Northern Minnesota Stations Transferred Within De La Hunt Family

Longtime northern Minnesota broadcasters Edward De La Hunt, Sr., and his wife Carol De La Hunt are transferring five radio stations to a company owned by their son and daughter-in-law.

The deal filed Monday with the FCC calls for De La Hunt Media to pay $1.15 million for the “KK Radio Network” stations currently owned by Ed and Carol De La Hunt through various licensees.

Ed and Carol De La Hunt founded KPRM/1240 (Park Rapids), which is now on 870, in 1962. The De La Hunts have also provided engineering services for other stations, and the couple was inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2006.

Besides KPRM, which carries Country and Talk, the other stations included in the deal are Country-formatted KXKK/92.5 (Park Rapids), Adult Standards outlet KDKK/97.5 (Park Rapids), Adult Contemporary station KQKK/101.9 (Walker), and Classic Hits outlet KAKK/1570 (Walker). Four FM translators are also included.

De La Hunt Media is owned by Edward Paul De La Hunt and his wife, Tamara De La Hunt. The buyer already owns Country station “Coyote 102.5” (KKWB Kelliher-Bemidji).

The filing comes less than a week after a separate deal to sell KSKK/1070 (Verndale) and the construction permit for an FM translator to Gabriel Media.

K234CQ/94.7 (Staples), which currently relays KSKK’s Adult Contemporary format, is among the four translators included in the sale to De La Hunt Media and its programming could be switched to a different primary station.