Posted by Boo on Apr 13 2007 12:02AM - Hopefully another station will pick this up. KFAN is the only good radio source for the Minneapolis sports scene. Besides that the announcers are great.

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Posted by T.P. on Apr 13 2007 8:43AM - I agree with the previous comment. Most people in this area have a connection with the Minnesota sports teams and we need a radio station who covers them.

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Posted by arlo on Apr 16 2007 10:49AM - What a sad day for the people of Bismarck/ND. I will miss KFan greatly.

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Posted by PA and Dubay Fan!!! on Apr 16 2007 3:39PM - Say it isn't so!!!
There is no other radio I listen to besides 710 The Fan!!!
BRING THEM BACK!!!!

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Posted by Power trip commom hartman Db all gone on Apr 16 2007 3:58PM - Bob Denver you do not know your audience. All we are going to get now are talk about the big teams on the coasts. We get enough of that crap from every other national media outlet. Someone else please pick it up. 710 is dead to me.

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Posted by my radio is now off - for good on Apr 17 2007 2:18PM - Who's bright idea was this?

The only reason I listened to 710 was because of the in-depth Vikings and Twins commentary (PA and Dubay, Dan Berrero)and the off-beat humor of The Common Man. Now I have nothing to listen to and refuse to listen to that over-produced, sterile, corporate, coastal garbage known as ESPN Radio

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Posted by MarkO on Apr 17 2007 3:59PM - Way to go Gilligan!

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Posted by tattew on Apr 18 2007 11:20AM - Bye bye 710. Nice knowing you.

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Posted by Dustin B on Apr 18 2007 12:08PM - Instead of having in depth coverage of our favorite teams from the twin cities, now we'll have to listen to espn talk about nothing but major market east coast teams. Bad business decision 710.

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Posted by Twins Fan on Apr 18 2007 3:47PM - Bring the FAN back to Bismarck!!!

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Posted by Mick on Apr 18 2007 6:46PM - Yup. What a terrible decision. KFAN was a great station with a (somewhat) local connection. I sure will miss Dubay come college hockey season. After all, we won't get Sioux hockey coverage from ESPN the Radio.

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Posted by not happy on Apr 18 2007 10:52PM - Yeah! Way to go Gilligan. I tried listening to ESPN the radio but kept getting distracted by the dozens of corporate sponsor advertisements in the middle of every interview. An interview by the way with some big market talking head who doesn't know where the hell ND or Minnesota is. Maybe we can get Gilligan and the Skipper to gather up some coconuts, sea shells, and some jungle vines so the Professor can build us a radio that can tune in KFAN from the Twin Cities. Listen to your audience , dump espn, and get the fan back on.

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Posted by Canuck on Apr 19 2007 12:51AM - We're up here in Canada (Manitoba) and loved listening to the KFAN feed....I tuned in and thought WTF? Please bring back Mpls radio to ND and Canada!

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Posted by twinsiouxvikesfan on Apr 19 2007 11:07AM - Evidently some village out there is in search of it's idiot! Bad decision and bye, bye 710!

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Posted by Bismarcker on Apr 19 2007 1:53PM - I have lived in Bismarck all my life and KFAN was by far the best talk radio station Bismarck/Mandan has ever HAD!

Who is charging the extra fee?? KFAN or Clear channel? You gotta bring back the fan!!

I travel a lot and KFAN was sure a great companion on the road..the new ESPN radio really sucks.

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Posted by Sparky on Apr 19 2007 4:25PM - While I enjoyed certain aspects of KFAN (Sioux hockey talk, Barriero, Sludge), I'm not that big of Minnesota teams so the talk bored me quite often. So far, I'm really enjoying ESPN 710.

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Posted by Laura on Apr 19 2007 9:39PM - As a huge Minnesota Twins fan, I find this very disappointing. And I know many other people who are very upset that we will not have KFAN in Bismarck. I also hope another channel picks up the Fan.

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Posted by JAWS on Apr 19 2007 10:11PM - I am glad that I can still log on the Fan 1130 on the Internet!!! I have been a faithful listner since 710 came on air, now I have been tuning to other sources!!

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Posted by spanky on Apr 19 2007 11:30PM - Bring Back the FAN. I can not stand ESPN radio.

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Posted by MarkO on Apr 20 2007 7:19AM - Is there anyway we can start a petition or something to show Gilligan, I mean Mr. Denver how many people listened to KFAN and how many people aren't listening to ESPN Radio. I have XM in one of my vehicles and tried listening to ESPN Radio a couple of times but just couldn't follow it. Boring personalities and topics. Bottom line - KFAN good, ESPN bad!

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Posted by cormaster on Apr 20 2007 8:42AM - ESPN radio is horrible. I liked the in depth Twins talk. ESPNews is even better than the ESPN radio. I think we could compare ESPN as a whole to the Weather channel. Neither one of them cover the areas we want them to.

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Posted by money2128 on Apr 20 2007 9:17PM - The decision to switch to ESPN Disgusts me. I will not be listening to ESPN 710.

BRING BACK THE FAN!!!!!!!

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Posted by all-world1 on Apr 20 2007 10:41PM - 710 is the most powerful ND station available to Winnipeg. The loss of KFAN here is hard felt because all those day time hosts were almost like family. ESPN Radio is a joke...topics, issues and teams that very few around the midwest cares about. I guess that's it for 710 - will try Fargo or GF and hope for the best.

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Posted by 87wg on Apr 21 2007 11:06AM - I was listening to K-FAN in 2000-01 when in central MN so I was real happy when 710 picked it up. ESPN is really boring; Jason Smith overnight and Mike and Mike in the morning just suck. Besides missing Common, Barreiro, Trent Tucker and H. Lake on the weekends, etc., I miss the FOX sports radio people and Jim Rome too. If they were going to do this why not just stay with FOX all the time? At least on FOX sports radio they take callers and you hear what listeners think about things. Anyway, glad it's on the Internet (they Web cast at 37K so it works fine with dial-up). The good news is the P.D. told me that the new station from Fargo at 740 a.m. may carry the FAN so I'm guessing you'll be able to hear it in your car and those of you in Manitoba will be able to pick it up too.

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Posted by IH8Packers on Apr 21 2007 10:14PM - Obiously, ratings are not important to the new ownership. The FAN will be missed.

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Posted by bummed on Apr 23 2007 9:23AM - What a terrible decision. I tuned in to my radio this morning, hoping for a little PA before work.....and I found Lame-ville radio. How boring and packaged is this junk? So long 710, my ipod will now be my choice for driving in the car.

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Posted by MDW on Apr 23 2007 12:05PM - I agree with the others.. Bad Decision. I will miss George Sedano and Karen Kaye on "The Third Shift". I'm so not impressed with ESPN Radio. Good bye 710.

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Posted by twins/vike fan on Apr 23 2007 10:04PM - Bob Denver, This has to be your worst decision ever made!!!!! I WILL NOT tune in till the fan is back!! ESPN is for big market only!!

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Posted by kfan/fsr fan on Apr 23 2007 10:27PM - we need to start something so that bob denver gets FIRED.

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Posted by cormaster on Apr 24 2007 5:31AM - If not fired lets atleast give the guy a wake up call. Whats the story on 740 am? Is it going to be as strong of a signal as 710?

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Posted by mfrank on Apr 24 2007 10:37AM - 740 am is in Fargo. It is supposed to be really strong going west, and be able to be heard in Bismarck and even farther west on car radios and possibly good radios in the home.. but since it is not local, I don't know that it would get into any office buildings.

There are so many rumors about that 740 station as well, no one knows for sure what format they will have.

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Posted by tspot on Apr 24 2007 12:22PM - I am done listening to 710 that espn east coast garbage is bad. Bring back the FAN.

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Posted by Shmag on Apr 25 2007 1:25PM - No more Common Man? This is Busch League! I will not listen to Am 710 another minute. You have now made my work day less enjoyable. Thanks

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Posted by hlmstrm on Apr 25 2007 9:34PM - Who wants to listen to talk about A-rod and Jeter every day? I liked the local talk on the local teams in the tri-state area! Not impressed with this decision and I tried to listen for 10 minutes. I travel for work daily and listen to 710 the fan from Rapid City to Fargo, NO MORE!!!! I guess I have to get XM Radio and try that I give up on 710, horrible decision! Is their anything we the people can do to get it back on the air?

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Posted by hlmstrm on Apr 25 2007 9:41PM - Guess I have to drive to Fargo to get decent programming now, not a surprise!!!!!

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Posted by twinsguy on Apr 27 2007 1:28PM - Glad to see that I can get more coverage on Schilling's bloody sock than MN sports news. Who is this John Denver guy anyway? When will 740 be up and running? Good bye 710, bad decision.

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Posted by jaws on Apr 28 2007 7:59AM - I have found a new [to me] station at 1410 am that has FOX SPORTS RADIO!!!! That is a good alternitive to ESPN RADIO.

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Posted by 87wg on Apr 28 2007 9:41AM - 2 weeks now without the FAN and ESPN radio isn't growing on me at all. It may be a little better today with the NFL draft on but after that I'm done. Instead of hearing about the Vikings and what they're going to do, what the Twins problems are, etc., all I heard on ESPN were hours and hours of Yankees-Red Sox and Schilling's 3-year-old bloody sock and that was the last straw. To Jaws, 1410 is the Beulah station that use to be country; they went to FOX sports radio last fall sometime. I wish it was more powerful because I miss Sedano, Jim Rome, Steve Czabin and JT the Brick too.

Not holding out much hope about the FAN on KKAG 740 anymore, in spite of what Bob Denver himself told me when I called (people, keep calling maybe it'll help. Point him to the comments here). This article was on www.northpine.com, the big regional radio/TV site, in November:

NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA:
New station KKAG/740 (Fargo) continues testing, and has been heard recently with Classic Country music. KKAG, owned by Jeffrey G. Dress, will use 50kW day, 7.5kW during critical hours (near sunrise/sunset), and 940W at night, with different day and night directional patterns from six towers between Glyndon and Felton, MN. (11/19/2006)

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Posted by this is bad, really bad!! on May 1 2007 1:22AM - My radio has now turned to the Ed Schults show, please bring back the FAN. My radio has actually even made it to the FM stations. I feel really sick......

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Posted by cormaster on May 1 2007 11:58PM - Uff da, Ed Schults, Times really are tough! Its probably time to shut off the radio and sing to oneself.

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Posted by mfrank on May 2 2007 3:25PM - Like I mentioned in my previous post, there are lots of rumors about that 740 am, from christian to country to talk. The fact that they tested back in November but haven't offically signed on means things could still change.

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Posted by BillBobo on May 29 2007 12:23PM - KKAG testing again today (May 29)...rumor in Fargo is it's going to be classic Country...ugh!

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Posted by 87wg on Jun 3 2007 6:57PM - Heard KKAG today (June 3) and, as BillBobo did, all I heard was old country.

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Posted by cormaster on Jun 3 2007 11:34PM - I heard it too. It was clear and everything so if it goes to kfan it would be certainly listenable.

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Posted by Dakota Twins on Jun 11 2007 11:29AM - Thanks for putting on ESPN radio. KFAN's morning show with PA & Dubay was ok. Is there any way you could pickup Papa Joe Chevalier out of Las Vegas?

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Posted by BillBobo on Jun 11 2007 1:16PM - BIG NEWS! It was announced this morning on KFGO (Fargo) that they're buying 740 KKAG, and it will become the new home of "The FAN"!!!

They made a BIG DEAL about KKAG having the 5th most powerful AM signal in the United States, and that it will be heard throughout ND, SD and MN. You can tune to it now to see if you can hear it (it's broadcasting country music until the sale becomes final in 90-120 days.) This is great news for FAN fans (redundant?!) in western ND.

The "old" home for The FAN in Fargo, KVOX, is being sold to a Catholic radio network.

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Posted by mfrank on Jun 12 2007 3:33PM - Guess some rumors turn out to be true and Bob Denver knew what he was talking about.
This past weekend, I got 740 in Dickinson at night. If you go to Radio-location.com and look up KKAG, they have some coverage maps that show how strong the station is.

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Posted by 87wg on Jun 23 2007 12:02AM - I was late in hearing this good news but found the article on Northpine.com. I tried to listed to ESPN 710 or whatever they call themselves now one day for the first time in a month and all I heard was overproduced Yankees/Red Sox/Kobe Bryant talk. Car presets are going to 740 and it has a good signal in my house too. Won't be as good in the winter time but, again, there's still the Web cast. Thank you!

NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA:
(Updated) James Ingstad's Radio Fargo Moorhead announced Monday (6/11) it's buying KKAG/740 (Fargo), and would move FAN Network and FOX Sports Radio programming to 740 from KVOX/1280 (Moorhead). Radio Fargo Moorhead will pay Jeffrey G. Dress $850,000 for KKAG, a new station which has been reported on the air intermittently with Classic Country music. The station uses 50kW daytime, but must drop to 7.5kW in the hours after sunrise and before sunset, and to 940W at night, though all three power levels provide a strong signal to the Fargo-Moorhead area (click here for maps). Radio Fargo Moorhead is also selling KVOX to the Voice of Reason Radio, a Catholic group, for $200,000. VRR will provide Ingstad with a receipt noting a $1.23 million charitable donation, representing the difference between the purchase price and the fair market value of KVOX. Radio Fargo Moorhead also agreed to donate $100,000 in advertising time to VRR. (6/11/2007, updated 6/12)

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Posted by 87wg on Jun 23 2007 12:06AM - I was late in hearing this good news but found the article on Northpine.com. Car presets are going to 740 and it has a good signal in my house too. Won't be as strong in the winter time but, again, there's still the Web cast. Thank you!

NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA:
(Updated) James Ingstad's Radio Fargo Moorhead announced Monday (6/11) it's buying KKAG/740 (Fargo), and would move FAN Network and FOX Sports Radio programming to 740 from KVOX/1280 (Moorhead). Radio Fargo Moorhead will pay Jeffrey G. Dress $850,000 for KKAG, a new station which has been reported on the air intermittently with Classic Country music. The station uses 50kW daytime, but must drop to 7.5kW in the hours after sunrise and before sunset, and to 940W at night, though all three power levels provide a strong signal to the Fargo-Moorhead area (click here for maps). Radio Fargo Moorhead is also selling KVOX to the Voice of Reason Radio, a Catholic group, for $200,000. VRR will provide Ingstad with a receipt noting a $1.23 million charitable donation, representing the difference between the purchase price and the fair market value of KVOX. Radio Fargo Moorhead also agreed to donate $100,000 in advertising time to VRR. (6/11/2007, updated 6/12)

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Posted by Greg on Jun 28 2007 1:28AM - He got fired and is no loger on the radio. He's got a website www.papajoetalk.com.

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Posted by 87wg on Aug 18 2007 1:35PM - The switch happened on Tuesday, Aug. 14. 740 was playing country music at 7:30 a.m. but when off of work at 5:30 Barreiro was on. Maybe the station should take out an ad in the Bismarck paper to let people know about the change.

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Posted by great on Aug 30 2007 4:40AM - this is great!! I can turn Ed off back to the fan

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Posted by TL on Sep 10 2007 1:52PM - Thank God for internet radio. they can still be heard at http://www.kfan.com/main.html

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Posted by Karl on Oct 16 2007 12:59AM - It's been several months since 710 AM went ESPN... quite frankly it is horrible! I now listen to Fox Sports Radio on 1410 AM... at least I can catch all my old shows there, like Jim Rome.

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