KPRM

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KPRM
Frequency 870 kHz
Branding870 KPRM
Programming
Format News/Talk, Adult Contemporary
Affiliations CBS News Radio
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Minnesota Twins
Ownership
Owner
KAKK, KDKK, KKWB, KQKK, KXKK
History
First air date
1963
Call sign meaning
Park Rapids, Minnesota
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 15975
Class B
Power 50,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
46°55′42″N95°00′22″W / 46.92833°N 95.00611°W / 46.92833; -95.00611 (day)
46°54′18″N95°01′04″W / 46.90500°N 95.01778°W / 46.90500; -95.01778 (night)
Translator(s) 94.7 K234CQ (Staples)
96.3 K242AY (Walker)
100.5 K263BR (Park Rapids)
103.1 K276EP (Bemidji)
Links
Public license information
Website kkradionetwork.com

KPRM (870 AM) is a radio station in Park Rapids, Minnesota. It has a hybrid adult contemporary/conservative talk radio format. Locally, it broadcasts the popular "Coffee Talk" morning show, and is currently simulcasted on KDKK.

Contents

National news comes from the USA Radio, the News/Talk/Sports and More format is locally owned and operated. Sports from Westwood One and Premiere Networks' Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and The Sean Hannity Show .

On November 30, 2016, KPRM was granted an FCC construction permit to increase the night power to 2,500 watts. [2]

In October 2021, KPRM changed its music segments from classic country to adult contemporary. KPRM continues to carry News/Talk, Sports and More. The more being adult contemporary music.

Ownership

KPRM transmits with 50,000 watts of power during the day, 1,000 watts at night, and is owned and operated by De La Hunt Broadcasting, through licensee De La Hunt Media, Inc. The studios and offices are on the east side of Park Rapids, near the intersection of Highways 34 and 4. Because WWL in New Orleans, Louisiana is the dominant Class A station on 870 AM, KPRM must reduce power during nighttime hours, preventing interference with the skywave signal of WWL.

In 2006, previous owners Ed and Carol De La Hunt were inducted into the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame. [3] Effective September 24, 2021, ownership of KPRM and its sister stations was transferred to Ed and Tamara De La Hunt.

Sister stations

In addition to the Park Rapids properties (KPRM, KDKK 97.5, and KXKK 92.5), they also own KKWB 102.5 in Bemidji, Minnesota, KAKK 1570 and KQKK 101.9 in Walker, Minnesota.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KPRM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  3. Ed & Carol De La Hunt

https://www.northpine.com/blog/2021/10/19/two-longtime-northern-minnesota-radio-formats-combined/