KQHT

KQHT

City	Crookston, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Grand Forks, North Dakota
Branding	96.1 The Fox
Slogan	Your Station for the Classics
Frequency	96.1 FM (MHz)
First air date	1985
Format	Commercial; Classic hits
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	126 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	9657
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	KJKJ, KKXL, KKXL-FM, KSNR
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	961thefox.com

KQHT (96.1 FM, "96.1 The Fox") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. It is licensed to Crookston, Minnesota, and it serves the Grand Forks, North Dakota metropolitan area. It began broadcasting in 1985. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..

KQHT also broadcasts University of North Dakota men's ice hockey and football games as the flagship station, while sister station KSNR broadcasts University of North Dakota men's and women's basketball home games, and sister station KKXL-AM broadcasts University of North Dakota women's ice hockey.

Programming

In addition to its music programming, the station broadcasts play-by-play coverage of University of North Dakota football and men's hockey games.

History

The station began life in 1985 as KLZC, and become KQHT in 1986. KQHT began as a Top 40 station in 1986 as "Magic 96" competing with XL93. In 1998 it changed to an adult contemporary format. It renamed itself "KQ96" in 1996, and "Mix 96.1" in 1998. In the late 1980s, the on-air talent included Ross Holland (Fast Eddie Fingers) Program Manager, Steve Gunner (future Program Manager), Rick Acker, Tim Burns, and Ron Phillips (The Iceman). During that early 1990s battle with KKXL, there were personalities like Magic Mark & Paul Braun, Josh Jones, Shelley Carr, "Smilin'" Wade Williams, "Jammin" Jay Murphy, Denny "Crash" Shields, Michael Knight (Mike Cruise), Pat Ebertz, Bobby Brady, Minimum Wage Mike, Harry Callahan, Kim Cooley, Jack Hammer, and Nick Logan.

96.1 The Fox logo from 2004-2015

In 2000, Clear Channel bought KQHT and several other radio stations in Grand Forks. KQHT changed its format to classic hits (a mixture of classic rock and oldies music formats) calling itself as "96.1 The Fox". Clear Channel also got a contract with the University of North Dakota to broadcast Fighting Sioux basketball, hockey, and football games. Hockey and football games are broadcast on KQHT while basketball games are aired on sister station KSNR 100.3. The slogan was changed from "Classic Hits" to "World Class Rock" in 2004, and programming evolved towards a broad-based classic rock format. The station began leaning towards an oldies format after KSNR changed from oldies to country in 2005. When competitor KNOX-FM changed from classic country to classic rock in 2007, The Fox shifted back to a classic rock format. KQHT switched back to classic hits in 2010 after KNOX-FM changed from classic rock to Top 40 (CHR) to compete with sister station KKXL-FM "XL93".

External links

96.1 The Fox official website

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Radio stations in the Grand Forks, ND–MN market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.1 90.7 91.5 92.9 94.1 94.7 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.1 99.3 100.3 101.3 102.7 104.3 104.9 105.5 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	1230 1260 1310 1370 1440 1520 1590

By callsign	K237ER K239BG K285BG K300BG KEQQ-LP KFJM KGFK KJKJ KKDQ KKXL KKXL-FM KMAV-FM KMSR KNOX KNTN KOBT-LP KQHT KQMN KROX KSNR KSRQ KTRF KTRF-FM KUND-FM KWTL KYCK KZGF KZLT-FM

Nearby radio markets Bemidji Bismarck Devils Lake Fargo–Moorhead Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes Jamestown–Valley City Langdon Winnipeg See also List of radio stations in North Dakota

Classic Hits radio stations in North Dakota

By frequency	1230 1390 96.1 98.3 98.7 102.5 106.9 107.5

By callsign	KACL KDIX KDVL KEGK KQHT KRRZ KXGT KXRV

By city	Bismarck (KACL) Bismarck (KXRV) Dickinson Devils Lake Grand Forks Jamestown Minot Wahpeton/Fargo

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Dakota See also Oldies Classic Hits

The Fox branded radio stations in the United States

KBFX (Anchorage, Alaska) KBYZ (Bismarck, North Dakota) KCFX (Kansas City, Missouri) KDFO (Bakersfield, California) KFXJ (Wichita, Kansas) KFXS (Rapid City, South Dakota) KFXZ (Lafayette, Louisiana) KIXA (Victorville, California) KJFX (Fresno, California) KKRQ (Iowa City, Iowa) KLFX (Killeen, Texas) KLKK (Mason City, Iowa) KNFX-FM (Bryan, Texas) KPFX (Fargo, North Dakota) KQHT (Grand Forks, North Dakota) KRFX (Denver, Colorado) KZPR (Minot, North Dakota) WAFX (Hampton Roads, Virginia) WBFX (Grand Rapids, Michigan) WBUK (Ottawa, Ohio) WEFX (Henderson, New York) WFFX (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) WFQX (Winchester, Virginia) WFXJ-FM (Ashtabula, Ohio) WFXN-FM/WXXF (Ashland/Mansfield, Ohio) WMFX-FM (Columbia, South Carolina) WMXT (Florence, South Carolina) WOFX-FM (Cincinnati, Ohio) WQFX-FM (Jamestown, New York) WRFX (Charlotte, North Carolina) WRSR (Owosso, Michigan) WWWX (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) WXFX (Montgomery, Alabama)

News/talk/sports brands Air America Bloomberg Radio ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio NPR SB Nation Radio Music brands Bob FM Cat Country (Country Only) Froggy Hank FM Jack FM KISS-FM MOViN Nash FM (Country Only) Radio Disney The Fox The X Religious brands AFR Air 1 K-LOVE

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 47°50′42″N 96°50′24″W / 47.845°N 96.840°W / 47.845; -96.840

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