KDWB-FM (101.3 FM) is a radio station in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, known for almost fifty years as a major Top 40 (CHR) pop music outlet. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
Between their AM and FM frequencies, KDWB has been an uninterrupted top 40 outlet since 1959. Originally starting out at 630 kHz, the station's owners purchased the 101.3 MHz frequency in 1976, l...
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KDWB-FM (101.3 FM) is a radio station in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, known for almost fifty years as a major Top 40 (CHR) pop music outlet. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
Between their AM and FM frequencies, KDWB has been an uninterrupted top 40 outlet since 1959. Originally starting out at 630 kHz, the station's owners purchased the 101.3 MHz frequency in 1976, later transferring the entire format there.
KDWB's origins on the AM dial date back to 1951, at 1590 kHz. The big station began as a collaboration between three brothers who named it WCOW, and it played country and old-time music. Vic, Nick, and Al Tedesco, who had previously put together a station in Stillwater, Minnesota, attempted to get into television on channel 17 the next year, but financial backing fell through. The channel 17 allocation was taken by Twin Cities Public Television in 1965. In the early days, WCOW signed on with a cowbell...
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