Longtime KROX-AM owner hangs up his headphones

It is a bitter-sweet time for Crookston, Minnesota's only local radio station. Its owner, Frank Fee, is calling it quits after nearly 40 years in the business, WDAY reports. Fee started at the station as the night-time DJ and later became the sole owner in 1995.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Jul 16, 2012

It is a bitter-sweet time for Crookston, Minnesota's only local radio station. Its owner, Frank Fee, is signing off after nearly 40 years in the business, WDAY reports. Fee started at the station as the night-time DJ in 1975 and later became the sole owner in 1995. He was also inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2010.

In honor of his loyalty to broadcasting Minnesota Twin's baseball games in northern Minnesota, WDAY says the team has invited Fee to throw out the first-pitch on August 13th.

Click here, to learn more about Frank Fee.

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