City | Fridley, Minnesota |
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Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
Branding | Hot 102.5 |
Slogan |
Twin Cities Throwback Hip-Hop and R&B The Twin Cities Party Station |
Frequency | 102.5 MHz |
Repeater(s) | KTCZ 97.1-HD3 |
First air date | June 5, 2015 |
Format | Commercial; Classic hip hop |
ERP | 250 watts |
HAAT | 236 meters |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 140150 |
Callsign meaning | (serially assigned) |
Owner |
Educational Media Foundation (operated by iHeartMedia) (Educational Media Foundation) |
Sister stations | K244FE, K273BH, KDWB-FM, KEEY-FM, KFXN-FM, KQQL, KTLK, KTCZ-FM, W227BF |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | hot1025.com |
K273BH (102.5 FM, "Hot 102.5") is a translator broadcasting the classic hip hop format of the HD3 subcarrier of iHeartMedia's KTCZ-FM. Licensed to Fridley, Minnesota, it serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area inside the I-494/I-694 beltway. The station is currently owned by Educational Media Foundation, through operated by iHeartMedia. All the offices and studios are located in St. Louis Park and the transmitter is atop the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis.
On June 5, 2015, at 3 PM, after stunting for an hour with songs with the word "hot" in the name, KTCZ-HD3/K273BH launched with a classic hip hop format, branded as "Hot 102.5".