KVBR

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KVBR
KVBR.jpg
Broadcast area Brainerd Lakes area
Frequency 1340 kHz
BrandingBrainerd Business Radio
Programming
Format News talk information
Affiliations USA Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
KBLB, KLIZ, KLIZ-FM, KUAL-FM, WJJY-FM
History
First air date
May 16, 1964 (1964-05-16)
Former call signs
KVBR (1964–1982)
KQBR (1982–1986)
Call sign meaning
Voice of Brainerd [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 60496
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 46°20′51.00″N94°10′52.00″W / 46.3475000°N 94.1811111°W / 46.3475000; -94.1811111
Translator(s) 95.1 W236DF (Brainerd)
Links
Public license information
Website www.kvbr.com

KVBR (1340 AM, "Brainerd Business Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a news talk information format. [3] Licensed to Brainerd, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Brainerd Lakes area. Founded in 1964 by the Persons family, the station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from USA Radio Network. [4]

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History

KVBR first went on the air on May 16, 1965, licensed to Greater Minnesota Broadcasting Corporation, Charlie Persons, president. [5] The station changed its call sign from KVBR to KQBR on November 15, 1982, when the station was purchased by Jim and Larry Lakoduk of Fargo, North Dakota. The Lakoduks also owned KQWB AM-FM in Fargo and WEBC in Duluth, Minnesota. The station format was changed to full service country with the image "1340 Q-Country" under General Manager Chuck Whittman. The air staff for KQBR included Bob Randall (PD), Don Kelley (news), Barbara Ann, Don Jahnke, Charlie Kampa, Steve Sedall, H.P Thomas, Chuck Sargent, Dave Torkelson, Ken Adams and Jeff Butler. On August 15, 1986, the station returned its call sign to KVBR when the Lakoduks sold the station back to station founder Charlie Persons. The Persons family operated the station on a smaller scale than the Lakoduks, focusing on a news/talk format. Persons sold the station, as well as an FM construction permit, to Jim Ingstad's Sioux Valley Broadcasting, Inc., in March 1994. [6] In April 1996, KVBR was sold to Kommerstad Communications Company, LLC. [7] BL Broadcasting, Inc., a unit of Omni Broadcasting, acquired KVBR in January 2004, [8] operating from studios located in Baxter, Minnesota.

Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014, that it would purchase the Omni Broadcasting stations, including KVBR. [9] The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KVBR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  4. ↑ "KVBR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ "1966 Broadcasting Yearbook" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details & Public Notice Comment". fcc.gov. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Hubbard Picks up 16 Stations From Omni". Radio Ink . November 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Hubbard Closes on 16 MN Stations from Omni". Radio Online. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.


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