Red River Broadcasting is a

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broadcasting company based in

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. It operates

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affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and

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television markets. Curtis Squire, Inc., a holding company in

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, owns 100% of Red River Broadcasting. The company, which formerly owned

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, is owned by Anita, Bill, David,

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, and James Kunin. Kathy Lau is the

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. In addition to television stations, Red River Broadcasting once operated radio stations through a sister company named Red Rock Radio. At its height, Red Rock Radio owned a total of 25 stations in

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and

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. However, following the death of Myron Kunin in 2013, his surviving family members decided to liquidate his broadcasting assets and sold the stations to various buyers.

Current properties

Former properties

Television

Radio

Minnesota

* KQDS, Duluth (now

KJOQ KJOQ (1490 AM, "Worship 24/7") is a commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station in Duluth, Minnesota. Established in 1963 as KAOH, the station is owned by Daniel and Alana Hatfield, through licensee Twin Ports Radio, LLC, and airs a worship music ...

) *

KQDS-FM KQDS-FM (94.9 FM, "95 KQDS") is a classic rock music formatted radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota. Established in 1976 as KAOH-FM, the station is owned by Midwest Communications, and follows a format similar to that of the well-known K ...

, Duluth ** KAOD,

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(simulcast KQDS-FM, now KZJZ) **

KBAJ KBAJ (105.5 FM, "J105 The Thunder") is a classic rock radio station licensed to Deer River, Minnesota, and is owned by Rapids Radio. The radio station went on-air in 1999. Originally owned by Red Rock Radio Corp., it was a KQDS-FM simulcast. On ...

, Deer River (simulcast KQDS-FM) ** WXXZ, Grand Marais (simulcast KQDS-FM, now WFNX) * WWAX, Hermantown (now

WWPE-FM WWPE-FM (92.1 MHz; "Sasquatch 92.1") is a radio station licensed to Hermantown, Minnesota, and serves the Twin Ports. Established in 1996, the station is owned by Townsquare Media, through licensee Townsquare Media Duluth License, LLC. It airs a c ...

) *

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, Two Harbors * KGHS,

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, International Falls * KGPZ,

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(now WDKE) *

KRBT KRBT (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Eveleth, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Iron Range area. The station is owned by Range Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from the KFAN Radio ...

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, Eveleth *

KFGI KFGI (101.5 FM; "Skeeter 101.5") is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format. Established in 1990 as KTCF-FM, the station is licensed to Crosby, Minnesota Crosby is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The populati ...

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* KLKS, Breezy Point * WWWI, Baxter *

WWWI-FM WWWI-FM (95.9 FM, "Cash 95") is a radio station city of license, licensed to Pillager, Minnesota, and serving the Brainerd Lakes Area. The station is owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. Its sister station is WWWI (AM), WWWI (1270 A ...

, Pillager * KKIN, Aitkin *

KKIN-FM KKIN-FM (94.3 FM) is a Country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Aitkin, Minnesota, serving Aitkin and Aitkin County, Minnesota. Established in 1972, KKIN-FM is owned and operated by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. ...

, Aitkin * WCMP, Pine City *

WCMP-FM WCMP-FM (100.9 MHz, "Cool Country 100.9 FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Pine City, Minnesota. It airs a country music format. It is owned by Alan R. Quarnstrom, through licensee Q Media Properties, and has studios at 15429 Pokegama Lak ...

, Pine City

Wisconsin

* WLMX-FM, Balsam Lake (now WZEZ) *

WXCX WXCX (105.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Siren, Wisconsin. WXCX transmits with 6 kW at 100 meters (class A) from a tower in central Burnett County. The station broadcasts a classic country format. It is owned by Zoe Communication ...

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* WHSM, Hayward (now

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) *

WHSM-FM WHSM-FM (101.1 MHz, "Muskie 101") is a radio station licensed to serve Hayward, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by Zoe Communications, Inc. WHSM-FM broadcasts a country music format, including satellite-fed programming from West ...

, Hayward *

WXCE WLAK (1520 AM) is a daytime-only radio station licensed to the Calumet County community of New Holstein, Wisconsin, the station serves the Appleton-Oshkosh area, with a northwest of Chilton. The station is owned by Mark Heller through his oper ...

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References

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