City | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
Branding | 100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan |
Slogan | "The Sports Leader" |
Frequency |
100.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
Translator(s) | 99.9 K260BA (Coon Rapids, relays HD3) 103.5 K278BP (Cottage Grove, relays HD2) |
First air date | 1965 (as WCTS) |
Format |
Analog/HD-1: Sports/Talk HD-2: KTLK simulcast HD-3: K-LOVE |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 281 m (922 ft) |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 54458 |
Callsign meaning | "The FAN" (the "X" substitutes for the "A"; the KFAN-FM calls were unavailable due to their use on a station in Texas) |
Former callsigns | 2006-2011: KTLK-FM 2003-2006: KJZI 1999-2003: WLOL 1997-1999: WRQC 1993-1997: WBOB 1965-1993: WCTS |
Affiliations |
Minnesota Vikings (flagship) Minnesota Wild (flagship) Minnesota Golden Gophers football (flagship) Fox Sports Radio |
Owner |
iHeartMedia (AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC) |
Sister stations | K244FE, K273BH, KDWB, KEEY, KFXN-FM, KQQL, KTLK, KTCZ, W227BF |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | kfan.com |
KFXN-FM 100.3 (FM)—branded 100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan—is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a sports talk format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and serves the Twin Cities market. KFXN-FM's transmitter is located in the suburb of Shoreview on KMSP-TV's tower. Its effective radiated power is 98,000 watts (including beam tilt). The station's main studios are in St. Louis Park.
KFXN-FM is the flagship station of Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Golden Gophers football and Minnesota Wild hockey. It is also the flagship station of the regional FAN Radio Network.
At midnight on August 15, 2011, iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) swapped the formats of KFAN (1130 AM), and 100.3 FM's former conservative news/talk format KTLK-FM. The new KFXN-FM call sign, shared with former AM sister station KFXN, was adopted the same day.
The station started broadcasting in 1965 as WCTS, with a non-commercial Christian format, consisting of mostly Bible teachings, by the Fourth Baptist Church in Minneapolis. WCTS took its call letters from its owner - the Central Theological Seminary. WCTS continues broadcasting on 1030 AM.