KBMW (1450
kHz
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) is an
AM radio station
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licensed
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to
Breckenridge, Minnesota
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Breckenridge's twin city is Wahpeton, North Dakota. It is part of the Wahpeton, ND—MN Micropolitan Statistic ...
, serving the
Wahpeton-
Breckenridge area, owned by Robert Ingstad's I3G Media, LLC. The station airs a mix of
country music
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and news, as well local content such as community calendar, funeral notices, and Swap Shop. It carries
Minnesota Twins
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baseball coverage, updates from the American Ag Network, and plays a variety of syndicated programming at night.
Ownership Info
On March 31, 2003, the station was purchased by W-B Broadcasting for $1.2 million.
On November 30, 2012, Triad Broadcasting signed a Definitive Agreement to sell all 32 of their stations to Larry Wilson's L&L Broadcasting for $21 Million. Upon completion of the sale on May 1, 2013, L&L in turn sold the Fargo stations to Jim Ingstad, who had just sold his competing cluster to
Midwest Communications
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. An LMA (Local Marketing Agreement) was placed so Ingstad could take immediate control of the stations, and the sale became final July 2, 2013. The sale was worth $9.5 million.
Jim Ingstad sold KBMW to daughter Brooke Ingstad's Radio Wahpeton Breckenridge, LLC effective June 1, 2016; the purchase price was $300,000. Brooke Ingstad sold KBMW and sister station
KBMW-FM to cousin Robert Ingstad's I3G Media, LLC effective December 31, 2017 for $925,000.
References
External links
KBMW official website
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations in Minnesota
1982 establishments in Minnesota
Radio stations established in 1982
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