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KUAL-FM

Brainerd, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Brainerd micropolitan area
Frequency	103.5 MHz
Branding	Cool 103.5
Programming
Format	Oldies; classic hits
Affiliations	ABC News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One Minnesota Twins
Ownership
Owner	Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. (HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC)
Sister stations	KVBR, KLIZ, KBLB, WJJY-FM
History
First air date	1994 (1994) (as KABD)
Former call signs	KABD-FM (6/1994-8/1994) KABD (1994–1996) KFGI (1996–2004)
Call sign meaning	sounds similar to the word "Cool"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60495
Class	C3
ERP	20,000 watts
HAAT	85 meters (279 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°19′56.00″N 94°10′26.00″W / 46.3322222°N 94.1738889°W / 46.3322222; -94.1738889
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.cool1035.com

KUAL-FM (103.5 MHz; "Cool 103.5") is a radio station licensed to Brainerd, Minnesota, United States. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. and the broadcast license is held by HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC. KUAL broadcasts an oldies/classic hits format. During the holiday season, the station broadcasts holiday music along with the program "This Was Christmas".

KUAL is a sister station to KVBR 1340 (business news/talk), KLIZ 1380 (sports), KBLB 93.3 (country), WJJY-FM 106.7 (adult contemporary), and KLIZ-FM 107.5 (classic rock). All are located in a brand new modern broadcast facility located at 13225 Dogwood Drive, Baxter.

History

KUAL previously aired a country music format as KFGI "Froggy 103.5". In or around 2004, KFGI flipped to its current oldies format, branded as "Cool 103.5, Good Time Oldies", under the new call sign KUAL.

Hubbard Broadcasting announced on November 13, 2014, that it would purchase the Omni Broadcasting stations, including KUAL-FM. The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.

In recent years, KUAL has shifted away from a 1950s and 1960s-centered oldies format more towards a classic hits-leaning 1960s and 1970s oldies format. To reflect these changes, KUAL dropped the "Good Time Oldies" slogan and adopted "The Lakes Greatest Hits" as its new slogan. Sister station KULO in Alexandria, which closely resembled KUAL format wise, made a similar move, but shifted more towards a 1980s-centered classic hits format.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for KUAL-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "KUAL-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
3. "Hubbard Picks up 16 Stations From Omni". Radio Ink. November 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
4. "Hubbard Closes on 16 MN Stations from Omni". Radio Online. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

External links

• COOL 103.5 official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 60495 (KUAL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KUAL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

• Radio stations in Minnesota
• Oldies radio stations in the United States
• Radio stations established in 1994
• Hubbard Broadcasting
• Brainerd, Minnesota
• 1994 establishments in Minnesota