Red River Broadcasting Explained

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

City of license/MarketStationChannel
TV (RF)
Years OwnedNetwork affiliation
Duluth, Minnesota - Superior, WisconsinKQDS-TV 21 (17) 1998-2024Fox
KVRR 15 (19) 1983-2024Fox
KJRR
7 (7) 1988-2024Fox
KNRR
12 (12) 1986-2024Fox
KBRR
10 (10) 1985-2024 Fox

Former properties

Television

City of license/MarketStationChannel
TV (RF)
Years ownedCurrent status
KDLT-TV 46 (21) 1994–2019 NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
KDLV-TV
5 (26) 1997–2019 NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television

Radio

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Notes and References

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