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Red River Broadcasting

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Red River Broadcasting was a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operated Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, MinnesotaSuperior, Wisconsin television markets.

Curtis Squire, Inc., a holding company in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, owned 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]

Final properties

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City of license/Market Station Channel
TV (RF)
Years Owned Network affiliation
Duluth, Minnesota - Superior, Wisconsin KQDS-TV 21 (17) 1998-2024 Fox
Fargo, North Dakota KVRR 15 (19) 1983-2024 Fox
Jamestown, North Dakota KJRR
(Satellite of KVRR)
7 (7) 1988-2024 Fox
Pembina, North Dakota KNRR
(Satellite of KVRR)
12 (12) 1986-2024 Fox
Thief River Falls, Minnesota -
Grand Forks, North Dakota
KBRR
(Satellite of KVRR)
10 (10) 1985-2024 Fox

Former properties

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Television

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

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Minnesota

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Wisconsin

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References

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  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.