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KVXR

Real Presence Radio station in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ6340355 ↗
Source-derived summary

KVXR (1280 kHz) is a radio station located in Moorhead, MN airing Catholic programming the Real Presence Radio, including programming from the national EWTN Radio network. KVXR is owned by Real Presence Radio of Grand Forks, North Dakota

History

KVXR signed on the air November 30, 1937.

The station was previously KVOX, a part of James Ingstad's Radio Fargo-Moorhead, though it was donated to Voice of Reason Radio on June 11, 2007.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “KVXR” as real Presence Radio station in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KVXR, Real and Presence.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1280, 1937, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with KVXR, Real and Presence providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “KVXR”, the useful work is to connect “real Presence Radio station in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6340355. The first chronological checks are 1280, 1937 and 2007.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “KVXR”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow KVXR primary sources, KVXR archive and KVXR research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “KVXR” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.