1660am rebranding to "The Bison."

[ByeSonBusiness]

Does Grand Forks even have many NDSU alumni or fans there? Doesn't seem like an ideal place to live if you want to be successful, let alone, happy in life.

At my employer, there are 2(including yours truly) out of probably 20 or so.

If you go to Bdubs on a Saturday to watch football, there is usually a fair amount. If you go to the mall, you'll see people wearing NDSU stuff. Significant minority, definitely. Unicorn? Nope.

[Christopher Moen]

I obviously don't have any numbers, but posters on SS frequently complain about the number of folks in El Forke Grande wearing Bison championship gear.

The brightness of NDSU's awesome color scheme and success must be burning the misery that resides in deep depth of their dark souls. Maybe they shouldn't have hid their true team color, pink.

[WestDak]

You gotta remember that 107.9 the FOX is our main station and it's the #2 rated station and #1 FM station in town. It's also 100,000 watts. Were not going to lose anything by dropping kfgo. Bison fans will learn to flip over to the Fox. We will gain new listeners on it that never listened to KFGO

http://www.inforum.com/news/3936936-...top-fm-station

Besides our total radio coverage is freaking amazing. There isn't an inch of the state you can pick up a Bison game.

Despite this, online media is the future

You can't really compare the power of an FM vs AM station, that is apples to oranges. AM will travel farther on less power than FM, especially a lower number AM. KFYR 550 from Bismarck can hit multiple states with 5KW of power, which an FM at 100KW can't come close to. 107.9 will be less coverage area than KFGO/KVOX could provide.

But your other point about the whole radio network is the more important one. With stations like KSJB and KFYR/KXMR carrying NDSU games with smaller stations filling in certain corners of the state, you have very good coverage statewide regardless of the actual Fargo station.

[HerdBot]

You can't really compare the power of an FM vs AM station, that is apples to oranges. AM will travel farther on less power than FM, especially a lower number AM. KFYR 550 from Bismarck can hit multiple states with 5KW of power, which an FM at 100KW can't come close to. 107.9 will be less coverage area than KFGO/KVOX could provide.

But your other point about the whole radio network is the more important one. With stations like KSJB and KFYR/KXMR carrying NDSU games with smaller stations filling in certain corners of the state, you have very good coverage statewide regardless of the actual Fargo station.

I know the difference between AM and FM but The Fox comes in great all throughout the area though. I can pick it up pretty far south and even some of the lakes area.

[THEsocalledfan]

KFYR 550 from Bismarck can hit multiple states with 5KW of power, which an FM at 100KW can't come close to.

I was pulling in WNAX 570 AM out of Yankton yesterday by Binford clear as a bell. Nuts how far those stations go.

[Bison 4 Life]

You can't really compare the power of an FM vs AM station, that is apples to oranges. AM will travel farther on less power than FM, especially a lower number AM. KFYR 550 from Bismarck can hit multiple states with 5KW of power, which an FM at 100KW can't come close to. 107.9 will be less coverage area than KFGO/KVOX could provide.

But your other point about the whole radio network is the more important one. With stations like KSJB and KFYR/KXMR carrying NDSU games with smaller stations filling in certain corners of the state, you have very good coverage statewide regardless of the actual Fargo station.

It's because AM signals bounce off the ionosphere and FM signals keep going through, FM is basically line of sight.

[EC8CH]

It's because AM signals bounce off the ionosphere and FM signals keep going through, FM is basically line of sight.

AM signals also bounce off the unishpere




The phenomenon has been known to generate a whistling noise within the sphere but it is completely inaudible anywhere else.

[Christopher Moen]

AM signals also bounce off the unishpere




The phenomenon has been known to generate a whistling noise within the sphere but it is completely inaudible anywhere else.

[RedRiver]

The Insiders Show, talk about NDSU athletics, Monday - Friday, 11 am - 1 pm. Starts August 1.

[AKCBOXERZ]

Will there be a podcast of these shows? Or any audio streams?