KYBA (105.3 FM, "Y105 FM") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

licensed to

Stewartville, Minnesota Stewartville is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. Stewartville sits just south of the Rochester International Airport, which is about 10 miles south of the city of Rochester. The population was 6,687 at the 2020 census, and ...

, and located in

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. The station airs an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

format. It is under ownership of

Townsquare Media Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting wit ...

. It is also heard on

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K285EL 104.9 FM in Rochester. Between mid-November and

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a Religion, religious and Culture, cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by coun ...

, KYBA flips to an all-

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format. On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53

Cumulus Media Cumulus Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States ahead of Audacy and behind iHeartMedia iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdi ...

stations, including KYBA, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of

Dial Global Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1976. The c ...

; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by

Oaktree Capital Management Oaktree Capital Management, Inc. is an American global asset management firm specializing in alternative investment strategies. As of September 30, 2024, the company managed $205 billion for its clientele. The firm was co-founded in 1995 by a ...

. The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.

References

External links

Y-105 KYBA official website
Radio stations in Minnesota Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Townsquare Media radio stations {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub