KBVB
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| Broadcast area |
Fargo-Moorhead Detroit Lakes-Frazee |
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| Branding | BOB 95 FM |
| Slogan | New Country Turn Your Knob To Bob |
| Translator(s) | 94.5 K233CY (Wahpeton, relays HD2) |
| Repeater(s) | 94.5 KDLB Detroit Lakes |
| Format | Analog/HD1: Country HD2: AAA "94.5 The City" |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 117 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 37001 |
| Callsign meaning | K BarnesVille Bob |
| Former callsigns | KDLM-FM (1980-1996) KFGX (1996-2000) KRVI (2000-2007) |
| Owner | James and Brooke Ingstad (Radio Fargo-Moorhead, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | K233CY, KPFX, KLTA-FM, KQWB, KQWB-FM, KBMW, W245CM |
| Webcast |
Listen Live (FM/HD1) Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website |
bob95fm.com (FM/HD1) The City 94.5 (HD2) |
KBVB (95.1 FM, "Bob 95 FM") is a radio station broadcasting a country format. Licensed to Barnesville, Minnesota, it serves the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1980 under the call sign KDLM-FM on 95.3 Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The station is currently owned by James and Brooke Ingstad, through licensee Radio Fargo-Moorhead, Inc. All the offices and studios are located at 2720 7th Ave. South in Fargo.
95.1 began its life around 1980 as KDLM-FM on the 95.3 frequency licensed to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The station was purchased from Leighton Broadcasting in 1995 by MidStates Broadcasting, a division of OtterTail Power Company. At that time the studio was moved in with new sister-stations KFGO/KFGO-FM and KVOX/KVOX-FM. KDLM moved to the 95.1 frequency and underwent a format flip to alternative rock as "95X" under the call letter KFGX. This format was relatively short lived as the station transitioned to Adult Contemporary in 1997, then mainstream rock as "Rock 95" in 1998. MidStates Broadcasting was later bought out by James Ingstad in 1999.
Clear Channel Communications bought Ingstad's Fargo stations in 2000, and debuted River 95.1 debuted with an adult contemporary format. KRVI tweaked to its current AAA format in 2003, similar to that of co-owned KTCZ "Cities 97" in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After success with the AAA format on Cities 97 in Minneapolis, Clear Channel recreated the format in Fargo and several other markets. These stations tend to draw in a large middle aged, well-educated audience which made them appealing to advertisers and profitable, despite the fact that they may not have had large overall audiences. River 95.1 also annually aired Christmas music after Thanksgiving until Christmas Day.
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