KBLB (93.3 FM, "B93.3") is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Nisswa, Minnesota Nisswa ( ) is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,971 at the 2010 census. Nisswa is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area, near Gull Lake. History Smiley Township was founded in 1900, bu ...

, United States, the station serves the Brainerd area. The station is owned by

Hubbard Broadcasting Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. is an American television and radio broadcasting corporation based in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was founded by Stanley E. Hubbard. The corporation has broadcast outlets scattered across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, ...

, Inc. (through licensee HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC) and features programming from

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. KBLB is a sister station to KVBR 1340 (Business News/Talk), KLIZ 1380 (Sports),

KUAL-FM KUAL-FM (103.5 MHz; "Cool 103.5") is a radio station licensed to Brainerd, Minnesota, United States. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. and the broadcast license is held by HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC. . KUAL broadcasts an ol ...

103.5 (Oldies),

WJJY-FM WJJY-FM (106.7 FM) is a radio station that is located in Baxter, Minnesota, with an adult contemporary format. WJJY-FM's sister stations include KVBR 1340, KLIZ 1380, KBLB 93.3, KUAL-FM 103.5, and KLIZ-FM 107.5. All of the aforementioned sta ...

106.7 (Adult Contemporary), and

KLIZ-FM KLIZ-FM (107.5 FM, "The Power Loon") is a classic rock music formatted radio station serving the Brainerd Lakes area from Brainerd, Minnesota. Its owner is Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. KLIZ-FM is a sister station to KVBR 1340 (Business News/Talk ...

107.5 (Classic Rock). All are located in a brand new modern broadcast facility located at 13225 Dogwood Drive, Baxter.

History

The

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issued a

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for the station to BDI Broadcasting, Inc. on 1999-08-05 and assigned it the call sign KBPQ. On 2000-12-11, BDI assigned the permit to BL Broadcasting (both companies were subsidiaries of

Omni Broadcasting Omni Broadcasting was a small-market radio broadcasting company that operated for 25 years from headquarters in Bemidji, Minnesota. Organized in 1988, the company was owned and operated by Louis H. Buron, Jr., and Mary Campbell. They relocated fro ...

). On 2002-01-23, the station changed its call sign to the current KBLB. The station received its license to cover on 2002-03-28.

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

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* Radio stations in Minnesota Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2002 2002 establishments in Minnesota Hubbard Broadcasting {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub