KWAD

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KWAD
Broadcast area Wadena County, Minnesota
Frequency 920 kHz
BrandingKWAD Radio
Programming
Format Classic country
Affiliations Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
KKWS, KNSP
History
First air date
 1949
Former call signs
KWMR (1947, CP)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 28649
Class B
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 46°22′13″N95°9′14″W / 46.37028°N 95.15389°W / 46.37028; -95.15389
Translator 101.7 K269HE (Wadena)
Links
Public license information
Website www.kwadam920.com

KWAD (920 AM, "Classic Hit Country") is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. [2] Licensed to Wadena, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Wadena area. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. (through licensee HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC) and features programming from Westwood One. [3] The KWAD signal is rebroadcast in the FM band on 101.7 MHz by co-owned Translator Station K269HE. [4]

Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014, that it would purchase the Omni Broadcasting stations, including KWAD. [5] The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KWAD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ "KWAD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  4. ↑ Facility details for Facility ID 202270 (K269HE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  5. ↑ "Hubbard Picks up 16 Stations From Omni". Radio Ink . November 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Hubbard Closes on 16 MN Stations from Omni". Radio Online. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.


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