KVOX-FM

46°49′08″N 96°45′58″W / 46.819°N 96.766°W / 46.819; -96.766LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitefroggyweb.com

KVOX-FM (99.9 MHz, "Froggy 99.9") is a country radio station located in Fargo, North Dakota (licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to twin city Moorhead, Minnesota), owned by Duey Wright's Midwest Communications, Inc.

Its studios are located on South 25th Street in Fargo, while its transmitter is located on U.S. Route 75 just south of Moorhead.

History

This station debuted on November 30, 1966, as KVOX-FM, changing call letters to KIDA on August 16, 1971.^[1]

KVOX-FM then returned on November 9, 1977, branding themselves as "Stereo Country K100". This would remain as their branding until April 1, 1994, when they officially released "on-air", 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."

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.^[2]

On November 30, 2012, Triad Broadcasting signed a Definitive Agreement to sell all 32 of their stations to Larry Wilson's L&L Broadcasting for $21 Million.^[3] Upon completion of the sale on May 1, 2013, L&L in turn sold the Fargo stations to Jim Ingstad, who had just sold his competing cluster to Midwest Communications. An LMA (Local Marketing Agreement) was placed so Ingstad could take immediate control of the stations, and the sale became final July 2, 2013. The sale was worth $9.5 million.^[4]

On May 7, 2013, less than a week after the second sale, a new term of Ingstad's original sale to Midwest Communications came to light. It was announced that Ingstad and Midwest would swap country stations. This would send Froggy to Midwest, and competitor KBVB (“Bob 95”) back into the hands of Ingstad. The swap took place on August 5, 2013.^[5] Following the ownership swap, the contracts of morning show hosts Jesse James, Amanda Lea and Pike Taylor were withheld by Radio FM Media under the agreement that they could not be put on KBVB. After a brief hiatus, the trio began hosting the morning show at KLTA (“Big 98.7”).

Former DJs

• Mike Dylan
• Jeremiah Bullfrog (Now "Farley" at KBVB)
• Hoppy Gilmore
• Hopalong Cassidy
• Anne Phibian
• Pete Moss (Kyle Matthews at K233CY)
• Splash Gordon (Moose Johnson, Now at KPFX)
• Wade N. Pool
• Anita Fly
• Dennis Hopper
• Marina Bay
• Leah Leaper (Leah Lundberg)
• Sally Mander
• Holly Hopper (Denise Curtis)
• Tad Pole (Paul Bougie, Now at WDAY (AM))
• I. B. Green
• Jesse James (Now at KUBL)
• Amanda Lea (Now at KLTA)
• Pike Taylor (Now At KTLA)
• Alek (Now at KAJA-FM)
• Shawn Reed
• Lilly Pad
• Joey Shaw (Now at 88.3 WPOZ, Hot 95.9, 103.7 The Rock in Orlando)
• Jimmy Hoppa (Now a Technical Director at FOX Sports and CBS Sports)
• Ben
• Natalie Nash (Now at KBVB)
• E (Elliot)
• Kendra
• Taco
• Jamie Mac
• Trace (Now Moose at WFON in Fon du Lac)
• Paige Turner
• Ryan Kelly (Now at KELO-FM)

References

External links

• Froggy 99.9 website
• Go Radio Website
• ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› KVOX in the FCC FM station database
• KVOX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database