| City of license | Fort Totten, North Dakota |
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| 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 |
| 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]
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]
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