KBHL (103.9 FM, "PraiseLive") is a

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, United States, owned by Christian Heritage Broadcasting.

Satellite and translator stations

PraiseLive is rebroadcast on the following stations: PraiseLive is also heard on these

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Africa

PraiseLive is partnered with Spirit FM, a network of five stations in Africa: three in

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, and two in

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. The Uganda stations also reach into the war-torn nation of

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to the north. There is another station in the process of being built in Sudan. PraiseLive contributes programming specially produced for broadcast on Spirit FM.

History

Twin Cities Signal

In 2008, PraiseFM began broadcasting its station on 95.3

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KNOF in the

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forming a partnership with North Central University. The studio is located

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campus in downtown

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in the former Comm Arts building . Selby Gospel Broadcasting Corporation eventually sold KNOF to Praise Broadcasting by June 2014. In 2015, Praise FM was approached by Northern Lights Broadcasting with a proposal to purchase of KNOF. This purchase would allow PraiseFM transfer their signal from 95.3FM to KTWN's 96.3 HD2, increase their signal to a greater portion of the

area. On January 4, 2016, PraiseFM transferred their signal from KNOF 95.3 to KTWN 96.3 HD2. The sale to the Pohlad family (who also own the

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) netted PraiseFM nearly $8 million. In 2019, KBHL rebranded as "PraiseLive" with no change in format. After the Pohlads sold their stations to the

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in 2021, "PraiseLive" moved from KQGO 96.3 HD2 back to KNOF.

References

External links

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