KLBF (89.1 FM, "

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licensed to serve Lincoln, North Dakota, serving the

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area. The station is owned by the University of Northwestern - St Paul. It airs a Christian talk/music

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History

The station was assigned the KVLQ call letters by the

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on March 28, 2003, and aired the

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network until 2008. From 2008 to November 2010 the station was branded as " God's Country Radio" airing a

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and Southern Gospel. After the

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(EMF) stopped distributing God's Country, KGCD changed its call sign to KLBF and returned to carrying K-Love, even though KBMK (88.3 FM) also carried K-Love programming in Bismarck. The University of Northwestern - St Paul agreed to acquire KLBF from EMF for $50,000 in April 2017, with the intent of using the station to carry its

network. Following a silent period, KLBF began carrying Faith Radio by October 2017.

References

External links

KTIS-AM website

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