KDIZ (AM)
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Branding | Freedom 1570 |
Programming | |
Format | Conservative talk |
Affiliations | Radio America Salem Radio Network Townhall News Westwood One Saint John's University Football |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KKMS, KYCR, WWTC | |
History | |
First air date | October 27, 1961 | (as KUXL)
Former call signs | KUXL (1961-1988) KYCR (1988-2015) |
Call sign meaning | Taken from sister station and former Radio Disney owned-affiliate KYCR (Kids DIZney) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 10828 |
Class | B |
Power | 4,000 watts day 220 watts night |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | freedom1570.com |
KDIZ (1570
By day, KDIZ is powered at 4,000
Programming
Salem Media owns two talk stations in the Twin Cities:
).KDIZ also carries St. John's University college football games. Most hours begin with Townhall News, similar to WWTC.
History
KUXL
The station
For much of its history, the station was a
In the mid-1960s, the station was operated by Marvin Kosofsky. Kosofsky hired Bob Smith (a.k.a.
KUXL sponsored numerous concerts by such artists as
KUXL was a ratings success in the early 1970s. Some of the on-the-air talent from that era included Maury Bernstein, a noted musicologist/folklorist who later hosted for
KYCR
The call letters changed to KYCR in May 1988.
KYCR was in 1994 purchased by Children's Broadcasting Corporation, parent of the Radio Aahs children's format, becoming a sister to Aahs flagship station WWTC (1280 AM). KYCR retained its religious format as studios were co-located with WWTC at Excelsior Boulevard and Highway 100 in St. Louis Park. In 1995, the transmitter was moved a few miles south of its longtime tower to WWTC's 4-tower transmission facility in St. Louis Park, west of Highway 100 and south of I-394.
KYCR was acquired by religious and conservative broadcast company Salem Communications in 1998. Two years later, they bought WWTC, and both stations moved to the facility of Salem's KKMS in Eagan (transmission continued from the WWTC/KYCR site in St. Louis Park). From 2002 until 2007, KYCR was a time-shifted version of WWTC "The Patriot" as "The Patriot II". The format was then changed to a general talk format with its own identity, simply known as "AM 1570: The New Talk of the Twin Cities". In April 2007, KYCR lost syndicated talk-show host Don Imus from the lineup after the network cancelled the show. After two months of a "Dr. Laura" replay in the slot, the show was replaced by The War Room with Quinn and Rose from WPGB in Pittsburgh, becoming the first affiliate for the show in the midwest. Until April 2009, other programming included Dennis Miller, The Radio Factor, Laura Schlessinger, Lars Larson, Janet Parshall, and Mark Levin.
On August 13, 2008,
The station attempted yet another format change on March 30, 2009, this time to an all-business format, carrying programming from the Bloomberg News business network. The station's slogan changed to "Business 1570 -- Twin Cities Business Radio."
KDIZ and Freedom 1570
On December 15, 2015, KYCR began stunting with a loop directing listeners to KDIZ (1440 AM), with KYCR's business news format moving to that station. On December 24, Salem changed the call letters of 1570 AM to KDIZ.[4] On January 11, 2016, the station relaunched as "Wellness Radio", a first-of-its-kind Health & Wellness talk format.[5]
On November 30, 2019, KDIZ began
See also
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KDIZ
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1964, page B-84
- ^ Secret Stash Records, page 27
- ^ "Call Sign History".
- ^ Wellness Radio Debuting In Minneapolis - Radio Insight (published January 6, 2016)
- ^ "KDIZ 1570 Minneapolis, MN". Salem Media Group.
- ^ Salem Launches Twin Cities Conservative Talker Radioinsight - December 2, 2019
External links
- KDIZ in the FCC AM station database
- KDIZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Radiotapes.com Featuring historic airchecks and videos from Twin Cities radio stations including a video of KUXL from 1986.