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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KBGY
| above            = Simulcasting [[KLCI]] [[Elk River, Minnesota|Elk River]]
| logo             = KLCI_KBGY_KDDG Logo.png
| city             = [[Faribault, Minnesota]]
| area             =
| branding         = ''BOB Total Country''
| frequency        = 107.5 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = [[2001 in radio|2001]]
| format           = [[Classic country]]
| erp              = 48,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|120|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = C2
| facility_id      = 84475
| callsign_meaning = 
| former_callsigns = 
| owner            = Dennis and Lucas Carpenter
| licensee         = Carpenter Broadcasting LLC
| affiliations     = [[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[Westwood One]]
| sister_stations  = [[KLCI]], [[WLKX-FM]], [[WQPM]]
| webcast          = [https://v7player.wostreaming.net/2956 Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.mybobcountry.com/ mybobcountry.com] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

[[image:KBGY.jpg|thumb|right|Logo with former format]]
'''KBGY''' (107.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] "[[Bob FM]]") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Faribault, Minnesota]], with a signal that reaches [[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]], [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]] and the southern suburbs of the [[Minneapolis-St. Paul|Twin Cities]]. It [[simulcast]]s a [[classic country]] [[radio format]] along with 106.1 [[KLCI]] [[Elk River, Minnesota|Elk River]] and 105.5 [[KDDG]] [[Albany, Minnesota|Albany]]. KBGY is owned by Dennis and Lucas Carpenter, through licensee Carpenter Broadcasting LLC.

==History==
The station [[sign-on|signed on]] in [[2001 in radio|2001]]. After receiving its license, KBGY aired a simulcast of the [[Christian Contemporary]] music programming of 95.9 [[WLKX]] [[Forest Lake, Minnesota|Forest Lake]] ("Spirit FM").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianradio.com/stations/?state=MN|title=Christian Radio Stations in Minnesota|work=[[Salem Media Group]]}}</ref>

In late [[2004 in radio|2004]], KBGY was leased to a radio group which flipped the station's format to [[Spanish language]] [[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hits]], the first such station on FM in Minnesota. The station aired Spanish-language broadcasts of select [[Minnesota Twins]] games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0105.html|title=Broadcasting News - January 2015|work=NorthPine.com|author=Jon Ellis|date=January 2005}}</ref>

On August 4, 2006, the NBA announced that twelve [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] basketball games during the 2006–07 season would air on KBGY in [[Spanish-language|Spanish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/la_mera_buena_release_060112_rd.html|work=[[Minnesota Timberwolves]]|publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]|title=Timberwolves Announce Landmark Partnership|date=March 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107165319/https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/la_mera_buena_release_060112_rd.html |archive-date=2007-01-07 }}</ref>

KBGY also carries the [[Minnesota Lynx]], [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] team games along with its sister stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/lynx/news/Lynx_deal_bobfm_24_5.html|title=Lynx Announce BOB FM 106.1 Will Carry All Regular Season Games|work=Women's National Basketball Association}}</ref>

KBGY was also a secondary outlet for [[Minnesota Wild]] [[ice hockey|hockey]] games, when pre-empted by Wild [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] [[WCCO (AM)|WCCO]] [[830 AM]]. These games, however, were in English.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hockeywilderness.com/news-rumors/minnesota-wild/wild-have-largest-radio-network-in-the-nhl-r1342|title=Wild Have Largest Radio Network in the NHL|work=HockeyWilderness.com|date=February 16, 2019|author=Bryan Reynolds}}</ref>
The Wild are now on [[KFXN-FM]] 100.3&nbsp;MHz in Minneapolis.

In January 2008, KBGY started simulcasting the morning show from KLCI 106.1 in Elk River, MN, and KDDG 105.5 in Albany, MN. The rest of the day, KBGY had separate programming. In 2015, KBGY started simulcasting KLCI and KDDG full-time, with all three stations calling themselves "[[Bob FM]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echopress.com/business/bob-fm-increases-signal-to-include-alexandria|work=Alexandria Echo Press|date=March 3, 2016|title=BOB FM increases signal to include Alexandria}}</ref>
In 2022, BOB-FM added a simulcast on [[WLKX-FM]] 95.9 in [[Forest Lake, Minnesota|Forest Lake]], and [[WQPM]] 1300 in [[Princeton, Minnesota|Princeton]] (with its translator on 107.5), effectively bringing the network to six stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://northpine.com/2022/02/13/bob-fm-adds-several-more-north-twin-cities-metro-signals|title=Bob FM Adds Several More North Twin Cities Metro Signals|date=February 13, 2022|work=NorthPine.com|author=Jon Ellis}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mybobcountry.com/ KBGY official website]
{{FM station data|84475|KBGY}}

{{Minneapolis-St. Paul Radio}}
{{Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Minnesota}}
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[[Category:Classic country radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Minnesota]]


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