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2024 KRJB-KRJM-KKCQ Selection Show Finalists

Presented by Lindfors Insurance Agency with locations in Fosston, Bagley, Clearbrook, Ada, Mahnomen and Fertile, Your Insurance Source. The winners will be chosen as the National Champion and Runner up after the National Championship Game on April 8th. Coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament will air on KKCQ 1480AM/99.7FM

Listen back to the Selection Show here 3-18-24

First place prize from each station
$50 gift card from Brygge Taps & Tastes Detroit Lakes

Second place prize from each station
Mall of America Entertainment prize packages

KRJB Selection Show Finalists

KRJB East Region
Eric Boman Twin Valley  - #1 Uconn
Jake Kroshus Ada #2 Iowa State
Connie Renshaw Ada #3 Illinois
Gloria Sirjord Gary  #5 San Diego State

KRJB West Region
Shawn Roux – Ada  #1 North Carolina
Chad Hitchen – Fertile  #2 Arizona
Tammy Winter – Waubun  #4 Alabama
Jerome Sirjord – Gary  #6 Clemson

KRJB South
Edna Kazeck – Ada #1 Houston 
Mark Potucek – Ada #2 Marquette
Brad Werpy – Ada #4  Duke
Peggy Chisholm – Ulen  #11 NC State

KRJB Midwest
Chris Ellingson – Hawley  #1 Purdue
Andrew Norberg – Ada #2 Tennessee
Bruce Nelson – Ada #3 Creighton
Doug Marcussen – Ada #5 Gonzaga

KRJM Selection Show Finalists

KRJM East Region
Lisa Larson – Bejou  - #1 Uconn
Bruce Winter – Waubun  #2 Iowa State
Jacob Melby – Gonvick  #3 Illinois
Tracy Dunham – Ulen #5 San Diego State

KRJM West Region
Bomber Clark – Ogema #1 North Carolina
Brad Visser - Ada  #2 Arizona
Bill “Salty” Peterson – Waubun   #4 Alabama
Carl Swenson – Borup   #6 Clemson

KRJM South
Julia Johnson – Halstad  #1 Houston 
Ryan Opdahl - Beltrami #2 Marquette
Erin Ellingson – Hawley  #4  Duke
Brenda Merkens - Ada  #11 NC State

KRJM Midwest
Gerard “Rardy” Spaeth - Ada  #1 Purdue
Kathy Clark – Ogema  #2 Tennessee
Bob Larson – Bejou  #3 Creighton
Chad Gent - Mahnomen #5 Gonzaga

KKCQ Selection Show

KKCQ East Region
Pat Wolfe (Fosston) #1 UConn
Dusty Caspers (Bagley) #2 Iowa State
Hazel Trogstad (Fosston) #3 Illinois
Dean Anderson (Fosston) #5 San Diego State

KKCQ West Region
Lora Lee O'Keefe (Fosston) #1 North Carolina
Kent Kirsch (Mahnomen) #2 Arizona
Angie Peterson (Gully) #4 Alabama
Jeramie Pearce (Fosston) #6 Clemson

KKCQ South Region
Darrin Forrest (Fertile) #1 Houston
Tyler Nyland (Gully) #2 Marquette
Ross Roragen (Erskine) #4 Duke
Janelle Walstad (Oklee)  #11 NC State

KKCQ Midwest Region
Gladys Luecken (Bagley) #1 Purdue
Nick Walk (Mentor) #2 Tennessee
Lori Theis (Fosston(  #3 Creighton
Liza Nelson (Fosston ) #5 Gonzaga

“Valentines for Vets and First Responders” Contest 2025

R & J Broadcasting Inc. would like to honor and say THANK YOU to our area veterans and first responders. To help us with that, starting Monday, February 3rd, 2025, please email a nomination of a special veteran or first responder in your life to: contest@rjbroadcasting.com by 12 noon on February 13th, 2025. We will randomly pick a few of those veterans and first responders to win special Valentine’s Day prizes from our sponsors. Thanks to: Garrison VFW; Crow Wing Food Coop, Brainerd; Bliss Salon & Boutique, Pequot Lakes; Rob Mueller Electric, Brained; Hugo's Family Marketplace, Pine River; Station 371, Pine River; KC's Saloon, Pillager; Corral Auto, Brainerd; Ganley's Restaurant, Nisswa; Schaefer's Foods, Nisswa; Reed's Market, Crosslake; Cub Foods, Brainerd/Baxter; Wicheks Flooring and More, Little Falls; and The Blue Oyster, Brainerd.

Winning emails will be announced Friday morning, February 14th, 2025 at 7:20 on the Wake the Lakes Morning Show. One nomination per household, please.

“Sweet Stuff for Your Sweetheart” Contest 2025

Starting Monday, February 3rd, 2025, we will be giving away a different Valentine themed prize each day on the Wake the Lakes Morning Show available through our participating sponsors. Be caller six when we tell you at 218-828-9994 around 7:20 each of those weekday mornings to win! Must be 21 or older to participate, one winner per family per household per 30 days.

“12 Days of Christmas” Contest 2024

The Wake the Lakes Morning Show is celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas with 13 chances to win! Starting Wednesday, December 4th, you have a chance to win $50 cash each hour from 6 to 9 on the Wake the Lakes Morning Show. When you hear the designated Christmas sounder each hour, be caller six and you’ll win $50 bucks. This will continue for the first twelve days each morning on the Wake the Lakes Morning Show through Thursday, December 19th. Then, on the 13th day, Friday, December 20th at 7:20am, we’ll put all the previous 12 Days of Christmas 50 dollar winners into a Grand Prize drawing to win over $800 in prizes. Not only will you qualify for the 13th Day Grand Prize as a previous $50 cash winner, you will automatically be added to the list WHENEVER you win anything on the Wake the Lakes Morning Show during the first 12 Days of Christmas. A name will be randomly drawn from all qualifiers and announced on the air. That person will have 100 seconds to call the station at 218-828-9994 to verify they were listening. If they do, they WIN! If not, we’ll draw another name and repeat until we have a winner! Thanks to all our sponsors including Tanner Motors, Brainerd and Thielen Meats, Little Falls. Entrants must be 21 or older to qualify with one $50 cash winner per household.

“High/Low Cash Game” Contest 2024

Starting Monday, September 9th, 2024, Guess the right amount of money in the “High/Low Cash Game”…and it’s yours! Once an hour at 6:20, 7:20 and 8:20, be caller SIX when we tell you to call in at those times each weekday morning on the “Wake the Lakes” Morning Show for your chance to correctly guess the predetermined cash amount in our jackpot. When the caller guesses an amount of money, the announcer will say either, “Too high” or “Too low” to reveal the direction of the amount the next designated caller should guess to get closer to the cash jackpot. Guess as many times as you like as long as you’re caller number 6. If you guess the exact amount in our cash jackpot, the money is yours!  The High/Low Cash Game is brought to you by: 371 Furniture, Brainerd; Tanner Motors, Brainerd; Tyke's Carpet Castle, Brainerd; North Country Plumbing and Heating, Crosslake; Schaefer's Foods, Nisswa; Beimert Outdoors, Pillager; Yde's Major Appliance, Brainerd; Yesterday's Gone, Brainerd; Crow Wing Power; The Good Village, Brainerd; Southside Express, Brainerd; Party World's Be Bold Balloons, Baxter; Bliss Salon & Boutique, Pequot Lakes; Station 371, Pine River; Pine River Family Market; Patrick's Cedar Chest, Crosslake; Cub Foods Brainerd & Baxter; SNK Car Wash & Oil Change, Nisswa; Crow Wing Food Co-Op, Brainerd; KC's Saloon , Pillager and Corral Auto, Brainerd. R & J Broadcasting has a total amount of money designated to be used for the “High/Low Cash Game.” It will be the station’s discretion to split up that amount in various amounts once a cash jackpot has been given away, which means we will have multiple cash winners in this contest. One winner per household.

Fall Medallion – Week 5 Clue 3

Clue number three, where could it be? Can you find it on the eve of the holiday Halloween?

Fall Medallion – Week 5 Clue 2

A clue! A clue! This one is new!

Fall Medallion – Week 5 Clue 1

New Week! New Clues!

Fall Medallion – Week 4 Clue 3&4

BOO! It's a clue, and there's two!

Clue 4:

Fall Medallion – Week 4 Clues 1&2

Looking for clues? Here is two. Clue 1 and Clue 2, just for you:

Clue 2:

Fall Medallion – Week 3 Clue 4

Congratulations to Joseph Dunbar who found the Medallion Wednesday afternoon! You can still try to guess where this week's medallion was hidden.

Here's Clue number four, let's look some more!

Fall Medallion – Week 3 Clue 3

Clue number 3, we're halfway there. Where could it be? It can be anywhere.

Fall Medallion – Week 3 Clue 1

It's a new week of clues, have you heard the news? This here clue is just for you:

Fall Medallion – Week 2 Final Clue

One final clue, to wrap up Week 2:

Fall Medallion – Week 2 Clue 4

The Medallion has been found! The winners sniffed it out like a hound, so they get the dinner. Congrats to the winner, can you guess where where it came to be possessed? Here's the clue: