with core artists including George Strait, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Garth Brooks, and Kenny Rogers.

After a studio move in 1997, KQWB was forced to turn off AM Stereo because the station was unable to get two audio channels to the transmitter.

A Local Marketing Agreement (LMA) was placed so Ingstad could take immediate control of the stations, and the sale became final July 2, 2013.

Logo from Wille 1660, former format