KDIX
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KDIX is a radio station
licensed to serve Dickinson, North Dakota
. The station is owned by Starrdak, Inc. It airs a music format featuring a mix of adult contemporary, oldies
, and country music
. It gets its network news from CBS
.
The station was assigned the KDIX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
.
KDIX has all new station jingles, $360,000.00 of new broadcast equipment and computers including an 80 thousand dollar HD))) transmitter and remodeled studios. The station became North Dakota's first HD))) High Definition Radio Station in 2007. KDIX has continued to gain listenership over the past fourteen years because of maintaining a quality staff without turnover. KDIX is now Dickinson's main local information and music station, with KDIX's programming schedule consisting of news, The Files of Jefferson Clark, weather, agriculture reports, and music consisting of the big country rock and good old time rock and roll hits. KDIX is also, Dickinson's main sports station, the Voice of The Dickinson State Blue Hawks, Dickinson High Midgets, Dickinson Trinity Titans and area Class "B" schools along with the Dickinson Roughriders Legion Baseball Team with 200 sports broadcasts, plus broadcasts on the world wide web at www.kdix.net, and over Consolidated Cable Vision's DSU college channel.
Radio station
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licensed to serve Dickinson, North Dakota
Dickinson, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,010 people, 6,517 households, and 4,020 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,690.7 inhabitants per square mile . There were 7,033 housing units at an average density of 742.7 per square mile...
. The station is owned by Starrdak, Inc. It airs a music format featuring a mix of adult contemporary, oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
, and country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. It gets its network news from CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
.
The station was assigned the KDIX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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History
KDIX Radio was purchased by Lee and Darlene Leiss in 1992 and the format was changed to Country Rock and Good Old Time Rock and Roll, music that the whole community could embrace and consider "Dickinson's Very Own." This format change increased the KDIX Audience Market Share to an incredible 38% (Audiotaire Chicago, 500 contact survey of the 8 country area) One of the main reasons is because at a time when the average age in America was 47, the area average age in Southwestern North Dakota was 54.KDIX has all new station jingles, $360,000.00 of new broadcast equipment and computers including an 80 thousand dollar HD))) transmitter and remodeled studios. The station became North Dakota's first HD))) High Definition Radio Station in 2007. KDIX has continued to gain listenership over the past fourteen years because of maintaining a quality staff without turnover. KDIX is now Dickinson's main local information and music station, with KDIX's programming schedule consisting of news, The Files of Jefferson Clark, weather, agriculture reports, and music consisting of the big country rock and good old time rock and roll hits. KDIX is also, Dickinson's main sports station, the Voice of The Dickinson State Blue Hawks, Dickinson High Midgets, Dickinson Trinity Titans and area Class "B" schools along with the Dickinson Roughriders Legion Baseball Team with 200 sports broadcasts, plus broadcasts on the world wide web at www.kdix.net, and over Consolidated Cable Vision's DSU college channel.