KBRF

Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Fergus Falls-Detroit Lakes
Frequency	1250 kHz
Branding	AM 1250 News Talk
Programming
Format	News Talk Information
Affiliations	CNN Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Leighton Broadcasting (Leighton Radio Holdings, Inc.)
Sister stations	KJJK, KJJK-FM, KPRW, KZCR
History
First air date	October 20, 1926
Former call signs	KGDE (1926-1959) KOTE (1959-1967)
Technical information
Facility ID	21400
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day 2,200 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	46°16′22″N 96°2′41″W / 46.27278°N 96.04472°W / 46.27278; -96.04472
Links
Website	KBRF website

KBRF (1250 AM, "Good Neighbor Radio") is a radio station licensed to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States and serving the Fergus Falls-Detroit Lakes area. It broadcasts a news talk information format^[1] featuring programming from CNN Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.^[2]

The station is currently owned by Leighton Broadcasting, through licensee Leighton Radio Holdings, Inc. Studios and offices are west of downtown Fergus Falls at 728 Western Avenue North, near I94. The transmitter site is east of town, on Highway 210.

History

KBRF's first license was granted on October 20, 1926 as KGDE, licensed to the Jaren Drug Company in Barrett, Minnesota. The original call letters were randomly assigned from an alphabetic list of available call signs.^[3] The call letters were changed to KOTE in 1959, and became KBRF in 1967.

Expanded Band assignment

On March 17, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KBRF authorized to move from 1250 to 1680 kHz.^[4] However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.