KNOX (AM)

KNOX (1310 AM, "News Radio 1310 & 107.9 KNOX") is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format serving Grand Forks, North Dakota. The station is owned by Leighton Broadcasting. KNOX also rebroadcasts on translators K300BG (107.9 FM) and K277DN (103.3 FM) in Grand Forks.

KNOX

Grand Forks, North Dakota
Frequency	1310 kHz
Branding	News Radio 1310 & 107.9 KNOX
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	ABC News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Leighton Broadcasting
Sister stations	KGFK, KYCK, KZGF, KZLT-FM
History
First air date	1949 (1949)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54592
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Translator(s)	107.9 K300BG (Grand Forks) 103.3 K277DN (Grand Forks)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	knoxradio.com

The station broadcasts ABC News updates. The station broadcasts local high school hockey, football, and basketball games on occasion, and Minnesota Timberwolves basketball, Minnesota Wild hockey, and Minnesota Twins baseball games.

History

KNOX's station vehicle, spotted in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.

KNOX signed on in 1949 with a full service format blending music, news, talk, and radio dramas. It later became a Top 40 station, and changed to a mainly news/talk format in the 1980s. The lineup of local on-air hosts has undergone several changes since then and has included names like Jim Bollman, Scott Hennen, and Jarrod Thomas.

News Talk 1310 KNOX's local news team consists of Doug Barrett and Pat Sweeney.

On January 11, 2012, KNOX began broadcasting on FM translator K300BG (107.9 FM) in Grand Forks. K300BG had been broadcasting KGFK (AM 1590), which moved to 95.7 FM as it has a stronger signal in Grand Forks. In May 2021, second FM translator K277DN (103.3 FM) in Grand Forks signed on for better rural coverage from the KZLT/KZGF transmitter tower, including coverage of Crookston, while K300BG continues to cover the immediate Grand Forks–East Grand Forks area. K277DN also has stronger coverage than K300BG in some parts of Grand Forks–East Grand Forks due to less adjacent channel interference from full-power KJKJ "KJ108" and co-channel interference from Fargo's KPFX "107.9 The Fox".

Awards

The station was a finalist for the 2008 Crystal Radio Award for Excellence in Community Service awarded by the National Association of Broadcasters.^[2]

Translators

KNOX broadcasts on the following FM translators:

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
K300BG	107.9 FM	Grand Forks, North Dakota	150152	250	D	LMS
K277DN	103.3 FM	Grand Forks, North Dakota	202226	250	D	LMS