KCND
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KCND is a radio station
licensed to Bismarck
. It signed on the air in 1981 as Prairie Public Radio, which later became part of the similarly named Prairie Public Radio radio service, formerly North Dakota Public Radio. It currently broadcasts with an effective radiated power
of 50 kW on 90.5 MHz.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Bismarck
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779...
. It signed on the air in 1981 as Prairie Public Radio, which later became part of the similarly named Prairie Public Radio radio service, formerly North Dakota Public Radio. It currently broadcasts with an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
of 50 kW on 90.5 MHz.