KRBT (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.[2] 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 Network. Originally a stand-alone music station with call letters WEVE, then a simulcast music station with WEVE-FM, the station changed its call letters to KRBT for "Range's Best Talk" in June 1998 and discontinued simulcast with WEVE-FM to become a talk station. The format change to sports-talk was made following the death of the previous owner, Lew Latto, Iron Range Broadcasting, Inc. president, on August 24, 2011, and the subsequent sale to Red Rock Radio in March 2012, and has been retained by the new owner as of July 2017, Range Broadcasting, Inc.
| Broadcast area | Iron Range |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Branding | The Fan 1340 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | KFAN Sports Radio, Fox Sports Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Range Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Former call signs | WEVE 1948-1998 |
Call sign meaning | Range's Best Talk (former branding) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 29196 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°28′55″N 92°31′54″W / 47.48194°N 92.53167°W |
| Translator(s) | 104.9 W285FP (Eveleth) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
While including local sports programming, local church programming and a Finnish language music show (Sunday morning), they also carry the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, and Minnesota Wild and have introduced local live remote broadcasts from various charitable and community interest events as part of a "Local Broadcasting" initiative to return the station back to its former, locally owned, locally operated status and distinguish it from the large, multi-station ownership groups that dominate much of the country's radio landscape.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRBT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
External links
edit- FCC History Cards for KRBT
- Facility details for Facility ID 29196 (KRBT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KRBT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 200666 (W285FP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W285FP at FCCdata.org
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