KLBB (AM)

KLBB
City Stillwater, Minnesota
Branding Club 1220, KLBB
Frequency 1220 kHz
First air date March 1949 (as WSHB)
Format Silent (was Adult Standards)
Power 5,000 watts daytime
254 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 60646
Callsign meaning CLUB or KLUB
Former callsigns WSHB (1949-1955)
WAVN (1955-1983)
WVLE (1983-1985)
WTCN (1985-1993)
WIMN (1993-1997)
WEZU (1997-2003)
WMGT (2003-2006)
Owner Dan Smith
(Endurance Broadcasting, LLC)
Website klbbradio.com

KLBB (1220 AM) was a full-time radio station licensed to Stillwater, Minnesota, serving the eastern suburban Twin Cities area and western-central Wisconsin. It was locally and independently owned by Dan & Gretchen Smith. Known as “Club 12-20,” KLBB played adult standards and classic hits. It was the Twin Cities affiliate of the Green Bay Packers Radio Network. Other programming included “The Wolf Brewing All Request and Dedication Show with Stan Turner,” “The Morning Show with Jeff Petersen,” and was the flagship station for Saint Paul Saints Baseball and Stillwater Ponies Football.

The studios and transmitter were located in Stillwater, Minnesota, and the daytime signal area covered the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul as well as portions of western Wisconsin.

KLBB had news updates at top of hour from Fox News, Minnesota Network News, the KLBB News Desk as well as local weather from Weatherology at the top of the hour. KLBB’s local news featured news from the eastern Twin Cities area and western Wisconsin.

KLBB was also an affiliate of America’s Best Music, which features adult standards from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Harry Connick, Jr., and Michael Bublé as well as classics from The Beatles to contemporary music from such artists as Celine Dion.

On weekends, KLBB aired programs such as “The Stan Turner Show,” “Flashback Twin Cities with Tom Oszman,” “The Sounds of Sinatra,” “Shake Rattle Showtime,” “Martini Mix with Mike Martin” and “Live from St. Andrew’s,“ a live broadcast of the worship service from St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.

KLBB also included national and local features such as “The Osgood File,” “Bill Scott’s Titletown Report,” “Rudy Maxa’s Travel Minute,” “Community Calendar,” “Here’s What’s Happening in the Saint Croix Valley” and “Success Journal.”

For over 25 years, KLBB featured special deals from local businesses on “The Super Saver” show.

Signing on in 1949, the 1220 AM frequency had a series of call letters including: WSHB (1949 sign-on to 1955), WAVN (1955-1983), WVLE (1983-1985), WTCN (1985-1993), WIMN (1993-1/1/1997) and WEZU (1/1/1997-2003). WMGT "The Mighty 12-20" (2003-2006), KLBB (2006-2018).

Many noted personalities worked at 1220 AM, including: Ralph Jon Fritz, Steve Cannon, and others.

KLBB ceased broadcasting at 11:59 PM (CT) on March 31, 2018. The 3.6 acres of land in Stillwater which was the location of the station's radio tower had been sold to Ecumen. The announcement of the station's demise was made a month prior on February 28.[1] KLBB concluded its final broadcast with a message from station owner Dan Smith, followed by the Frank Sinatra song, “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)”.

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References

  1. ↑ Divine, Mary. "Stillwater hyper-local radio station KLBB-AM to go off air March 31," Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Retrieved February 28, 2018

Coordinates: 45°03′15″N 92°49′42″W / 45.05417°N 92.82833°W / 45.05417; -92.82833

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