KBUN (AM)

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
KBUN-AM first went on the air on October 30, 1946, as part of a wave of radio and TV stations that launched after electronics rationing during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> It was initially owned and operated by Harry F. Pihl and R. W. Bradford as Bemidji Broadcasting Co. (aka, Paul Bunyan Broadcasting Co.) and broadcast with 250 watts at 1450 AM, from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> Affiliated with the <a href="/facts/Mutual_Broadcasting_System/Uw62UNW9">Mutual Broadcasting System</a> (MBS),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> it was purchased on February 24, 1948, by Butler Broadcasting Co. and operated by Edward and Gwenyth Butler from then until 1956.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> Its studios were located at 419 1/2 Beltrami Avenue, Bemidji. On November 1, 1956, the FCC announced its approval of KBUN's sale to the Ben H. Potter, Jr., family.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
In 1972 Ben Potter, Jr., sold Paul Bunyan Broadcasting Co., to his daughter, Anne P. Delong and her husband, Edward Delong III.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> In 1989, the Delongs sold KBUN to Louis H. Buron, Jr., who formed <a href="/facts/Omni_Broadcasting/QmUgfhyA">Omni Broadcasting</a> as the umbrella company for his radio stations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>
Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014, that it would purchase the sixteen <a href="/facts/Omni_Broadcasting/QmUgfhyA">Omni Broadcasting</a> stations, including KBUN.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>
On December 10, 2010, Paul Bunyan Broadcasting Co., acquired FM Translator Station K235BP, 94.9 MHz, from Shine the Light, Inc., for $50,000.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> K235BP relays the KBUN signal. It was the first time the FAN Network was carried anywhere on an FM signal.

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://kbunsportsradio.com/">KBUN website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110728153503/http://www.kfan.com/pages/station.html?feed=289104&article=4051817%2F">FAN Radio Network</a></li>
<li><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=51879">Facility details for Facility ID 51879 (KBUN)</a> in the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li>
<li><a href="https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU24&band=am&callLetter=KBUN">KBUN</a> in <a href="/facts/Nielsen_Audio/gqtgXGR2">Nielsen Audio</a>'s AM station database</li>
<li><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=152419">Facility details for Facility ID 152419 (K235BP)</a> in the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li>
<li><a href="https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=K235BP&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en">K235BP</a> at FCCdata.org</li>
<li><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=201328">Facility details for Facility ID 201328 (K261EV)</a> in the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li>
<li><a href="https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=K261EV&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en">K261EV</a> at FCCdata.org</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Historical Scrapbook and Station Directory (PDF). Minnesota Broadcasters Association. 1990. Retrieved June 22, 2017. <a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/Minnesota-Anniversary-&-Directory.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/Minnesota-Anniversary-&-Directory.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">According to a reply to a radio reception report by chief engineer Dick E. Noble: "Our transmitter is a Raytheon, Model RA250, single vertical tower, radiatór, 150 feet high." "Minnesota Radio Reception Reports" (PDF). American Radio History. November 22, 1946. Retrieved June 24, 2017. <a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-DX/VERIES-KERMIT/Minnesota.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-DX/VERIES-KERMIT/Minnesota.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"MBS Tally Goes to 383". The Billboard. December 28, 1946. Retrieved June 22, 2017. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wRoEAAAAMBAJ&q=kbun%201946%20-kebun&pg=PT13" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=wRoEAAAAMBAJ&q=kbun%201946%20-kebun&pg=PT13</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Edward Butler Obituary". Bemidji Pioneer Press. March 4, 1965. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Telecasting Notes" (PDF). Television Digest. November 3, 1956. Retrieved June 25, 2017. <a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-TV-Digest/50s/Television-Digest-1956-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-TV-Digest/50s/Television-Digest-1956-11.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Ownership Changes" (PDF). Broadcasting. Washington, DC. February 21, 1972. Retrieved March 26, 2020. <a href="https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Broadcasting-IDX/1972-Broadcasting/1972-02-21-Broadcasting-Page-0056.pdf#search=%22kbun%20delong%22" target="_blank">https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Broadcasting-IDX/1972-Broadcasting/1972-02-21-Broadcasting-Page-0056.pdf#search=%22kbun%20delong%22</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Ownership Changes" (PDF). Broadcasting. Washington, DC. May 8, 1989. Retrieved March 26, 2020. <a href="https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Broadcasting-IDX/1989-Broadcasting/1989-05-08-Broadcasting-Page-0113.pdf#search=%22kbun%20buron%22" target="_blank">https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Broadcasting-IDX/1989-Broadcasting/1989-05-08-Broadcasting-Page-0113.pdf#search=%22kbun%20buron%22</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Hubbard Picks up 16 Stations From Omni". Radio Ink. November 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141113191858/http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2861899&spid=24698" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141113191858/http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2861899&spid=24698</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"Hubbard Closes on 16 MN Stations from Omni". Radio Online. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015. <a href="https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b14281" target="_blank">https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b14281</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"FCC CDBS Public Access". fcc.gov. Retrieved March 27, 2020. <a href="https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1403209s" target="_blank">https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1403209s</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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