KPNP (1600 AM) was a

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, the station was last owned by Self Retire, Inc. KPNP's studios were located on Brooklyn Boulevard in Minneapolis, while its transmitter was located near

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History

The station went on the air as KWOM on July 5, 1989. On April 12, 2004, the station changed its call sign to KZGX, then to the final KPNP on September 12, 2007. KPNP once broadcast using the

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system. Its license was cancelled on April 2, 2021, as its owners did not renew the station's license.Call Sign History
fcc.gov. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

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