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KMKO-FM (95.7 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, broadcasting to the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The station airs an active rock format. The station is rebroadcast in Mankato on translator K269EC 101.7 FM, which provides a stronger signal in the downtown area. History The station went on the air as KQYK on September 29, 2005, with a country format as "The Eagle". On September 26, 2007, the station flipped to active rock as "95.7 The Blaze," with a format and logo similar to that of sister station KIBZ in Lincoln, Nebraska. On February 1, 2012, KQYK changed their call sign to KMKO-FM. On February 20, 2012, at 11am, KMKO-FM switched to a news/talk format, as '' Fake It'' by Seether faded into ''The Jim Rome Show''. The station flipped back to Active Rock as "95-7 The Rock Station" on December 6, 2012. KMKO-FM is owned by Alpha Media (Digity, LLC), through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC, with sister stati ...
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KMKO-FM (95.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the city of license, community of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, broadcasting to the Mankato, Minnesota, Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The station airs an active rock format. The station is rebroadcast in Mankato on broadcast translator, translator K269EC 101.7 FM, which provides a stronger signal in the downtown area. History The station went on the air as KQYK on September 29, 2005, with a country music, country format as "The Eagle". On September 26, 2007, the station flipped to active rock as "95.7 The Blaze," with a format and logo similar to that of sister station KIBZ in Lincoln, Nebraska. On February 1, 2012, KQYK changed their call sign to KMKO-FM. On February 20, 2012, at 11am, KMKO-FM switched to a news/talk format, as ''Fake It (Seether song), Fake It'' by Seether faded into ''The Jim Rome Show''. The station flipped back to Active Rock as "95-7 The Rock Station" on December 6, 2 ...
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KEEZ
KEEZ-FM (99.1 MHz, "Mix 99.1") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Mankato, Minnesota and serving the Minnesota River Valley. The station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format. The station is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC, along with sister stations KYSM-FM, KRBI-FM and KMKO-FM. History The station was granted license on May 15, 1968, as KEYC-FM. The station was started by Lee Enterprises, which also owned KEYC-TV. The station was sold in 1977 to Faribault County Broadcasting Co. for $200,000, principally owned by Paul C. Hedberg and his wife. Burke B. Bartell was General manager until 1980's. The station was a Top 40/ CHR station by the mid-1980s and then shifted to a Hot AC format in the early 1990s. Hedberg Broadcasting sold the station in 1993 to Nolan Broadcast Group. From January 1993 to the fall of 2000, KEEZ was owned and operated by Nolan Broadcast Group. KEEZ was managed by Michael E. Nolan, who along w ...
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KEEZ-FM
KEEZ-FM (99.1 MHz, "Mix 99.1") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Mankato, Minnesota and serving the Minnesota River Valley. The station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format. The station is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC, along with sister stations KYSM-FM, KRBI-FM and KMKO-FM. History The station was granted license on May 15, 1968, as KEYC-FM. The station was started by Lee Enterprises, which also owned KEYC-TV. The station was sold in 1977 to Faribault County Broadcasting Co. for $200,000, principally owned by Paul C. Hedberg and his wife. Burke B. Bartell was General manager until 1980's. The station was a Top 40/ CHR station by the mid-1980s and then shifted to a Hot AC format in the early 1990s. Hedberg Broadcasting sold the station in 1993 to Nolan Broadcast Group. From January 1993 to the fall of 2000, KEEZ was owned and operated by Nolan Broadcast Group. KEEZ was managed by Michael E. Nolan, who along w ...
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KYSM-FM
KYSM-FM (103.5 FM, "Country 103.5") is an American radio station licensed to Mankato and serving the Minnesota River Valley. The station currently airs a country music format. Country 103.5 was purchased by Three Eagles Communications from its previous owner, Clear Channel Communications in August 2007, and then by Digity, LLC on September 12, 2014. Sister stations include KEEZ, KRBI-FM and KMKO-FM KMKO-FM (95.7 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, broadcasting to the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The station airs an active rock format. The station is rebroadcast in Ma .... History KYSM-FM first went on the air January 31, 1948, on 103.5 MHz. John F. Meagher was general manager of the station and its sister station, KYSM. References External linksCountry 103 KYSM-FM official website* Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations in Minnesota Mankato, Minnesota Radio statio ...
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KRBI-FM
KRBI-FM (105.5 FM, "River 105") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of St. Peter, Minnesota and broadcasting to the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. It currently airs a classic hits music format. The station is owned by Alpha Media, LLC, along with KEEZ, KYSM-FM and KMKO-FM. From 1966 until 2000, KRBI-FM simulcast with its AM sister at 1310 AM. In later years, the FM station aired an adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ... format, with a heavy focus on its hometown of St. Peter. After increasing power from 3,000 to 25,000 watts, improving its signal into Mankato and other nearby cities, KRBI-FM flipped to a more regionally focused classic rock format as "River 105" on September 12, 2000. The St. Peter-oriented progr ...
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Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 44,488 according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Minnesota, 21st-largest city in Minnesota, and the 5th-largest outside of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. It is along a large bend of the Minnesota River at its confluence with the Blue Earth River. Mankato is across the Minnesota River from North Mankato, Minnesota, North Mankato. Mankato and North Mankato have a combined population of 58,763 according to the 2020 census. It completely encompasses the town of Skyline, Minnesota, Skyline. North of Mankato Regional Airport, a tiny non-contiguous part of the city lies within Le Sueur County. Most of the city is in Blue Earth County. Mankato is the larger of the two principal cities of the Mankato-North Mankato metropolitan ...
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Radio Stations In Minnesota
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Minnesota, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * Beat Radio * KBJI-LP * KDXL * KFMX * KFNK * KLBB * KMAP * KPNP * KQEP-LP * KQRB * KSJU * WCAL * WEEP References {{Navboxes , title = Minnesota radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{Alex MN radio {{Austin-Albert Lea Radio {{Bemidji radio {{Brainerd radio {{Duluth Radio {{Fargo Radio {{Fergus Falls-Detroit Lakes Radio {{Grand Forks Radio {{International Falls Radio {{Iron Range radio {{La Crosse Radio {{Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter Radio {{Minneapolis-St. Paul Radio {{Rochester MN Radio {{Sioux Falls Radio {{St. Cloud Radio {{Willmar Radio {{Worthington-Marshall Radio Minnesota Radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30& ...
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Lake Crystal, Minnesota
Lake Crystal is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States, established in 1869. The population was 2,539 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Mankato- North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area. History First arrivals In 1853, two families from small towns near Ithaca, New York, left their homes and traveled west. One was 32-year-old William Riley Robinson. In June 1854 Robinson and his companion Lucius O. Hunt traveled from Wisconsin to Blue Earth County. Robinson and Hunt arrived and came upon the three nearby lakes, Loon, Crystal, and Lily, and marveled at their beauty. They returned for their families and headed back to settle in the Lake Crystal area. The families were joined by two other men and their families, Calvin Webb and Samuel Thorne. Robinson and his family settled in a log cabin on the south shore of Crystal Lake, a few feet south of where the Robinson House is today. Hunt and his family settled in a log cabin on the south shore of Lily Lake, where H ...
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KIBZ
KIBZ (104.1 FM, "104.1 The Blaze") is a Lincoln, Nebraska active rock music radio station. Studios are located on Cornhusker Highway in Northeast Lincoln, while its transmitter is located near Cortland. History 104.1 FM signed on in 1976 as KTAP, a local station targeting the Crete area, and originally on 103.9 FM. In 1986 the call letters changed to KBVB. In January 1989, after the station was sold to new owners, KBVB moved to 104.1 FM, relaunched as KKNB, "B104", and began airing a Top 40 (CHR) format, competing with KFRX. In March 1993, it flipped to alternative rock as "The Planet". On June 20, 1996, KKNB shifted to modern AC as "The Point", and would network with its then-sister station KTNP. On November 24, 2000, after three days of stunting, KKNB flipped back to Top 40/CHR as "Kiss 104 FM", and changed call letters to KSLI-FM. On March 17, 2004 KIBZ and its active rock format known as "The Blaze" moved to 104.1 from 106.3 FM. Clear Channel Communications sold KIBZ ...
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The Jim Rome Show
''The Jim Rome Show'' is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 9 a.m. to noon Pacific Time. The show is produced in Los Angeles, syndicated by CBS Sports Radio, and can be heard on affiliate radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. In January 2018, the show began simulcasting on television on CBS Sports Network. History ''The Jim Rome Show'' began on XTRA Sports 690 in San Diego. In 1996, Premiere Radio Networks picked up the program for national syndication. Sometime after, the show was shortened by one hour and the broadcast location was shifted from XTRA Sports 690 to the Premiere Radio Networks studio complex in Sherman Oaks, California. As part of the broadcast deal bringing Rome's TV show to CBS Sports Network, ''The Jim Rome Show'' became a charter program of CBS Sports Radio upon its full launch on January 2, 2013. Show personnel (" The XR4Ti") ' *Tom Di Benedetto, executive producer, call screener since 2021 *Alvin ...
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Seether
Seether are a South African rock band founded in 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether to avoid confusion with the deadly chemical known as sarin gas. Lead vocalist and guitarist Shaun Morgan is the band's longest serving member, bassist Dale Stewart joined shortly after formation while drummer John Humphrey joined them for the band's second album. Since 2018, the band has been employing second guitarist Corey Lowery. Several notable guitarists like Corey's brother Clint and Troy McLawhorn have toured or recorded with the band, however, Shaun has recorded most guitar parts for the band's records. Seether gained mainstream popularity in 2002 with their US Active Rock number one single " Fine Again". Their success was sustained in 2004 with the single " Broken", which peaked at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. They have experienced continue ...
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