KVBR
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KVBR
| logo = KVBR.jpg
| city = Brainerd, Minnesota
| area = Brainerd Lakes area
| branding = Brainerd Business Radio
| frequency = 1340 kHz
| translator = {{Radio Relay|95.1|W236DF|Brainerd}}
| repeater =
| airdate = {{start date|1964|05|16}}
| format = News talk information
| power = 1,000 watts
| class = C
| facility_id = 60496
| coordinates = {{coord|46|20|51.00|N|94|10|52.00|W|region:US-MN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = Voice of Brainerd{{cite web |url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web |access-date=August 3, 2009}}
| former_callsigns = KVBR (1964–1982)
KQBR (1982–1986)
| owner = Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
| licensee = HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC
| sister_stations = KBLB, KLIZ, KLIZ-FM, KUAL-FM, WJJY-FM
| webcast =
| website = {{url|www.kvbr.com}}
| affiliations = USA Radio Network
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KVBR (1340 AM, "Brainerd Business Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a news talk information format.{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/sip.do#access |date=Summer 2009 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=Arbitron |access-date=August 3, 2009}} Licensed to Brainerd, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Brainerd Lakes area. Founded in 1964 by the Persons family, the station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from USA Radio Network.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KVBR |title=KVBR Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=August 3, 2009}}
History
KVBR first went on the air on May 16, 1965, licensed to Greater Minnesota Broadcasting Corporation, Charlie Persons, president.{{cite web |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1966-YB/1966-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0201.pdf#search=%22kvbr%22|title=1966 Broadcasting Yearbook |website=americanradiohistory.com |access-date=March 30, 2020}} The station changed its call sign from KVBR to KQBR on November 15, 1982, when the station was purchased by Jim and Larry Lakoduk of Fargo, North Dakota. The Lakoduks also owned KQWB AM-FM in Fargo and WEBC in Duluth, Minnesota. The station format was changed to full service country 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 FM construction permit, to Jim Ingstad's Sioux Valley Broadcasting, Inc., in March 1994.{{cite web |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/90s-OCR-YB/1995-YB/1995-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0375.pdf#search=%22kvbr%22|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 |website=americanradiohistory.com |access-date=March 30, 2020}} In April 1996, KVBR was sold to Kommerstad Communications Company, LLC.{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=218553|title=Application Search Details & Public Notice Comment|website=fcc.gov |access-date=March 30, 2020}} BL Broadcasting, Inc., a unit of Omni Broadcasting, acquired KVBR in January 2004,{{cite web |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/00s-OCR-YB/2005-YB/2005-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0587.pdf#search=%22kvbr%22|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005|website=americanradiohistory.com |access-date=March 30, 2020}} operating from studios located in Baxter, Minnesota.
Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014, that it would purchase the Omni Broadcasting stations, including KVBR.{{cite news|title=Hubbard Picks up 16 Stations From Omni |url=http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2861899&spid=24698 |access-date=November 13, 2014 |work=Radio Ink |date=November 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113191858/http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2861899&spid=24698 |archive-date=November 13, 2014 }} The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.{{cite news|title=Hubbard Closes on 16 MN Stations from Omni|url=http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b14281|access-date=March 2, 2015|work=Radio Online|date=February 27, 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.kvbr.com}}
{{AM station data|60496|KVBR}}
{{Brainerd radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Minnesota}}
{{Hubbard Broadcasting Inc.}}
Category:Radio stations in Minnesota
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1964
Category:1964 establishments in Minnesota
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