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
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The corporation has broadcast outlets scattered across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, ...
, Inc. and the
broadcast license is held by
HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC
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The corporation has broadcast outlets scattered across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri
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KUAL broadcasts an
oldies/
classic hits format
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. During the holiday season, the station broadcasts holiday music along with the program "This Was Christmas".
KUAL is a
sister station
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to
KVBR
KVBR (1340 AM, "Brainerd Business Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a news talk information format. Licensed to Brainerd, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Brainerd area. Founded in 1964 by the Persons family, the station is ...
1340 (business news/talk),
KLIZ KLIZ may refer to:
* KLIZ (AM), a radio station (1380 AM) licensed to Brainerd, Minnesota, United States
* KLIZ-FM, a radio station (107.5 FM) licensed to Brainerd, Minnesota, United States
* ICAO code of Loring Air Force Base
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1380 (sports),
KBLB
KBLB (93.3 FM, "B93.3") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Nisswa, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Brainerd area. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. (through licensee HBI Radio Bra ...
93.3 (country),
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.
Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014 that it would purchase the
Omni Broadcasting stations, including KUAL-FM.
The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.
KUAL previously aired a Country format known as "Froggy 103.5" using the callsign KFGI. In or around 2004, the then KFGI flipped to its current Oldies format branded as "Cool 103.5, Good Time Oldies" under the new callsign KUAL.
In recent years, KUAL has shifted away from a 50s and 60s centered Oldies format more towards a Classic Hits leaning 60s and 70s Oldies format. To reflect these changes, KUAL dropped the "Good Time Oldies" slogan and adopted "The Lakes Greatest Hits" as it’s new slogan. Sister station KULO in Alexandria, which closely resembled KUAL format wise, had done similar, but shifted more towards an 80s centered Classic Hits format rather than a 60s and 70s slightly older leaning format like KUAL.
References
Previous logo
External links
COOL 103.5 official website*
{{Hubbard Broadcasting Inc.
Radio stations in Minnesota
Oldies radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1994
Hubbard Broadcasting
Brainerd, Minnesota
1994 establishments in Minnesota