KNSP (1430 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, 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. KNSP's programming is primarily supplied by the Fan Radio Network, based out of

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in Minneapolis–St. Paul; evening and overnight programming comes from

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. Prior to 2017, KNSP simulcast

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from Wadena sister station KWAD for about a quarter-century.

Ownership change

Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014 that it would purchase the

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stations, including KNSP. 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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* * Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations in Minnesota Hubbard Broadcasting Radio stations established in 1982 {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub