K244FE

K244FE
City Calhoun Beach (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Broadcast area Minneapolis-St. Paul
Branding 96.7 Pride Radio
Slogan The Pulse of LGBT Twin Cities
Frequency 96.7 MHz
Repeater(s) KQQL 107.9-HD3
First air date June 12, 2015
Format Commercial; LGBT-oriented Dance
ERP 170 watts
HAAT 244 meters
Class D
Facility ID 147274
Callsign meaning (serially assigned)
Former callsigns W244CS
Owner iHeartMedia
(AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations KDWB-FM, KEEY-FM, KFXN-FM, KQQL, KTLK, KTCZ-FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website 967prideradio.com

K244FE (96.7 FM, "96.7 Pride Radio") is a translator broadcasting the LGBT-oriented Dance format of the HD3 subcarrier of iHeartMedia's KQQL. Licensed to Minneapolis' Calhoun Beach neighborhood, it serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area inside the I-494/I-694 beltway. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia. All the offices and studios are located in St. Louis Park and the transmitter is atop the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis.

History

As of October 2, 2014, KQQL's Kool 1-0-80s format was being broadcast on KQQL's HD3 channel and on translator W244CS (96.7 FM) in the Southeast metro.[1] On June 12, 2015, KQQL-HD3 and W244CS changed their format to dance, branded as "96.7 Pride Radio". In addition, W244CS became K244FE, and moved its transmitter to the IDS Center.

"96.7 Pride Radio" is the first analog station for the LGBT community in the United States, and the second after Toronto's CIRR-FM in North America. K244FE is an extension of the national "Pride Radio" format available on iHeartRadio and on New York City's WKTU-HD2.

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