KBHP

KBHP
City Bemidji, Minnesota
Broadcast area Bemidji, Minnesota
Branding KB101
Slogan Continuous Country
Frequency 101.1 MHz
First air date 1972
Format Commercial; Country
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 159 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 51878
Affiliations Minnesota News Network
Owner Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
(HBI Radio Bemidji, LLC)
Sister stations KBUN, KBUN-FM, KLLZ-FM, KKZY
Website kb101fm.com

KBHP (101.1 FM, "KB101") is an FM radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of Bemidji, Minnesota, which is located in northern Minnesota. KBHP plays country music and is owned and operated by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. It has its own local news department, and gets statewide news from the Minnesota News Network. The Bemidji studios are located at 502 Beltrami Avenue, downtown Bemidji. It shares a transmitter site with sisters KLLZ-FM and KKZY, near Lake Plantagenet along Highway 9.

KBHP is the local home to the Minnesota Vikings broadcasts, along with its sister station KBUN. A large amount of the broadcasting day is live, from 5:30 am until 10pm each week day.

Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014 that it would purchase the Omni Broadcasting stations, including KBHP.[1] The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.[2]

Awards

The station was one of 10 stations awarded the 2007 Crystal Radio Award for public service awarded by the National Association of Broadcasters.[3] Winners were honored at the Radio Luncheon on April 17, 2007, during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

References

  1. "Hubbard Picks up 16 Stations From Omni". Radio Ink. November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  2. "Hubbard Closes on 16 MN Stations from Omni". Radio Online. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. "NAB Announces Crystal Radio Awards Winners". National Association of Broadcasters. 2007-04-17.

Coordinates: 47°22′12″N 94°52′55″W / 47.370°N 94.882°W / 47.370; -94.882


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