KPRM
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| Frequency | 870 kHz |
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| Branding | 870 KPRM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk, Adult Contemporary |
| Affiliations | CBS News Radio Premiere Networks Westwood One Minnesota Twins |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KAKK, KDKK, KKWB, KQKK, KXKK | |
| History | |
First air date | 1963 |
Call sign meaning | Park Rapids, Minnesota |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 15975 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°55′42″N 95°00′22″W / 46.92833°N 95.00611°W (day) 46°54′18″N 95°01′04″W / 46.90500°N 95.01778°W (night) |
| Translator(s) | 94.7 K234CQ (Staples) 96.3 K242AY (Walker) 100.5 K263BR (Park Rapids) 103.1 K276EP (Bemidji) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | kkradionetwork.com |
KPRM (870 AM) is a radio station in Park Rapids, Minnesota. It has a hybrid adult contemporary/conservative talk radio format. Locally, it broadcasts the popular "Coffee Talk" morning show, and is currently simulcasted on KDKK.
National news comes from the USA Radio, the News/Talk/Sports and More format is locally owned and operated. Sports from Westwood One and Premiere Networks' Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and The Sean Hannity Show.
On November 30, 2016, KPRM was granted an FCC construction 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.
Ownership
[edit]KPRM transmits with 50,000 watts of power during the day, 1,000 watts at night, and is owned and operated by De 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. Because WWL in New Orleans, Louisiana is the dominant Class A station on 870 AM, KPRM must reduce power during nighttime hours, preventing interference with the skywave signal of WWL.
In 2006, previous owners Ed and Carol De La Hunt were inducted into the Pavek 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.
Sister stations
[edit]In addition to the Park Rapids properties (KPRM, KDKK 97.5, and KXKK 92.5), they also own KKWB 102.5 in Bemidji, Minnesota, KAKK 1570 and KQKK 101.9 in Walker, Minnesota.
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPRM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ Ed & Carol De La Hunt
https://www.northpine.com/blog/2021/10/19/two-longtime-northern-minnesota-radio-formats-combined/
External links
[edit]- De La Hunt Broadcasting
- Facility details for Facility ID 15975 (KPRM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KPRM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 143001 (K263BR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- K263BR at FCCdata.org
- FCC History Cards for KPRM
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