KBRF

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KBRF

| logo = KBRF AM1250 logo.png

| logo_size = 150px

| city = Fergus Falls, Minnesota

| area = Fergus Falls-Detroit Lakes

| branding = AM 1250 News Talk

| frequency = 1250 kHz

| repeater =

| airdate = October 20, 1926

| format = News/talk

| power = 5,000 watts day
2,200 watts night

| class = B

| facility_id = 21400

| coordinates = {{coord|46|16|24.2|N|96|2|44.7|W|region:US-MN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KGDE (1926–1959)
KOTE (1959–1967)

| owner = Leighton Broadcasting

| licensee = Leighton Radio Holdings, Inc.

| sister_stations = KJJK, KJJK-FM, KPRW, KZCR

| webcast = [https://player.listenlive.co/63971 Listen Live]

| website = [http://www.kbrfradio.com/ KBRF website]

| affiliations = NBC News Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Townhall News
Westwood One

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KBRF (1250 AM, "Good Neighbor Radio") is a radio station licensed to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States and serving the Fergus Falls-Detroit Lakes area. It broadcasts a news/talk format{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/sip.do#access |date=Summer 2009 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=Arbitron |accessdate=July 26, 2009}} featuring programming from NBC News Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks, Townhall News, and Westwood One.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KBRF |title=KBRF Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |accessdate=July 26, 2009}}

The station is currently owned by Leighton Broadcasting, through licensee Leighton Radio Holdings, Inc. Studios and offices are west of downtown Fergus Falls at 728 Western Avenue North, near I94. The transmitter site is east of town, on Highway 210.

History

KBRF's first license was granted on October 20, 1926 as KGDE, licensed to the Jaren Drug Company in Barrett, Minnesota. The original call letters were randomly assigned from an alphabetic list of available call signs.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221818&view=1up&seq=177 "New Stations"], Radio Service Bulletin, October 30, 1926, page 3. The call letters were changed to KOTE in 1959, and became KBRF in 1967.

=Expanded Band assignment=

On March 17, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KBRF authorized to move from 1250 to 1680 kHz.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004848309&view=1up&seq=276 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"] (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.

References

External links

[http://www.kbrfradio.com KBRF website]

[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=32002 FCC History Cards for KBRF] (covering 1927-1980 as KGDE / KOTE / KBRF)

Category:Radio stations in Minnesota

Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States

Category:Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Category:Radio stations established in 1926

Category:Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Category:1926 establishments in Minnesota