KRBT

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KRBT
Broadcast area Iron Range
Frequency 1340 kHz
BrandingThe Fan 1340
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations KFAN Sports Radio, Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
OwnerRange Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
1948
Former call signs
WEVE 1948-1998
Call sign meaning
Range's Best Talk (former branding)
Technical information
Facility ID 29196
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
47°28′55″N92°31′54″W / 47.48194°N 92.53167°W / 47.48194; -92.53167 Coordinates: 47°28′55″N92°31′54″W / 47.48194°N 92.53167°W / 47.48194; -92.53167
Translator(s) 104.9 W285FP (Eveleth)

KRBT (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. [1] Licensed to Eveleth, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Iron Range area. The station is owned by Range Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from the KFAN Radio Network. Originally a stand-alone music station with call letters WEVE, then a simulcast music station with WEVE-FM, the station changed its call letters to KRBT for "Range's Best Talk" in June 1998 and discontinued simulcast with WEVE-FM to become a talk station. The format change to sports-talk was made following the death of the previous owner, Lew Latto, Iron Range Broadcasting, Inc. president, on August 24, 2011, and the subsequent sale to Red Rock Radio in March 2012, and has been retained by the new owner as of July 2017, Range Broadcasting, Inc.

While including local sports programming, local church programming and a Finnish language music show (Sunday morning), they also carry the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, and Minnesota Wild and have introduced local live remote broadcasts from various charitable and community interest events as part of a "Local Broadcasting" initiative to return the station back to its former, locally owned, locally operated status and distinguish it from the large, multi-station ownership groups that dominate much of the country's radio landscape.

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References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-02-20.