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Coordinates: 46°43′28″N 92°07′11″W / 46.72444°N 92.11972°W / 46.72444; -92.11972
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WDUL
Broadcast areaDuluth-Superior
Frequency970 kHz
BrandingHot 98.1
Programming
LanguageEnglish
FormatCHR
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
Owner
KDAL, KDAL-FM, KDKE, KTCO, WDSM
History
First air date
August 10, 1959 (1959-08-10)
Former call signs
  • WQMN (1959–1966)
  • WAKX (1966–1982)
  • KXTP (1982–2003)
  • WGEE (2003–2015)
Former frequencies
1320 kHz (1959–1967)
Call sign meaning
"Duluth"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID26590
ClassD
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 26 watts (night)
Translator98.1 W251CD (Superior)
Links
Public license information
Websitehot98duluth.com

WDUL (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Superior, Wisconsin. It airs a contemporary hit radio format and is owned and operated by Midwest Communications. Midwest's six Duluth-Superior radio stations share studios at 11 East Superior Street in downtown Duluth, Minnesota.

WDUL is a Class D AM station. It is powered at 1,000 watts by day, using a non-directional antenna. To avoid interference to other stations on 970 AM, at night it reduces power to 26 watts. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W251CD at 98.1 MHz in Superior. It uses the translator dial position in its moniker "Hot 98.1".

History

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WQMN 1320

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The station signed on the air on August 10, 1959, as WQMN. It was a 1,000-watt daytime-only station transmitting on 1320 kHz. WQMN was owned by Quality Radio, Inc. in Superior, Wisconsin.[2]

At noon on May 9, 1964, the station changed its call sign to WAKX ("WAX"), playing a Top 40 format. Lance "Tac" Hammer was the station's first program director.[3]

WAKX 970

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WAKX moved to 970 kHz, formerly the home of WIGL in Superior,[4] on October 26, 1967. The 1320 kHz frequency in the Duluth-Superior market is no longer in use.

Owner Lew Latto purchased the facilities of beautiful music station KPIR in September 1974, and began simulcasting the format of WAKX on both 970 AM and 98.9 FM.

KXTP

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In 1982, the AM station changed its call sign to KXTP and switched to adult standards, airing the "Music of Your Life" syndicated format. WAKX-FM remained unchanged.

In 1994, Latto sold KXTP and WAKX to Ken Beuhler and Patty McNulty, the owners of WDSM and KZIO (currently KDKE). The FM station flipped from classic rock to country music and became KTCO. Later that decade, Buehler and McNulty sold their stations to Shockley Communications, which changed KXTP's format to country music and then Radio Disney network on April 2, 1998.[5]

WGEE

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It later switched to hot talk, and then to sports radio. Its call sign were WGEE. It aired ESPN Radio programming, as well as two syndicated programs, The Jim Rome Show and Loveline. It was also the local home of NASCAR races and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

AM 970 returned to the "Music of Your Life" adult standards format in September 2008, dropping ESPN Radio.

On March 7, 2014, WGEE changed formats from adult standards, back to sports, this time with programming from CBS Sports Radio.

WDUL

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On March 16, 2015, WGEE changed its call sign to WDUL. Even though WDUL is licensed to Superior, Wisconsin, the call letters stand for Duluth, Minnesota.

On November 4, 2020, WDUL rebranded as "970 The Game". Its weekday daytime programming originated from WRNW 97.3 FM, a sports station in Milwaukee owned by iHeartMedia.[6]

Hot 98.1

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On April 25, 2022, WDUL changed formats from sports to CHR, branded as "Hot 98.1" using Westwood One’s 24/7 "Hits Now" network, competing against Top 40 outlet KBMX 107.7 "Mix 108". Some programs from the prior sports format were moved to sister station 710 WDSM.[7]

The switch to a CHR format was primarily for listeners to 98.1 FM, the station's translator outlet. This also returned the CHR format to 970 AM for the first time since KXTP dropped the Radio Disney affiliation in 2002.

In April 2025, WDUL shifted to hot adult contemporary Westwood One’s 24/7 "Hot AC" network due to the company shutting down its "Hits Now" network, while maintaining the "Hot 98.1" branding.

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References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDUL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Station "History Cards" (FCC.gov)
  3. ^ "Station Changes Format, Name", Billboard, June 6, 1964, page 14.
  4. ^ Leffingwell, Robert Down (1983). "WIGL". Causes and Indicators of Commercial AM Radio Station Failure: 1962-1976 (Dissertation). The Ohio State University. p. 510. ProQuest 303192463.
  5. ^ "News Archive April 1998". Northpine.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ 97.3 The Game Expands Across Wisconsin Radioinsight - November 4, 2020
  7. ^ Its Getting Hot In Duluth Radioinsight - April 25, 2022
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