| Broadcast area | Stillwater, Minnesota |
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| Branding | "Music Of Your Life" |
| Frequency | 1220 kHz |
| First air date | March 1949 |
| Format | Adult standards |
| ERP | 5,000 watts (daytime), 254 watts (nighttime) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | CLUB or KLUB |
| Owner | Dan Smith (Endurance Broadcasting, LLC) |
| Website | www.klbbradio.com |
KLBB (1220 AM) is a radio station licensed to Stillwater, Minnesota, USA, and serving the eastern suburban Twin Cities area.
Prior to July 25, 2006, the station was known as WMGT ("Mighty 1220"), programming a full service MOR/adult standards/news/talk format. When the original KLBB in Minneapolis and its sister station (now KRJJ) were sold and switched to different formats, WMGT immediately picked up the KLBB call letters, format and a few of its personalities and staffers including Reed Hagen one of the longest running DJ's in the Twin Cities at one station, 25 years at the former KLBB. His guests have included some of the biggest names of the big band era including Cab Calloway, Frankie Carle (a personal friend), Lawrence Welk, Frank Devol, his friend Mel Torme and Jack Morgan among others.
The original KLBB supplemented its "Music of Your Life" format with well-known local former WCCO Radio personalities such as Howard Viken, Chuck Lilligren, and Joyce Lamont, who were forced out of WCCO around 1989-1990 when the station began to shed its longtime full-service MOR/adult contemporary/news/talk/sports orientation in favor of becoming predominantly a talk station. Lamont continued on the air at KLBB until she retired from radio in 2003.
Like the previous KLBB, the new incarnation also carries programming from the "Music Of Your Life" radio network; however, at night, the station switches to Dial Global's America's Best Music satellite feed, which features a more soft-oldies/adult contemporary musical orientation.
From 1985 to 1993, this station was one of several locations of the locally historic call letters WTCN. Other call letters affixed to this frequency have included WSHB (1949 sign-on to 1955), WAVN (1955-1983), WVLE (1983-1985), WIMN (1993-1997) and WEZU (1997-2003). During this time, the station aired various formats including MOR, adult contemporary, and adult standards.
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