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KQDS-FM
Call Sign History
KQDS-FM from 04/01/1988
KQDS from 08/01/1981
KQDS-FM from 03/31/1980
94.9 MHz

Duluth, MN
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KQDS-FM Channel: 235C1 94.9 MHz
Duluth, Minnesota
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 65660
FRN: 0002711737
Fac. Service: FM

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 04/29/2002
Application Granted: 07/29/2002
File Number: BLH-20020429AAN
License Expires: 04/01/2029
Prefix Type: This is a license for a commercial FM station
Application Type: License To Cover

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Facility Type: FM STATION
Class: C1, A Zone II station; with 50kW-100kW ERP and a class contour distance 52km-72km

Site Location: 46-47-36.8 N 92-07-03.7 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 46-47-37.0 N 92-07-03.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 100 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 22.12 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 258 m (846 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 569 m (1867 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 192 m (630 ft.)

Site Elevation: 377 m. (1237 ft.)
Height Overall*: 241 m (791 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. SHPX-10AC
Antenna ID: 0
Polarization:

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1203847

[ASR Heights Differ from KQDS-FM Application]
Structure Type: Registered To:
SWI Funds Tower Holdings, LLC
Structure Address:
1603 N 1st Ave West
Duluth, MN
County Name: St. Louis County
ASR Issued: 01/22/2024
Date Built: 11/09/1999
Site Elevation: 377 m (1237 ft.)
Structure Height: 211.4 m (694 ft.)
Height Overall: 240.5 m (789 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 617.5 m (2026 ft.)
FAA Determination: 08/11/1999
FAA Study #: 99-AGL-3261-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1J
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 13
PRIOR FAA 97-AGL-1865-OE
46-47-37.0 N 92-07-04.0 W (NAD 83)
46-47-37.2 N 92-07-03.3 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KQDS-FM Licensee Information

Midwest Communications, Inc.
904 Grand Ave
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: 000-000-0000
Corporation
20020429AAN Applicant Information

Ro Grignon
Date: 04/29/2002
Application Certifier
Red Rock Radio Corp.
501 Lake Avenue South, Ste 200
Duluth, MN 55802
Applicant
Robert M. Gates, Jr.
1300 L St., NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005

Arthur B. Goodkind, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


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Study Date: 4/19/2025; Study Duration: 0.1473 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/18/2025 FCC LMS,
4/15/2025 FCC ASR,
4/15/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/15/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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