KMNB
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| City | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| Branding | Buz'n @102.9 |
| Slogan | New Buz'n Country |
| Frequency | 102.9 FM (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 102.9-2 FM-WCCO-AM simulcast (HD Radio) 102.9-3 FM-Radio Disney (HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1969 (as WCCO-FM) |
| Format | Commercial; Country |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 315 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 9641 |
| Callsign meaning | Minnesota Buz'n |
| Former callsigns | WCCO-FM (1969-1983) WLTE (1983-2011) |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (CBS Radio Media Corporation) |
| Sister stations |
KZJK, WCCO part of CBS Corp. cluster with TV station WCCO-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | buzn1029.com |
KMNB (102.9 FM, "Buz'n Country") is a radio station in Minneapolis-St. Paul that carries a country format. KMNB is owned by CBS Corporation. Its main transmitter is located on the KMSP Tower in Shoreview, Minnesota, with backup facilities on the nearby Telefarm installation. The station's studios are located in the CBS Radio Building at 625 Second Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis.
The station began as WCCO-FM in 1969, the FM broadcast of local powerhouse WCCO 830 AM, but was hampered by its limited signal and never carried 'CCO's signal very far. It also carried programming separate from the AM, with a mix of Beautiful Music and MOR album cuts and soft vocals, not unlike the pre-rock KQRS. The station later added two DJ shifts separate from the AM, hosted by Denny Long and Lou Lattson, playing a free-form rock music format, which included some underground rock tracks, along with full-service elements such as news and weather.
Until 1973, the station only operated for the minimum amount of time required to keep the license. However, when the transmitter was upgraded full-power full-time to 100,000 watts in August 1973, a broad-based music format was launched. By 1975, the format evolved to Adult Contemporary, though they continued to play more deeper album tracks than most AC stations. This approach was essentially an early example of Adult Album Alternative (AAA). In that same year, WCCO-FM picked up Dr. Demento. Personalities included Paul Stagg, Carl Lensgraf, Terri Davis, Tom Ambrose, Curt Lundgren, Johnny Canton, Peter May and Pat O'Neill. Tim Russell, currently a cast member of "A Prairie Home Companion," hosted middays and created memorable characters like traffic reporter "Captain Buzz Studley."
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