De La Hunt Broadcasting is a small market radio broadcasting company based in

Park Rapids, Minnesota Park Rapids is a city in the Heartland Lakes region and is the county seat of Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. It is near Itasca State Park, the source of the Mississippi River, as well as the beginning of the Heartland State Trail. Th ...

. It is owned by Ed and Carol De La Hunt and was founded in 1962. The corporate offices and Park Rapids studios are located on the east side of Park Rapids, at 17340 State Highway 34. All of the stations get their programming from the

Dial Global Westwood One is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The company w ...

networks.

History

After working multiple radio jobs, Ed and Carol La Hunt decided to try running their own radio station. The first FCC application Ed and his wife filed was rejected. It wasn't until their second application was accepted in September 1962 that they began “building a 153-foot tower a mile west of Park Rapids. By mid-November, the station was ready.” In 1967, De la Hunt Broadcasting received an FM permit and "

KDKK KDKK (97.5 FM) is a radio station in Park Rapids, Minnesota. It broadcasts with 100,000 watts of effective radiated power. It is owned by De La Hunt Broadcasting, through licensee EC Broadcasting, and has a locally produced adult standards/ nos ...

FM -- Music for Adults -- went on air with a 100,000-watt transmitter." In April 2012, "Ed was diagnosed with

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, a neuromuscular autoimmune disease that affects the muscles and the nerves that control them."

Stations

De La Hunt Broadcasting operates six stations in three different markets: *Park Rapids **

KPRM 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 and KAKK. Nat ...

AM 870 "870 KPRM" **

KXKK KXKK (92.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Park Rapids, Minnesota. Its country music format comes from the Dial Global networks. The station is owned by De La Hunt Broadcasting, licensed to EC Broadcasting. The station was assigned the ...

FM 92.5 "Hot Country 92.5" **

FM 97.5 "StarStation 97.5" *Bemidji (324 Beltrami Ave, Bemidji) **

KKWB KKWB (102.5 FM, "Coyote 102.5") is a country music radio station, serving the Bemidji, Minnesota region. Its main source of programming is from the Westwood One radio network, along with hourly news from the CBS Radio Network. It is owned and ope ...

FM 102.5 "Coyote Country 102.5" *Walker **

KAKK KAKK (1570 AM, "Fox Sports 1570/93.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Walker, Minnesota, United States. The station is owned by De La Hunt Broadcasting and the broadcast license is held by Edward de la Hunt. The KAKK transmitter and tower ...

AM 1570 "Oldies 1570" **

KQKK KQKK (101.9 FM, "KQ102 The Arrow") is a classic hits radio station licensed to serve Walker, Minnesota, United States. The station is owned by De La Hunt Broadcasting and the broadcast license is held by Carol J. Delahunt. The station's transmi ...

FM 101.9 "KQ 102"

Former Stations

* KKCQ (AM) and

KKCQ-FM KKCQ-FM (96.7 FM, "Q Country 96.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Bagley, Minnesota. It airs a stereo country music format. News comes from ABC Radio and the Minnesota News Network. It sits east of downtown Fosston at 30056 U.S. Highway ...

- sold in 1983 to Dale Olmstead. Began as KEHG AM-FM. * KDLB - sold June 26, 2015 to Radio Fargo-Moorhead, Inc. (Radio FM Media) of Fargo, ND. *

WBKK WBKK (820 AM) is a radio station licensed to Wilton, Minnesota, serving the Bemidji market area. The station airs a Catholic talk format as an owned and operated affiliate of Real Presence Radio. It's 10,000 watt transmitter and towers are ...

- sold October 19, 2015 to Real Presence Radio of Grand Forks, ND. * KKWZ - sold to Rugby Broadcasters, Inc. of Rugby, ND. *

KSKK KSKK (1070 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Verndale, Minnesota. The station is owned by Gabriel Media and airs Religious programming from Relevant Radio. Programming Between 2009 and June 2015, the station h ...

- sold to Gabriel Media on September 27, 2021

Honors

In 2006, Ed and Carol De La Hunt were inducted into the

Pavek Museum of Broadcasting The Pavek Museum is a museum in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, that has one of the world's most significant collections of vintage radio and television equipment. It originated in the collection of Joe Pavek, who began collecting unique radios while h ...

Hall of Fame, in

Golden Valley, Minnesota Golden Valley is a western and first-ring suburb of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The city is mostly residential and is bordered by U.S. Highway 12 (Interstate 394). Over 15% of the city is parks or nature reserves. ...

. This Hall of Fame honors the outstanding talent of Minnesota's broadcast community.

References

External links

De La Hunt BroadcastingFCC Broadcasting Links 2018
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