K273BH (102.5 FM, "Hot 102.5") is a

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broadcasting the

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format of the

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subcarrier of

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KTCZ-FM KTCZ-FM (97.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Minneapolis and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market and Western Wisconsin. KTCZ airs a hybrid modern adult contemporary radio format. The station is owned and operated ...

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, it serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area inside the

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. The station is currently owned by

, through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. All the offices and studios are located in St. Louis Park and the transmitter is atop the

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in downtown

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History

In 2010, the translator signed on carrying

KDWB-FM KDWB-FM (101.3 MHz) is an American commercial radio station broadcasting in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, licensed to suburban Richfield. KDWB's radio format is Top 40/CHR. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, while its studios ar ...

's HD2 sub-channel, which aired a

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format known as "The Party Zone." In 2013, this would be dropped for a relay of the

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network, which is also carried on KTCZ-HD2. The relay would move to W225AP (92.9 FM) and K249ED (97.7 FM). On June 5, 2015, at 3 p.m., after stunting for an hour with songs with the word "hot" in the name, KTCZ-HD3/K273BH launched with a classic hip hop format, branded as "Hot 102.5". The format would shift to urban on February 12, 2018, while retaining the "Hot" branding. On August 7, 2019, iHeartMedia subsequently announced its intent to acquire the station outright, citing EMF's discomforts of allowing an urban contemporary format on stations the organization owns. This acquisition was part of a complex swap deal, which would see EMF buying

K244FE K244FE (96.7 FM, "KFAN Plus") is a translator broadcasting the sports talk format of the HD3 subcarrier of iHeartMedia's KQQL. Licensed to Minneapolis' "Calhoun Beach" neighborhood, it serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area inside t ...

. The deal was consummated on March 31, 2020.

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