# WBKK

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For the New York radio station formerly known as WBKK, see [WEXT](/source/WEXT). For the airport with ICAO code WBKK, see [Kota Kinabalu International Airport](/source/Kota_Kinabalu_International_Airport).

**WBKK** (820 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is a [radio station](/source/Radio_station) licensed to [Wilton, Minnesota](/source/Wilton,_Minnesota), serving the [Bemidji](/source/Bemidji) market area. The station airs a [Catholic](/source/Catholic) [talk](/source/Christian_talk_and_teaching) format as an [owned and operated](/source/Owned-and-operated_station) affiliate of [Real Presence Radio](/source/Real_Presence_Radio).

Its 10,000 watt transmitter and towers are located south of [Bemidji](/source/Bemidji), on Trout Haven Road, near [Lake Plantagenet](/source/Lake_Plantagenet).

The station was assigned the WBKK call letters by the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) on May 14, [2008](/source/2008_in_radio).[1]

## FM translator

On June 8, 2018, [Real Presence Radio](/source/Real_Presence_Radio) bought a [construction permit](/source/Construction_permit) for 98.7 MHz, suggesting an FM translator would be operating soon. The translator, K254DJ, received its broadcast license on December 14, 2021.

## History

It debuted in October 2012, with a mostly [news-talk](/source/News-talk) format. The station aired [CBS Radio News](/source/CBS_Radio_News), local news and weather reports. Syndicated talk shows, including [Laura Ingraham](/source/Laura_Ingraham), The Common Sense Club (radio talk show from [Fargo, North Dakota](/source/Fargo,_North_Dakota)), and [Jason Lewis](/source/Jason_Lewis_(congressman)) were weekday features. Locally originated [oldies](/source/Oldies) were broadcast on the weekends. The station was originally owned by [De La Hunt Broadcasting](/source/De_La_Hunt_Broadcasting) of [Park Rapids, Minnesota](/source/Park_Rapids,_Minnesota), and licensed to Edward De la Hunt, Sr. The station was sold to Real Presence Radio of Grand Forks, ND effective October 19, 2015, at a purchase price of $225,000.

## References

1. ["Call Sign History"](http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=160559&Callsign=WBKK). *FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database*

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