City Duluth, Minnesota Branding FAN 1490 First air date 1986 | Broadcast area Duluth-Superior Frequency 1490 AM kHz Format Sports | |
KQDS (1490 kHz, "KFAN 1490") is a commercial AM radio station in Duluth, Minnesota. The station is owned by Red River Broadcasting of Fargo, North Dakota and it airs a sports radio format featuring programming from NBC Sports Radio. The studios are located at Grandma's Marketplace, 501 Lake Ave South in Canal Park, Duluth. The transmitter is located off Maryland Avenue in Superior, Wisconsin.
KQDS previously aired a progressive talk radio format with programming from Air America Radio along with The Ed Schultz Show until February 2007, when it began airing an oldies format with Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio.
On January 5, 2009, KQDS became the Duluth-Superior media market home of the FAN Radio Network, based at KFXN-FM in Minneapolis. On March 2, 2015, its sister station, 92.1 WWAX began carrying FAN Radio Network programming while KQDS became a full-time network affiliate of the NBC Sports Radio Network.