Red River Broadcasting

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

Red River Broadcasting was a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operated Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, 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

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

Television

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

Minnesota

• 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, later 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

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

References

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.