KABU (90.7
FM) is a
radio station
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licensed to serve
Fort Totten, North Dakota. The station is owned by Dakota Circle Tipi, Inc. It airs a
Variety format.
KABU serves the
Spirit Lake Nation of the Dakota tribe in northern North Dakota.
The station was assigned the KABU call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on June 21, 1996.
Construction permit
On January 16, 2008, the FCC granted the station a construction permit to upgrade to a class C2 station with an increase in
effective radiated power
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to 28,000
watt
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s and a rise in antenna
height above average terrain to 121 meters (397 feet). The transmitter would also be minimally relocated to 47°59'31"N, 98°56'53"W. The license to cover was granted on June 14, 2010. The station received $97,000 in funding from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to pay for the new 85-foot broadcast tower.
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Radio stations established in 1999
Native American radio
Benson County, North Dakota
1999 establishments in North Dakota
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