KNXR

KNXR (97.5 FM) is an FM radio station in Rochester, Minnesota. The station's transmitter site and 1,040 foot tower are located directly east of Rochester, off County Highway 119. With the station broadcasting at 100,000 watts [1] and with the prime location and height of the tower, KNXR broadcasts can often be heard throughout much of southern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa.[2][3]

KNXR
CityRochester, Minnesota
Broadcast areaRochester, Minnesota
BrandingMinnesota 97.5
SloganRochester's Greatest Hits. All Day. Every Day.
Frequency97.5 MHz
First air dateDecember 1965
FormatClassic hits
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT317 m (1,040 ft)
ClassC
Facility ID68823
OwnerJohn Linder and Lynn Ketelsen
(Blooming Prairie Farm Radio Inc.)
WebcastListen Live
Websitemn975.com

History

The station began broadcasting on Christmas Eve 1965. Until January 31, 2015, the station played easy listening music, and featured John Doremus' program Patterns in Music, weeknights from 7 to 10 pm.[4] The station's first hour was rebroadcast on Christmas Eve 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of their first terrestrial radio broadcast. While operating as a beautiful music station, KNXR had a very devoted following, on the strongest FM signal in Rochester.[5]

Hometown Broadcasting of Rochester had launched a Hot Adult Contemporary format in February 2015 after buying KNXR, from longtime owner Tom Jones. Jones has retained the station's vast Easy Listening music library, which can now be streamed online at 97five.com.

2016 purchase

On February 29, 2016, Lynn Ketelsen and John Linder's Blooming Prairie Farm Radio completed its purchase of KNXR, and on March 6, 97.5 began stunting with a loop of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" by Rolf Harris, promoting a new format to launch the following day at noon.[6] At that time, KNXR became "Minnesota 97.5" with a classic hits format.[7]

See also

References
  1. http://radio-locator.com/info/KNXR-FM
  2. http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KNXR&service=FM&status=L&hours=U>
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2015-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/letters/letter-musical-standards-on-knxr-radio-will-be-missed-in/article_352e9d2e-2c41-5b1c-8573-7ac946704455.html
  6. KNXR Rochester Stunting
  7. KNXR Becomes Minnesota 97.5


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