KVOX-FM

KVOX-FM

City of license	Moorhead, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Fargo-Moorhead
Branding	Today's Froggy 99.9
Slogan	"#1 For New Country"
Frequency	99.9 FM (MHz)
First air date	1978 (as KVOX-FM)
Format	Commercial; Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	116 meters
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	inherited from KVOX-AM
Owner	L&L Broadcasting, with LMA to Jim Ingstad (L&L Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KBMW, KLTA, KPFX, KQWB, KQWB-FM, KVOX-FM
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	http://www.froggyweb.com/

KVOX-FM (99.9 FM, "Froggy 99.9") is a radio station located in Fargo, North Dakota (licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to twin city Moorhead, Minnesota), owned by Go Radio Broadcasting, a division of Triad Broadcasting. The stations airs a country music format, and can also be heard streaming on the internet through its website. Froggy 99.9 is usually one of the most listened to radio stations.

[edit] On Air

• Jesse and Amanda with Pike in the morning (Weekdays 5am-9am)
• Lilly (Monday-Saturday 9am-2pm)
• Shawn (Monday-Saturday 2pm-7pm)
• Thomas (Monday-Saturday 7p-12p)

[edit] History

KVOX-FM went on the air in 1978, branding themselves as "Stereo Country K100". This would remain as their branding until April 1st, 1994 when they switched to the "Froggy" Moniker which is still used to this day. It was at this point the station "frogified" everything as they do today. For example, the studio is called the "Frogpond", the phone line is called the "Frogline", their forecast called the "Frogcast", and until Fall 2009, "frogified" on-air names (such as Pete Moss, Hoppy Gilmore and Jeremiah Bullfrog). They have since moved towards regular on-air names.

In 2009, Froggy rebranded as "Number One For New Country, Today's Froggy 99.9."

[edit] Ownership

In May 1999, Triad Broadcasting reached a deal to acquire this station (along with KQWB 1660 AM (Sports), KQWB-FM 98.7 (Active rock), KLTA 105.1 (Hot AC), and KPFX 107.9 (Classic rock)) from brothers Jim and Tom Ingstad as part of a twelve-station deal valued at a reported $37.8 million.^[1]

On November 30th, 2012, Triad Broadcasting signed a Definitive Agreement to sell all 32 of their stations to Larry Wilson's L&L Broadcasting for $21 Million.^[2] Upon completion of the sale on May 1st, 2013, L&L in turn sold the Fargo stations to Jim Ingstad, who had just sold his competing cluster to Midwest Communications. The second sale is valued at $9.5 million and is still pending FCC approval, however L&L put an LMA (Local Marketing Agreement) in place so Ingstad could take immediate control of the stations. ^[3]

[edit] Former DJs

• Mike Dylan
• Jeremiah Bullfrog (now Jay Farley at KPFX)
• Hoppy Gilmore, (Program Director, 1999-2011)
• Hopalong Cassidy, (Afternoons, 1981-2009-- now at KRWK-FM)
• Anne Phibian (retired August 13, 2009)
• Pete Moss (Kyle Matthews, now at FM 105.1)
• Splash Gordon (Moose Johnson, Now at 107.9 The Fox)
• Wade N. Pool
• Anita Fly
• Dennis Hopper
• Marina Bay
• Leah Leaper (Leah Lundberg)
• Sally Mander
• Holly Hopper (Denise Curtis)
• Tad Pole (Paul Bougie)
• I. B. Green

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Froggy 99.9 website
• Go Radio Website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KVOX
• Radio-Locator information on KVOX
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KVOX

Coordinates: 46°49′08″N 96°45′58″W / 46.819°N 96.766°W / 46.819; -96.766

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