Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation is a broadcasting company based in St. Paul, Minnesota that was started by Stanley E. Hubbard. It has its origins in the Twin Cities radio station WAMD ("Where All Minneapolis Dances"), which started broadcasting live dance music from a local ballroom on February 13, 1925. It was the first radio station to be completely supportedy by income generated by running advertisements. Hubbard Broadcasting now operates three radio stations as well as several television stations.
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In 1928, WAMD merged with KFOY radio (first broadcast: March 12, 1924) in St. Paul to become KSTP. Ten years later, in 1938, Hubbard bought the first television camera available from RCA. Following the television blackout brought on by World War II, KSTP started television broadcasts in 1948. More recently in the 1980s and '90s, Hubbard Broadcasting attempted an entry into satellite broadcasting and operated U.S. Satellite Broadcasting Company (USSB) for many years.
KSTP is still Hubbard's flagship station, although there are now three different stations that carry that name. KSTP television is affiliated with ABC. KSTP AM broadcasts a talk radio format, and KSTP FM broadcasts adult contemporary music.
After the Federal Communications Commission relaxed rules about television station ownership, Hubbard bought a second television station in the Twin Cities. Originally affiliated with the Home Shopping Network when it started operations in 1994, KVBM channel 45 was bought by Hubbard and began broadcasting as KSTC in 2000. The station is nominally independent (not affiliated with any broadcast network), but it is often used by KSTP to broadcast ABC network programming when channel 5 is broadcasting coverage of local football games and other special shows.
History
List of Hubbard Television Stations
List of Hubbard Radio Stations
References
