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| Broadcast area | Brainerd Lakes area |
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| Frequency | 1340kHz |
| Branding | Brainerd Business Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | News talk information |
| Affiliations | USA Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| 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 | 1,000watts |
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 (1340AM, "Brainerd Business Radio") is aradio station broadcasting anews talk information format.[3] Licensed toBrainerd, Minnesota, United States, the station serves theBrainerd Lakes area. Founded in 1964 by the Persons family, the station is owned byHubbard Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming fromUSA Radio Network.[4]
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 ofFargo, North Dakota. The Lakoduks also ownedKQWB AM-FM in Fargo andWEBC inDuluth, Minnesota. The station format was changed tofull servicecountry 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 FMconstruction 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 ofOmni Broadcasting, acquired KVBR in January 2004,[8] operating from studios located inBaxter, 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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