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Frequency | 870kHz |
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Branding | 870 KPRM |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk,Adult Contemporary |
Affiliations | CBS News Radio Premiere Networks Westwood One Minnesota Twins |
Ownership | |
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KAKK,KDKK,KKWB,KQKK,KXKK | |
History | |
First air date | 1963 |
Call sign meaning | ParkRapids,Minnesota |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 15975 |
Class | B |
Power | 50,000watts 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) |
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Public license information | |
Website | kkradionetwork.com |
KPRM (870AM) is aradio station inPark Rapids, Minnesota. It has a hybridadult contemporary/conservative talk radioformat. Locally, it broadcasts the popular "Coffee Talk" morning show, and is currently simulcasted onKDKK.
National news comes from the USA Radio, the News/Talk/Sports and More format is locally owned and operated. Sports fromWestwood One andPremiere Networks'Clay Travis andBuck Sexton Show andThe Sean Hannity Show.
On November 30, 2016, KPRM was granted anFCCconstruction 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.
KPRM transmits with 50,000 watts of power during the day, 1,000 watts at night, and is owned and operated byDe 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. BecauseWWL in New Orleans, Louisiana is the dominantClass A station on870 AM, KPRM must reduce power during nighttime hours, preventing interference with theskywave signal of WWL.
In 2006, previous owners Ed and Carol De La Hunt were inducted into thePavek 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.
In addition to the Park Rapids properties (KPRM,KDKK 97.5, andKXKK 92.5), they also ownKKWB 102.5 inBemidji, Minnesota,KAKK 1570 andKQKK 101.9 inWalker, Minnesota.
https://www.northpine.com/blog/2021/10/19/two-longtime-northern-minnesota-radio-formats-combined/
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