Fargo Radio: Ben And Jim Reunite On 103.9 FM The Truck

After five years apart, a Fargo radio duo is back together.

“The Ben and Jim Show” premiered April 3 on Country KZTK 103.9 FM The Truck, and will broadcast from 6 to 9 a.m. each weekday morning, according to inforum.com.

It’s a reunion for Jim Babbitt, owner of the station, and Ben Ziegler, who have worked together at several radio stations since getting to know each other in 1990 as disc jockeys in San Diego.

But it took a move to Fargo in 1995 for the two to get a shot at morning shows, and the two came arrived to work at Q98.

Babbitt and Ziegler packed up in early 1997 to work at a station in Tampa, Fla., and spent time with a Miami station before they were let go when it was sold.

They took a job at a Top 40 station in Indiana – until it became clear it was also about to be sold.

“We made a quick judgment, ‘Why not buy that little radio station we heard about up in Fargo?’ ” Babbitt said.

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He purchased KVMI, which has a tower in Arthur, N.D., in 1999, bringing Ziegler with to replicate their on-air chemistry that had worked before.

The station has since gone through several format changes, and in 2006, he changed it to a country music format, renamed it KZTK 103.9 The Truck and moved the studio from West Fargo to Casselton.

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