FARGO — Ken Bartz, who died July 19 at the age of 73, never found his dream job.

He made it himself.

A little over ten years ago, after decades of working as an engineer constructing and troubleshooting radio stations for others, Bartz launched a radio station of his own — Ken's FM, which lived at 89.1 on the FM dial.

On the station's website, Bartz described his operation as an independent, locally owned public radio station covering Fargo-Moorhead and the lakes region of west central Minnesota.

Officially known as KNNZ, Ken's FM and its 100,000 watts of broadcasting power followed an adult modern rock format with local music throughout the day and feature stories at the top of the hour.

It also broadcast local weather updates and live broadcasts of local music events.

Ken's FM pro

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