KFJY KFJM signed on March 6, 1995, as KFJY on 90.7 MHz. It was the
University of North Dakota's third radio station, joining the original KFJM, an AM station dating back to 1923, and KFJM-FM on 89.3 MHz, which had been established in 1976. KFJY simulcast KFJM with an
adult album alternative (AAA) format and jazz overnight. During April 1997, both stations went off the air as the floodwaters went through the transmitter site.
KFJM On August 15, 1997, all three University of North Dakota stations changed call signs. KFJY inherited the historic KFJM call letters, while the original KFJM became
KUND and KFJM-FM on 89.3 MHz became
KUND-FM. On July 31, 2002, KUND and KFJM went off the air due to shortages from public funding, although KUND-FM continued to be operated by Prairie Public Radio. The stations signed back on on August 6, 2002 with its AAA format featuring the long running "Into the Music with Mike Olson" along with NPR's
The World Cafe with David Dye,
American Routes, and Morning Edition from
NPR. KUND was sold to Real Presence Radio, a
Roman Catholic organization, in 2004, which changed that station's call letters to
KWTL. The sale financed a transmitter move for KFJM from the University of North Dakota campus to a tower located in the Grand Forks
industrial park, which was completed on August 22, 2006. In 2006,
KDSU 91.9 FM in
Fargo began
simulcasting some of KFJM's programming, including "Into the Music with Mike Olson" and
The World Cafe with David Dye during the midday.
KPPR 89.5 FM of
Williston was added to the network in 2011 as Prairie Public moved the news and classical programming to new station
KPPW 88.7. In September 2018, KFJM, along with KUND-FM, was sold by the University of North Dakota to
Prairie Public Radio. ==References==