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Encyclopedia > KQRS
KQRS
Current KQRS logo
City of license Golden Valley, Minnesota
Broadcast area Minneapolis-St. Paul
Branding 92 KQRS
Slogan Minnesota's Classic Rock
First air date 1969
Frequency 92.5 FM (MHz)
92.5-2 FM KQRS2 Blues (HD Radio)
Format Commercial; Classic rock
Power 100,000 watts
Class C
Callsign meaning Quality Radio Station
Owner Disney/ABC
Sister stations KDIZ, KQRS, KXXR, WGVX
Webcast Listen Live!
Website http://www.92kqrs.com/
KQRS Billboard
KQRS Billboard

KQRS (92.5 FM, KQ92 or 92 KQRS) is one of the most popular radio stations in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, and primarily broadcasts a classic rock format. Image File history File links Logo for KQRS. From [1] [2] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Golden Valley is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. ... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... In most of the world, the FM broadcast band, used for broadcasting FM radio stations, goes from 87. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... The HD Radio Logo HD Radio is the brand name of a method of digital transmission of audio on the FM and AM radio bands. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Commercial Radio Hong Kong is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting company in Hong Kong (the other being Metro Radio). ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-1980s. ... Nominal power is a measurement of a mediumwave radio stations output used in the United States. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... ABC Radio is a division of the American Broadcasting Company focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting. ... In broadcasting, sister stations are broadcast stations owned by the same company. ... KQRS (92. ... KXXR (93X, 93. ... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... The word webcast is derived from web and broadcast. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2160x1440, 317 KB) Summary I took this picture on September 2, 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2160x1440, 317 KB) Summary I took this picture on September 2, 2005. ... In most of the world, the FM broadcast band, used for broadcasting FM radio stations, goes from 87. ... 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. ... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-1980s. ...


KQRS, whose call letters stand for Quality Radio Station, is known as the station that finally unseated legendary area broadcaster WCCO 830 AM from the top ratings spot, with help from a popular morning show hosted by Tom Barnard. Barnard and the KQ Morning Show also were successful in holding the top rating spot when Howard Stern made his debut on the Twin Cities airwaves in 1997. Stern only lasted until mid-1999 in Minneapolis as his ratings brought him to the number two position in morning drive time, but the station that carried the show, WRQC, had poor ratings during the rest of the day, leading to the dropping of Stern and a format change. WCCO is a radio station with a storied history spanning more than 80 years that serves the Minneapolis-St. ... Tom Barnard (previously on-air as Cat Man) is a radio talk show host. ... For the former personal attorney and partner of Anna Nicole Smith, see Howard K. Stern. ... KTLK (100. ...


The station is owned by Disney, which owns a few other outlets in the area, including "93X" (KXXR) 93.7 FM, "Drive 105" 105.1/5/7 FM, and KDIZ 1440 AM. Its main transmitter is located on the KMSP Tower in Shoreview, Minnesota, with backup facilities atop the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... KXXR (93X, 93. ... Drive 105 is a radio station (arguably, a tiny radio network) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... KQRS (92. ... KMSP TV Tower is a 446. ... Shoreview is a city located in Ramsey County, Minnesota. ... Opened in 1974, the IDS Center (or IDS Tower; in its first years its name was officially spelled IDS Centre; at the time the europeanism was supposed to reflect the towers role in catapulting Minneapolis into its present status as a world-class city) is the tallest building in... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant (French: Lets go!) Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ...

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History

The original call letters were KADM, and they were co-owned with sister AM station KEVE (as in "Adam and Eve"). Eventually, the call letters for both stations became KQRS. The KQRS call sign stayed with 1440 AM until 1996, when that frequency changed over to become part of Radio Disney, with a children's format (see KDIZ). In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Radio Disney is a radio network based in Dallas, Texas in the United States broadcasting music and other content targeted at children and young teenagers. ... KQRS (92. ...


Initially, the station programmed a younger-leaning beautiful music/soft rock format. In the summer of 1968, they started experimenting with freeform progressive rock in the late night hours. It became popular, and by the end of the year, this became the KQRS' primary format. Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM / EZ) is a mostly-instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s. ... Soft rock, also referred to as light rock or easy rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work or when driving. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Freeform, or freeform radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ...


By 1977, the freeform rock would give way to a tightly programmed rock approach, courtesy of radio consultants Burkhart/Abrams and their "Superstars" format, which was essentially just the hits from album oriented rock. Loyal KQ92 listeners were very unhappy when this happened. This approach continued into 1986, with respectable, if not spectacular ratings, when KQRS signed a new consultant, Jacobs Media and evolved into its present day classic rock-leaning approach. That, coupled with its massively popular morning show, elevated KQRS to the top of the ratings. A consultant is a professional that provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise such as accountancy, information technology, the law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance or more esoteric areas of knowledge, for example engineering and scientific specialties such as materials science, instrumentation, avionics, and stress analysis. ... Album Oriented Rock, abbreviated AOR, was originally an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock music artists rather than singles releases. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jacobs Media is a suburban Detroit media consulting firm. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-1980s. ...


93.7, then known as KRXX (and "93X"), was purchased by then-owners Capital Cities-ABC in the Spring of 1994 and became an alternative/post-progressive rock station (KEGE, "The Edge"). It primarily competed with the growing "Rev 105," though KQRS' owners purchased that station in 1997. It went through several incarnations before becoming known as "Drive 105." On 8 May 2007, Drive 105 became "Love 105." The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Progressive rock is a radio station programming format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s, in which the disc jockeys are given wide lattitude in what they may play, similar to the freeform format but with the proviso that some kind of rock music is almost always what is... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


With the three stations, Disney has created what many in the industry refer to as the "wall of rock". It's easy to say that Disney dominates rock music in the Twin Cities, and uses 93X and Drive 105 as 'flankers' to ward off competitors trying to knock off the cash cow known as KQRS. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


KQRS has been programmed by veteran DJ Dave Hamilton for about 20 years. His airstaff has remained the same line up for years as well. Tom Barnard and Terri Traen ("Trainy") in the morning (as well as others such as Pioneer Press sports collumnist Bob "Sanny" Sansevere, Mike "Stretch" Gelfand, Phillip "Philly Dawg" Wise, Bryce, Brian Zepp, and Channel 9 news personality Jeff Passolt); Wally Walker-middays; Ray Erick-afternoons and Lisa Miller-evenings and imaging voice of the station. David Hamilton was born David Pilditch in Manchester, on September 10, 1938. ... Tom Barnard (previously on-air as Cat Man) is a radio talk show host. ... Phillip Vaughn Wise (born April 25, 1949 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American Football Defensive Back who currently played for the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings. ... KMSP-TV (FOX9) is a broadcast television station serving the Twin Cities market of Minnesota and western Wisconsin in the United States, broadcasting on channel 9 (26 digital). ...


Former on-air personality Tony Lee did many bits and parody songs but quit due to differences. Barnard is notorious for not allowing the names of former on-air personalities to be mentioned once they exit the station; loyal listeners were surprised when one day Tony Lee wasn't on the air with the rest of the crew (no explanation of his departure, no mention of his name since). The morning show has become less humor-oriented and more news-oriented since Lee's departure; KQRS "compilation" CDs (most of which proved the morning show to mainly be a vehicle for Tony Lee's bits, skits and songs) from past years bear this out.


In May 2005, KQRS began offering podcasts of its popular morning show through the station's website. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21... An orange square with waves indicates that an RSS feed is present on a web page. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ...


Pop culture

In the 1996 Christmas-themed movie Jingle All the Way, the character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger calls KQRS in an effort to win a rare toy doll for his child. The character gets through and answers the question correctly, but finds out that he wins only a gift certificate. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): ) (born on July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and an American politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. ... Look up doll in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Scrip is any substitute for currency, which is not legal tender. ...


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References

  • Diane Richard (November 8, 1996). Disney plans to invade Children's radio turf. The Business Journal (Minneapolis/St. Paul edition).
  • (April 26, 2004). Radio Aahs receives $12 million payment from ABC, Disney. The Business Journal (Minneapolis/St. Paul edition).
  • Scott Carlson (March 12, 1997). The music stops for alternative station REV 105. Minnesota Daily.
  • (May 14, 2005). On the Air: Mei Young moves to 105. Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
  • Amy Carlson Gustafson (May 17, 2005). Radio roundup: KQ goes pod wild. Saint Paul Pioneer Press.


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FM radio stations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market (Arbitron #16)

By Frequency: 88.5 | 89.3 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 94.5 | 95.3 | 95.9 | 96.3 | 97.1 | 98.5 | 99.5 | 99.9 | 100.3 | 100.7 | 101.3 | 102.1 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 104.1 | 105.1 | 105.3 | 105.7 | 106.1 | 106.5 (day/night) | 106.7 | 107.1 | 107.5 | 107.9 FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... KBEM (88. ... 89. ... KMOJ (89. ... KFAI (90. ... K-LOVE is a Christian music radio network in the United States, operated by the non-profit EMF Broadcasting. ... KNOW (91. ... Refuge Radio, also known as The Refuge, is a regional Christian radio network based in Duluth, Minnesota. ... WMCN (91. ... K-LOVE redirects here. ... KXXR (93X, 93. ... KSTP-FM is a radio station with studios in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ... KNOF (95. ... WLKX (95. ... KTTB is a radio station in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, 96. ... Cities 97 (KTCZ 97. ... KTIS is the name of two Christian radio stations in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, AM 900 and 98. ... KSJN (99. ... K-LOVE redirects here. ... KTLK (100. ... 770 Radio K (KUOM), Real College Radio, is a college radio station operated by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ... KDWB (101. ... K102 (KEEY 102. ... WLTE (Lite FM, 102. ... K-LOVE redirects here. ... KZJK (104. ... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... KLCI 106. ... KDXL is a student operated radio station at St. ... 770 Radio K (KUOM), Real College Radio, is a college radio station operated by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ... KFAI (90. ... WFMP (107. ... KGBY (107. ... Kool 108 (KQQL 107. ...


By Callsign: KBEM | KBGY | KCMP | KDWB | KDXL | KEEY | KFAI | KLCI | KMOJ | KNOF | KNOW | KQQL | KQRS | KSJN | KSTP | KTCZ | KTIS | KTLK | KTTB | KUOM | KXXR | KZJK | K214DF | K218DK | K260BA | K279AZ | WFMP | WMCN | WGVX | WGVY | WGVZ | WLKX | WLTE | W227BF | W264BR Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... KBEM (88. ... KGBY (107. ... 89. ... KDWB (101. ... KDXL is a student operated radio station at St. ... K102 (KEEY 102. ... KFAI (90. ... KLCI 106. ... KMOJ (89. ... KNOF (95. ... KNOW (91. ... Kool 108 (KQQL 107. ... KSJN (99. ... KSTP-FM is a radio station with studios in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ... Cities 97 (KTCZ 97. ... KTIS is the name of two Christian radio stations in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, AM 900 and 98. ... KTLK (100. ... KTTB is a radio station in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, 96. ... 770 Radio K (KUOM), Real College Radio, is a college radio station operated by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ... KXXR (93X, 93. ... KZJK (104. ... K-LOVE is a Christian music radio network in the United States, operated by the non-profit EMF Broadcasting. ... Refuge Radio, also known as The Refuge, is a regional Christian radio network based in Duluth, Minnesota. ... K-LOVE redirects here. ... K-LOVE redirects here. ... WFMP (107. ... WMCN (91. ... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... Drive 105 is an alternative rock radio station (with multiple transmitters) serving the Minneapolis-St. ... WLKX (95. ... WLTE (Lite FM, 102. ... K-LOVE redirects here. ... 770 Radio K (KUOM), Real College Radio, is a college radio station operated by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. ...


Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 219 XM redirects here. ...


See also: MSP (FM) (AM)

Minnesota Radio Markets
Bemidji  · Duluth-Superior AM/FM  · Fargo-Moorhead AM/FM  · Grand Forks (ND) AM/FM  · La Crosse (WI)  · Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter  · Minneapolis-St. Paul AM/FM  · Rochester AM/FM  · St. Cloud
See also: List of United States radio markets

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