KQGO
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| City | Edina, Minnesota |
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| Broadcast area | Minneapolis–Saint Paul |
| Branding | "Go 96-3" |
| Slogan | "Where Modern Music Is Going" |
| Frequency | 96.3 FM (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 96.3 HD2: Worship music "Praise FM" 96.3 HD3: News "Bring Me The News" |
| First air date | 1993 |
| Format | Alternative Rock |
| Power | 19,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 70705 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°1′24.0″N 93°22′53.0″W / 45.023333°N 93.381389°W |
| Callsign meaning | K Q GO |
| Former callsigns | KQXA (1991-1993) KARP (1993-2000) KTTB (2000-2010) KHTC (2010-2012) KTWN-FM (2012-2017) |
| Owner | Go Media |
| Sister stations | KZGO |
| Webcast | KQGO Webstream |
| Website | KQGO Online |
KQGO (96.3 FM, "Go 96.3"), is an Alternative Rock-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Edina, Minnesota, serving the Twin Cities area. KQGO is owned and operated by Go Media. KQGO's studios are located in the Ford Building on Fifth Street across from Target Field (and the similarly named Metro station) in downtown Minneapolis, while its transmitter is located in New Hope.
The frequency was originally licensed as KQXA by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 15, 1991. In August 1993, the station signed on as KARP, playing a wide mix of classic rock, oldies, country music and farm reports. The station's transmitter was initially located west of Le Sueur.
To increase the value of the station, KARP's owners decided to seek FCC permission to increase power and move their transmitter closer to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. The transmitter was moved farther north and east, first to a location south of Hutchinson, then to a location near Watertown, and power was increased from 50,000 watts to 100,000 watts, giving the station a city-grade signal over much of the west metro area. The move also resulted in WJMC-FM/96.3 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin downgrading from 100 kW to 50 kW, changing its frequency to 96.1 FM, and moving its transmitter north. The actions were approved by the FCC in September 1999.
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