KARP-FM
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| City | Dassel, Minnesota |
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| Broadcast area | Glencoe, Minnesota |
| Branding | Hit 106 |
| Slogan | "Reelin' in the Hits" |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz |
| First air date | June 6, 1968 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 7,000 watts |
| HAAT | 169 meters (554 ft) |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 49139 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°2′43″N 94°33′32″W / 45.04528°N 94.55889°WCoordinates: 45°2′43″N 94°33′32″W / 45.04528°N 94.55889°W |
| Former callsigns | KDUZ-FM (1968-1986) KKJR (1986-2000) |
| Former frequencies | 107.1 MHz (1968-1999) |
| Owner | Iowa City Broadcasting Company |
| Sister stations | KDUZ |
| Website | karpradio.com |
KARP-FM (106.9 FM, "Hit 106") is a radio station licensed to serve Dassel, Minnesota, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1968, is currently owned by Iowa City Broadcasting Company.
KARP-FM broadcasts a full-service country music format to the greater Glencoe, Minnesota, area. In addition to its usual music programming, the station airs local news, weather bulletins, high school football, and community affairs programming. KARP-FM airs Major League Baseball games as a member of the Minnesota Twins Radio Network.
The station began licensed operation with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power at 107.1 MHz on June 6, 1968, as KDUZ-FM, a sister station to KDUZ (1260 AM). Because KDUZ was a daytimer, able to broadcast only from sunrise to sunset, KDUZ-FM operated as a simulcast during the day then continued the mix of middle of the road and country music on its own the rest of the night and overnight.
KDUZ-FM was launched under the ownership of the North American Broadcasting Company, part of the Tedesco Group, under company president Albert S. Tedesco. Other key staffers included general manager and news director Heinz R. Fruck, chief engineer Darrell Gander, and program director. These positions would remain stable through the end of the 1970s, with the exception of the program director slot which saw at least four people hold the position in that decade.
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