City | Hope, North Dakota |
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Broadcast area | Fargo-Moorhead |
Branding | 104.7 Duke FM |
Slogan | Playing the Legends of Country |
Frequency | 104.7 MHz |
First air date | 2002 (as KDAM) |
Format | Classic Country |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 214 meters (702 ft) |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 88502 |
Callsign meaning | Former MoJO 104 |
Former callsigns | KCHY CP (2000-2002) KDAM (2002-2007) KMXW (3/2007-12/2007) |
Owner | Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.) |
Sister stations | KBVB, KFGO, KRWK, KNFL, KOYY |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | dukefmfargo.com |
KMJO (104.7 FM, "104.7 Duke FM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Hope, North Dakota, it serves the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 2002 under the call sign KDAM.
The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications. All the offices and studios are located at 1020 S. 25th Street in Fargo.
A construction permit (CP) was granted in 2000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the call sign KCHY, broadcasting 200 watts covering Hope, North Dakota. Clear Channel Communications paid $800,000 for the CP for KCHY in 2002, and changed the call sign to KDAM.
KDAM signed on with 100,000 watts in October 2002, stunting with clips of songs of all genres, billing itself as "Quick 104.7", and playing ten songs per minute while other stations play ten songs per hour. The modern rock format known as "The Dam 104.7" debuted days later. It became popular, and gained larger Arbitron ratings than rival heritage active rock station KQWB-FM "Q98" at times. Despite a rimshot signal, "The Dam" also attracted more than 2% of radio listeners in the Grand Forks, North Dakota market, somewhat competing with co-owned active rock station KJKJ "KJ 108".