KQPR first went on the air on August 14, 1989.[3] Sometime in the 1990s, it became a satellite station of KQCL, which originates out of Faribault.
On December 13, 2001, KQPR began broadcasting independently again from its own studios in Albert Lea, its city of license.[4]
On March 29, 2004, KQPR increased its effective radiated power from 5,000 to 25,000 watts.[5]
In August 2018, it was announced that Hometown Broadcasting was selling KQPR to D&Z Media.[6] The official transfer of ownership was effective on January 2, 2019. Operations Manager Reggie Bauer was brought in with the new ownership,[7] having previously worked for KDWA (the other station owned by Massman) as a teenager.
