KABU

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KABU
City of license Fort Totten, North Dakota
Broadcast area Devils Lake, North Dakota
Slogan "The Heartbeat of the Spirit Lake Oyate"[1]
Frequency 90.7 MHz
First air date 1999
Format Variety
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (328 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 15265
Transmitter Coordinates 47°59′28″N, 98°56′57″W
Owner Dakota Circle Tipi, Inc.

KABU (90.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Fort Totten, North Dakota. The station is owned by Dakota Circle Tipi, Inc. It airs a Variety format.[2] KABU serves the Spirit Lake Nation of the Dakota tribe in northern North Dakota.[3]

The station was assigned the KABU call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 21, 1996.[4]

[edit] Construction permit

On January 16, 2008, the FCC granted the station a construction permit to upgrade to a class C2 station with an increase in effective radiated power to 28,000 watts and a rise in antenna height above average terrain to 121 meters (397 feet). The transmitter would also be minimally relocated to 47°59'31"N, 98°56'53"W. This construction permit expires on January 16, 2011. The station received $97,000 in funding from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to pay for the new 85-foot broadcast tower.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b SMSC DONATES $1 MILLION TO SPIRIT LAKE NATION. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (2007-05-16).
  2. ^ Winter 2008 Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  3. ^ Claitor, Diana. "On the road with a Native American radio circuit rider", Current, 2002-09-16. 
  4. ^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

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