KQDX

KQDX (106.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota. The station serves the Hibbing area as a simulcast of KQDS-FM, a classic rock station in Duluth. KQDX is owned by Midwest Communications.^[2]

KQDX

Simulcasting KQDS-FM, Duluth
Hibbing, Minnesota United States
Broadcast area	Iron Range
Frequency	106.3 MHz
Branding	95 KQDS
Programming
Format	Classic rock
Affiliations	United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDKE WEVE-FM WMFG WNMT WTBX WUSZ
History
First air date	1971 (1971)
Former call signs	WMFG-FM (1971–1983) WMFG (1983–1987) WMFG-FM (1987-2025)
Call sign meaning	similar to KQDS
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60912
Class	C3
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	77 meters (253 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	47°24′29.8″N 92°57′4.7″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.95kqds.com

KQDX is part of a Midwest cluster of stations on the Iron Range that also includes WMFG, WNMT, WTBX and WUSZ. All stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing.

History

The station went on the air as WMFG-FM, the FM sister station to WMFG (1240 AM), in 1971.^[3] It dropped the "-FM" suffix when the AM station became WGGR in 1983,^[4] but returned to the WMFG-FM call sign on August 5, 1987.^[5]

WMFG-FM previously carried a classic hits format as "106.3 Classic Hits". On January 1, 2017, as the result of an acquisition by owner Midwest Communications, WMFG-FM flipped to classic rock as a simulcast of KQDS-FM.^[6] On February 14, 2025, WMFG-FM changed its call sign to KQDX to match parent station KQDS-FM.^[7]