This is the Minneapolis - St. Paul section of 
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 8/24/08

Minneapolis - St. Paul  is  16th radio market.

We invite you to visit, enjoy, even share some history with us.

WCCO History - by Mark Durenberger
WCCO Tour - by Mark Durenberger

 

Minneapolis - St. Paul 1922:

AM

750 WCCO 500 W News/Talk Cutting and Washington Radio Corp

 

Minneapolis 1938:
AM 

760 WLB 5 kW, Daytime (SH-WCAL)   University of MN
810 WCCO 50 kW News/Talk CBS, Inc.
1180 WDGY 5/1 kW   George W. Young
1250 WTCN 5/1 kW   Minnesota Broadcasting Corp.
1370 WMIN 250/100 W   WMIN Broadcasting Co.
1460 KSTP 50 kW   National Battery Broadcasting Co.

Minneapolis 2008:
AM

calls/locality kHz Power (Watts) # Towers Mode Format Owner Notes
WDGY Hudson 630 1000 D 2500 N 3D 3N DA-2 Mexican Borgen app to raise D power to 2.5kw
WMIN Hudson 740 2500 D 3 DA  Oldies Borgen  
KUOM Minneapolis 770 5000 D 1 NDA College Uminn  
WCCO Minneapolis 830 50000 1 NDA News/talk CBS Class A,  Wild
KTIS Minneapolis 900 25000 D 300 N 4D 4N DA-2 Christian Northwestern Coll
  CP 50000 D 500 N 4D 4N DA-2      
KKMS  Richfield 980 5000 4 DA-1 Religious Salem Numerous cps to move to Eagan
WCTS Maplewood 1030 50000 D 1000 N 2D 5N DA-2 Religious CBT Seminary  
KFAN Minneapolis 1130 50000 D 25000 N 6D 9N DA-2 Sports Clear Channel Vikings, Was WDGY
KLBB Stillwater 1220 5000 D 254 N 1 NDA Standards Smith  
WWTC Minneapolis 1280 5000 1D 4N DA-N Talk Salem  
WLOL Minneapolis 1330 9700 D 5100 N 3D 3N DA-2 Religious Starboard  
KDIZ Golden Valley 1440 5000 D 500 N 1D 3N DA-N Childrens Disney/ABC Was KQRS
KRJJ Brooklyn Park 1470 5000 3D 3N DA-2 Gospel Davidson Media  
KSTP St. Paul 1500 50000 1D 3N DA-N Talk Hubbard Class A, Twins
KQSP Shakopee 1530 8600 D 10 N 2D 2N DA-2 Spanish Broadcast one Was KKCM
KYCR Golden Valley 1570 3800 D 230 N 1 NDA Talk Salem  

FM 2008:

CALLS-Locality MHz ERP watts HAAT meters Format HD2       HD3 Owner
KBEM Minneapolis 88.5 2150 113 Jazz     Minneapolis BOE
KCMP Northfield 89.3 100000 B 234 Public/Eclectic Kids   Minnesota Public
KNOW Minn-St.Paul 91.1 100000 400 Public/Newstalk BBC BBC Mundo Minnesota Public
KQRS Golden Valley 92.5 100000 315 Classic Rock Blues   Citadel
KXXR Minneapolis 93.7 100000 315 Active Rock Comedy   Citadel
KSTP St. Paul 94.5 100000 B 372 Hot AC     Hubbard
KNOF St. Paul 95.3 6000 76 Gospel     North Central U
KTTB Glencoe 96.3 100000 176 Hip Hop     Northern Lights
KTCZ Minneapolis 97.1 100000 315 AAA Acoustic   Clear Channel
KTIS Minneapolis 98.5 100000 315 Christian AC  Christian Pop Inspiration Northwestern College
KSJN Minneapolis 99.5 100000 315 Classical Jazz KNOW 91.1 Minnesota Public
KTLK Minneapolis 100.3 100000 B 281 News/talk Classic Country KFAN-AM Clear Channel
KDWB Richfield 101.3 100000 315 Top 40 Rythmic/dance   Clear Channel
KEEY St. Paul 102.1 100000 315 Country New Country   Clear Channel
WLTE Minneapolis 102.9 100000 315 AC  WCCO-AM   CBS
KZJK St.Louis Pk 104.1 100000 315 Adult Hits Smooth Jazz   CBS
WGVZ Eden Prairie 105.7 6000 73 Soft AC     Citadel (105.1/105.3)
KLCI Elk River 106.1 9100 164 Country     Milestone
WFMP Coon Rapids 107.1 22000 179 Talk     Hubbard
KQQL Anoka 107.9 100000 B 333 Classic Hits 80's   Clear Channel

Thanks to Jeffrey.P.Bottalico for his help on this page.