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Trademark Claim Forces Name Change In Fargo

Lance Ventaby Lance Venta
October 30, 2014

94.5 The City Loft Fresno SiriusXM Sirius XM TrademarkUpdate 10/30: A likely trademark claim has quickly forced “94.5 The Loft” K234BX Wahpeton/Fargo to rebrand as “94.5 The City“.

SiriusXM holds a trademark on “The Loft” in regards to “ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING AUDIO PROGRAMS FEATURING MUSIC, SPORTS, TALK, NEWS AND DATA VIA SATELLITE AND VIA A GLOBAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK”. The Loft has been one of XM’s AAA formatted stations since the company launched in September 2001.

This is the third terrestrial radio station to change names due to using a SiriusXM trademark. Variety Hits “103.3 Ed-FM” KDRF Albuquerque originally launched in 2004 as “Fred-FM“, while defunct Alternative 99.1 KQLZ Gooding/Boise launched as “The Virus” before adjusting to “V99.1“. Both of those channel names also originated at XM prior to its merger with Sirius.

Original Report 10/27: Radio Fargo-Moorhead has launched Adult Alternative “94.5 The Loft” K234BX Wahpeton/Fargo, ND via 95.1 KBVB-HD2.

94.5 The Loft K234BX Fargo KBVB-HD2 Music Comes First
Positioned as “Where Music Comes First”, the station lists Adele, The Black Keys, Sara Bareilles, Train, Gavin Degraw, Counting Crows, Ingrid Michaelson, Maroon 5, Jack Johnson, Grace Potter, Matt Nathanson, Jason Mraz, and Brandi Carlile as core artists. The station launches with the usual 10,000 songs commercial free.

The 250 watt translator covers all of Fargo and is owned by Radio Fargo-Moorhead owner James Ingstad under the name North Dakota Free Airwaves.

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  1. Joseph_Gallant's avatar Joseph_Gallant says:
    11 years ago

    Wouldn’t Canada-based Rogers Communications be concerned about “94.5 The City” being too much like “City TV” (the branding for their over-the-air TV stations in major Canadian cities)??

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    • Eric Jon Magnuson's avatar Eric Jon Magnuson says:
      11 years ago

      Even if the branding were on a full-market station (instead of a translator), Fargo’s way too far away from the border for there to be issues.

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Trademark Claim Forces Name Change In Fargo

Lance Ventaby Lance Venta
October 30, 2014

94.5 The City Loft Fresno SiriusXM Sirius XM TrademarkUpdate 10/30: A likely trademark claim has quickly forced “94.5 The Loft” K234BX Wahpeton/Fargo to rebrand as “94.5 The City“.

SiriusXM holds a trademark on “The Loft” in regards to “ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING AUDIO PROGRAMS FEATURING MUSIC, SPORTS, TALK, NEWS AND DATA VIA SATELLITE AND VIA A GLOBAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK”. The Loft has been one of XM’s AAA formatted stations since the company launched in September 2001.

This is the third terrestrial radio station to change names due to using a SiriusXM trademark. Variety Hits “103.3 Ed-FM” KDRF Albuquerque originally launched in 2004 as “Fred-FM“, while defunct Alternative 99.1 KQLZ Gooding/Boise launched as “The Virus” before adjusting to “V99.1“. Both of those channel names also originated at XM prior to its merger with Sirius.

Original Report 10/27: Radio Fargo-Moorhead has launched Adult Alternative “94.5 The Loft” K234BX Wahpeton/Fargo, ND via 95.1 KBVB-HD2.

94.5 The Loft K234BX Fargo KBVB-HD2 Music Comes First
Positioned as “Where Music Comes First”, the station lists Adele, The Black Keys, Sara Bareilles, Train, Gavin Degraw, Counting Crows, Ingrid Michaelson, Maroon 5, Jack Johnson, Grace Potter, Matt Nathanson, Jason Mraz, and Brandi Carlile as core artists. The station launches with the usual 10,000 songs commercial free.

The 250 watt translator covers all of Fargo and is owned by Radio Fargo-Moorhead owner James Ingstad under the name North Dakota Free Airwaves.

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  1. Joseph_Gallant's avatar Joseph_Gallant says:
    11 years ago

    Wouldn’t Canada-based Rogers Communications be concerned about “94.5 The City” being too much like “City TV” (the branding for their over-the-air TV stations in major Canadian cities)??

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    • Eric Jon Magnuson's avatar Eric Jon Magnuson says:
      11 years ago

      Even if the branding were on a full-market station (instead of a translator), Fargo’s way too far away from the border for there to be issues.

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