Beat Radio was a unlicensed radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota that played dance music. Founded by local radio DJ Alan Freed in 1996, the station served downtown Minneapolis and surrounding neighborhoods. The station operated for 103 days until it was shut down by the Federal Communications Commission. Beat Radio found an outlet via other mediums and eventually became a nationwide radio network. The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio broadcasting. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant (French: Lets go!) Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The FCCs official seal. ...

History

Freed, who had worked on-air at local stations WWTC, KTCJ (690 AM), KMOJ, KBEM, the now-defunct KMAP (1370 AM) in St. Paul and at WUSL Philadelphia ("Power99"), launched Beat Radio on July 21, 1996 on 97.7 FM with a 20 watt transmitter at 110 feet in downtown Minneapolis. For the next three months, the unauthorized station played non-stop house, and other forms of club music on a signal that covered most of the city and reached into the north, west and southwest suburbs. The station was not licensed and on November 1, 1996, Beat Radio was [silenced] by FCC agents accompanied by US Marshals. The FCC had to defend its action in U.S. District Court as Freed challenged the agency in a legal case that lasted for four years and reached the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. No fines or penalties were levied against Freed or anyone related to the station. WWTC (1280 AM, The Patriot) is a long-standing radio station serving the Twin Cities region. ... KMOJ (89. ... KBEM (88. ... WUSL, known as Power 99 FM, is a mainstream urban radio station, owned by Clear Channel Communications and licensed to Philadelphia. ... July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Baltimore Club, also called Baltimore Breaks, Baltimore house, and Dew Doo Beat, is a genre of House and Dance music. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The FCCs official seal. ... The United States Marshals Service, part of the United States Department of Justice, is the United States oldest federal law enforcement agency. ...

However, this was not the end of Beat Radio. A year later, in November 1997, Beat Radio returned to the air, this time on a licensed frequency, for three hours a week over local community station KFAI (90.3/106.7 FM) on Sunday nights from 2-5AM. Beat Radio also hosted events at local nightclubs, including First Avenue in Minneapolis. Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... KFAI (90. ... First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis First Avenue and 7th Street Entry are a cornerstone of the Midwest music scene, and serve as an historic landmark of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

In another stroke of good fortune, Beat Radio went nationwide when locally-owned, pioneering children's radio network Radio Aahs shut down operations. The network's owner, Children's Broadcasting Corporation, needed programming for its owned and operated AM stations until a buyer could be found. So on February 18, 1998, Beat Radio began airing live from Minneapolis on the ten CBC stations across the United States, in Los Angeles (830), New York (1660), Chicago (930), Denver (1340), Phoenix (740), Ft. Worth/Dallas (1360), Kansas City (1480), Philadelphia (1590), Detroit (1090) and Minneapolis/St. Paul (1280). The national broadcast continued until October 24, 1998, when the sale of the stations to Catholic Family Radio took effect. WWTC (1280 AM, The Patriot) is a long-standing, yet often troubled and unlistened-to radio station serving the Twin Cities region. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Beat Radio returned yet again, less than a year later, on July 24, 1999, when it started airing on KVSC (88.1 FM) from St. Cloud, Minnesota. Heard on the second Saturday of every month from 4-7PM, it aired until December 1999 when Freed joined Grooveradio.com, an early dance music webcaster, in Los Angeles. July 24 is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Independent Public Radio (IPR) is a public radio network in Minnesota. ... St. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

Alan Freed is still heavily involved in the dance music radio format. He is currently programming the BPM channel for XM Satellite Radio. XM 81 BPM is one of the five Dance music channels offered by XM Satellite Radio. ... “XM” redirects here. ...

External link

• Beat Radio