KNXR

KNXR
City	Rochester, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Rochester, Minnesota
Branding	Minnesota 97.5
Slogan	Rochester's New Home for Classic Hit Music
Frequency	97.5 MHz
First air date	December 1965
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	317 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	68823
Owner	John Linder and Lynn Ketelsen (Blooming Prairie Farm Radio Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	mn975.com/

KNXR 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]

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.

On February 29, 2016, Lynn Ketelsen and John Linder’s Blooming Prairie Farm Radio completed its purchase of KNXR, and on March 6th, 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]

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KNXR

Radio-Locator information on KNXR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KNXR

Radio stations in the Rochester, Minnesota market

By FM frequency	88.7 89.1 89.9 90.7 91.7 92.9 96.5 97.5 99.9 101.7 102.5 103.1 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.3 106.9 107.7

By AM frequency	970 1060 1270 1340 1520

By callsign	K289BO K292EM KAUS-FM KDCZ KDZZ KFAN KFIL KFIL-FM KFSI KLSE KMFX-FM KMSE KNXR KQAQ KOLM KRCH KROC KROC-FM KRPR KVCS KVGO KWWK KYBA K285EL KZSE

Nearby radio markets Austin–Albert Lea Eau Claire La Crosse Mankato–New Ulm–St. Peter Mason City Minneapolis–St. Paul See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

Classic Hits radio stations in Minnesota

By frequency	94.7 94.7 96.1 101.1 101.7 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 107.9

By callsign	KCLH KLDJ KLFN KNSG KQHT KQQL KRBI-FM KRIV-FM KWNG WMFG-FM

By city	Caledonia Crookston Duluth Hibbing Minneapolis Red Wing Saint Peter Springfield Sunburg Winona

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota See also Oldies Classic Hits

Coordinates: 44°02′28″N 92°20′24″W / 44.041°N 92.340°W / 44.041; -92.340

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