KDKE
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| City | Superior, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Duluth-Superior |
| Branding | 102.5 Duke FM |
| Slogan | Plays the Legends of Country |
| Frequency | 102.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1979 (as KZIO) |
| Format | Classic Country |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 71355 |
| Former callsigns | KZIO (1979-1996) KRBR-FM (1996-2008) KHQG (2008-2010) KDWZ (2010-2016) |
| Owner | Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KDAL, KDAL-FM, KTCO, WDSM, WDUL |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | dukefmduluth.com |
KDKE (102.5 FM, "Duke FM") is a classic country radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota (licensed to Superior, Wisconsin). KDKE is owned by Midwest Communications, which also owns WDSM, WDUL, KDAL, KDAL-FM and KTCO in Duluth. All the Duluth stations share the same studio location at 715 East Central Entrance, up the hill from downtown. Most of KDKE's personalities are voice-tracked or syndicated.
The station was Top 40/CHR as "102.5 KZIO" (call sign now used by 104.3/94.1) until November 1996 when it switched to modern/alternative rock as "102.5 The Bear" with the KRBR-FM call sign. The Bear transitioned to active rock in 1998, and broadened its playlist by 2002. By 2006, "The Bear" moniker was dropped as the station branded as "102.5 KRBR" and added a significant amount of Classic Rock to its playlist to become a mainstream rock station. On March 3, 2008, KRBR-FM changed its call sign to KHQG, and began branding itself as "102.5 The Hog" while remaining with a mainstream rock format. In March 2009, KHQG shifted from mainstream rock to "Classic Rock 102.5." In the classic rock arena, 102.5 more solidly targeted the market's heritage classic rock station, KQDS-FM 94.9. The previous format had fallen between KQ and its active rock sister, 94X.
On August 30, 2010, KHQG flipped to Top 40 (CHR) as "102.5 KDWZ", the branding and callsign a nod to KDWB-FM in Minneapolis. This flip filled a void for a full-fledged Top 40 station (107.7 KBMX "Mix 108" airs a Hot AC/Top 40 hybrid format) that was left open by WWAX in 2008.
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