Red River Broadcasting

American television and radio broadcast company

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"Red Rock Radio" redirects here. Not to be confused with Redrock Broadcasting, which owns radio stations in Utah.

Red River Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operates Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, Wisconsin television markets.

Curtis Squire, Inc., a holding company in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, owns 100% of Red River Broadcasting. The company, which formerly owned Regis Corporation, is owned by Anita, Bill, David, Drew, and James Kunin.[1] Kathy Lau is the COO.[2]

In addition to television stations, Red River Broadcasting once operated radio stations through a sister company named Red Rock Radio. At its height, Red Rock Radio owned a total of 25 stations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.[3] However, following the death of Myron Kunin in 2013, his surviving family members decided to liquidate his broadcasting assets and sold the stations to various buyers.[4]

## Current properties[edit]

City of license/Market  | Station  | Channel
TV (RF)  | Acquired  | Network affiliation

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Duluth, Minnesota \- Superior, Wisconsin | KQDS-TV | 21 (17) | 1998 | Fox
Fargo, North Dakota | KVRR | 15 (19) | 1983 | Fox
Jamestown, North Dakota | KJRR
(Satellite of KVRR) | 7 (7) | 1988 | Fox
Pembina, North Dakota | KNRR
(Satellite of KVRR) | 12 (12) | 1986 | Fox
Thief River Falls, Minnesota -
Grand Forks, North Dakota | KBRR
(Satellite of KVRR) | 10 (10) | 1985 | Fox

## Former properties[edit]

### Television[edit]

City of license/Market  | Station  | Channel
TV (RF)  | Years owned  | Current status

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota | KDLT-TV | 46 (21) | 1994–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Mitchell, South Dakota | KDLV-TV
(Satellite of KDLT-TV) | 5 (26) | 1997–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television

### Radio[edit]

#### Minnesota[edit]

* KQDS, Duluth (now KJOQ)
* KQDS-FM, Duluth
* KAOD, Babbitt (simulcast KQDS-FM, now KZJZ)
* KBAJ, Deer River (simulcast KQDS-FM)
* WXXZ, Grand Marais (simulcast KQDS-FM, now WFNX)
* WWAX, Hermantown (now WWPE-FM)
* KZIO, Two Harbors
* KGHS, International Falls
* KSDM, International Falls
* KGPZ, Coleraine (now WDKE)
* KRBT, Eveleth
* WEVE-FM, Eveleth
* KFGI, Crosby
* KLKS, Breezy Point
* WWWI, Baxter
* WWWI-FM, Pillager
* KKIN, Aitkin
* KKIN-FM, Aitkin
* WCMP, Pine City
* WCMP-FM, Pine City

#### Wisconsin[edit]

* WLMX-FM, Balsam Lake (now WZEZ)
* WXCX, Siren
* WHSM, Hayward (now WBZH)
* WHSM-FM, Hayward
* WXCE, Amery

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ownership Structure Exhibit - Red River Broadcast Co. LLC (Feb. 2018)" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
2. ^ "Red River Broadcasting's COO Named in Top List of Women in Business". KVRR Local News. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
3. ^ "Broadcasting News-May 2017". Upper Midwest Broadcasting. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
4. ^ Brochu, Ron (20 November 2017). "The big radio reshuffle". BusinessNorth. Retrieved 7 October 2019.