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Broadcast area | Bemidji, Minnesota |
Frequency | 820kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Catholictalk |
Affiliations | Real Presence Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Real Presence Radio |
History | |
First air date | October 2012 (2012-10) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 160559 |
Class | B |
Power | 10,000watts (day) 750 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | |
Translator(s) | 98.7MHz K254DJ (Bemidji) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | yourcatholicradiostation |
WBKK (820AM) is aradio station licensed toWilton, Minnesota, serving theBemidji market area. The station airs aCatholictalk format as anowned and operated affiliate ofReal Presence Radio.
Its 10,000 watt transmitter and towers are located south ofBemidji, on Trout Haven Road, nearLake Plantagenet.
The station was assigned the WBKK call letters by theFederal Communications Commission on May 14,2008.[2]
On June 8, 2018,Real Presence Radio bought aconstruction permit for 98.7 MHz, suggesting an FM translator would be operating soon. The translator, K254DJ, received its broadcast license on December 14, 2021.
It debuted in October 2012, with a mostlynews-talk format. The station airedCBS Radio News, local news and weather reports. Syndicated talk shows, includingLaura Ingraham, The Common Sense Club (radio talk show fromFargo, North Dakota), andJason Lewis were weekday features. Locally originatedoldies were broadcast on the weekends. The station was originally owned byDe La Hunt Broadcasting ofPark Rapids, Minnesota, and licensed to Edward De la Hunt, Sr. The station was sold to Real Presence Radio of Grand Forks, ND effective October 19, 2015, at a purchase price of $225,000.
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