KDWZ

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KDWZ
City Superior, Wisconsin
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 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 71355
Callsign meaning A nod to KDWB/Minneapolis-St. Paul (previous format was the same as KDWB's. The Z is a nod to 102.5's former callsign KZIO.)
Former callsigns KZIO (1979-1996)
KRBR (1996-2008)
KHQG (2008-2010)
Owner Duey E. Wright
(Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations KDAL, KDAL-FM, KTCO, WDSM, WDUL
Webcast Listen Live
Website dukefmduluth.com

KDWZ (102.5 FM, "Duke FM") is a classic country radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota (licensed to Superior, Wisconsin). KDWZ 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 KDWZ's personalities are voice-tracked or syndicated. Duke FM has recently moved from KDWZ to KDKE.

History

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 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.

Former logo

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.[1]

On September 21, 2015 at 10am, KDWZ flipped to Classic Country as "102.5 Duke FM". It currently airs a mix of classic country music. Many KDWZ staff members, including The Jake and Tanner Morning Show, will move to My 95.7. [2]

The KDWZ call sign was previously used with Top 40 stations in Des Moines, Iowa (was known on-air as "Z93", now oldies formatted KIOA) and Grand Forks, North Dakota (now country formatted KYCK) in the 1980s.

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Coordinates: 46°47′20″N 92°07′08″W / 46.789°N 92.119°W / 46.789; -92.119

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